Source: www.guardian.co.tt
Written by: Clayton Clarke
T&T sprinter Semoy Hackett earned two silver medals at the South Eastern Conference (SEC) Indoor Track and Field Championships at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas yesterday. Hackett, a student at Louisiana State University (USA), was runner-up in the women’s 60 metres and 200m finals. In the 60m dash, she clocked 7.25 seconds to finish behind Lykia Brookin of South Carolina University, who won in 7.14. In the heats, the 2009 World Championships 100m semifinalist was fourth fastest in 7.30 seconds.
Hackett followed up that performance, going in as the favourite after clocking a world leading time of 22.86 seconds in the 200m preliminaries on Saturday. However, in the championships race she was again beaten to the line. Her LSU teammate Kimberly Duncan took the gold in 22.78 seconds. Hackett clocked 22.84 seconds, beating her time on Saturday. Hackett’s time is also a national women’s record and clipped the 22.90 set by former LSU sprinter Kelly Ann Baptiste in March of 2005. Grenadian Kirani James also produced a world leading time in the 400m event. James, the World Junior 400m champion, running for Alabama, beat American Torrin Lawrence’s 45.82 by posting a 45.37 in the 400m dash preliminaries. James had ran 45.47, but it was done on a oversized track. James was also yesterday looking to bring home the SEC Individual title in the 400m.