Kelly-Ann Baptiste snapped up silver in the women’s 100 metres dash, at the Istvan Gyulai Memorial meet, in Budapest, Hungary, yesterday.
The Trinidad and Tobago sprint star clocked 11.15 seconds to finish second to Carmelita Jeter, of the United States. Jeter got to the line in 11.07, while another American, Barbara Pierre finished third in 11.15.
T&T’s Richard “Torpedo” Thompson got home in 10.26 seconds to cop fourth spot in the men’s 100m. Veteran St Kitts and Nevis sprinter, Kim Collins won in 9.99, from Jamaicans Kemar Bailey Cole (10.07) and Jacques Harvey (10.18).
Another T&T athlete, Ayanna Alexander finished 10th in the women’s triple jump with a 13.25 metres effort. Russian Irina Gumenyuk jumped 14.15m to top the field.
Lalonde Gordon was fourth in the men’s 300m event, at an international meet in Liege, Belgium, yesterday. T&T’s double Olympic bronze medallist returned a time of 32.71 seconds.
Belgian Jonathan Borlee struck gold in 32.31, beating Kind Butler (32.39) into second spot. Butler’s fellow-American, Tony McQuay (32.40) was third.
At an international meet, in Sotteville-lès-Rouen, France, on Monday, T&T sprinter Keston Bledman bolted to the line in 10.11 seconds to strike gold in the men’s 100m. American Mookie Salaam (10.13) and Jamaican Kimmari Roach (10.15) finished second and third, respectively.
On Tuesday, at the World University Games, in Kazan, Russia, Le-Sean Noel was eliminated in the opening round of the men’s 200m event. The T&T athlete was sixth in heat six in 22.05 seconds.
On Sunday, Noel bowed out in the second round of the 100m dash. He finished seventh in heat two in 10.79 seconds. Earlier in the day, Noel clocked 10.81 to cop third spot in heat two in the opening round of the event, advancing automatically to the second round.
And on Monday, Kerron Browne threw 60.15 metres to finish 25th in the men’s javelin qualifying competition. The T&T athlete did not progress to the final.