Hackett, Burns in IAAF top ten (21/03/11)

Source: www.guardian.co.tt

With the 2011 Indoor season over, sprinters Semoy Hackett and Marc Burns are T&T’s highest ranked athletes on the latest IAAF World Indoor rankings. Hackett is at number 2 in the women’s 200m with 22.84 seconds while Burns is the tenth fastest in the men’s 60m (6.56 sec).  Hackett’s timing is a national record and was achieved when she finished second at the South Eastern Conference (SEC) Championships in Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA on February 22.  The Louisiana State University student improved on the day old mark of 22.86 she set in the heats. Hackett also ran 22.98 seconds on January 22 to be one of only two athletes to run under 23 seconds on three occasions this season.

Auburn University second year student Kai Selvon is 55th. The 18-year-old ran 23.72 seconds at the SEC Championships.  Hackett is ranked 23rd in the 60m dash after she ran a personal best of 7.22 in the heats of the NCAA championships on March 11.In the men’s 60m listing Marc Burns is tenth after he clocked 6.55 in Birmingham, England on February 19. The time is the third personal best (pb) for the season for the four-time Olympic and World 4x100m relay silver medallist. Burns first reduced his pb to 6.57 seconds in Dusseldorf, Germany on February 11. Two days later he improved that mark by 0.01 seconds to 6.56 in another German city, Karlsruhe.

Lalonde Gordon is the next best rated athlete at number 19 in the men’s 200m. Gordon clocked 20.93 seconds in taking gold at the Terrier Classic in Boston, USA on January 29. Afiya Walker is at 36th in the women’s 400m standing after her national record run of 53.10 seconds in winning the Mountain West Conference championships title for Wyoming University in Albuquerque, New Mexico on February 26. Sparkle McKnight is at 77th following her 53.72 seconds run on February 11. Jarrid Solomon is the 44th quickest in the men’s 400m following his 46.79 on February 5. Gordon is 61st on 46.96.

T&T’S IAAF INDOOR RANKINGS

                                
                                                                   
              
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