Source:www.guardian.co.tt
Annie Alexander (Tennessee) captured her second gold medal over the weekend when she landed the women’s Shot Put title at the South Eastern Conference Championships in Georgia yesterday. Alexander tossed the iron ball out to 17.50m in the fifth round to secure the title. She took the lead in the fourth round with 16.99m and then improved one round later. Keely Mederios of Florida took silver (16.74) with Kentucky’s Mary Angell in third (16.31m). On Saturday, she took the discus title to compete her second SEC double triumph. In 2008 she also won both events.
Semoy Hackett (Louisiana State University) won the women’s 100m title in quick 11.01 seconds. Hackett ran a strong second half of the race to run down and eventually pass the early race leader Lakya Brookins (South Carolina) on the line with Brookins in second in 11.02. Hackett’s school mate Kimberly Duncan was third, also in 11.02. Hackett’s time would have been another personal best for 22 year old but the wind reading of +2.4 was over the legal limit of +2.0. In the heats on Saturday, Hackett ran a personal best of 11.17.
Hackett’s schoolmates Ade Alleyne and Kyron Blaise were also in action. Alleyne-Forte was seventh in the men’s 400m finals in 46.91 behind 18 year old Kirani James of Grenada who won in 44.86 seconds. Blaise was 11th in the triple jump finals in 15.27m. Hackett picked another gold in helping LSU to gold in the women's 4x100m in 43.47. Kai Selvon’s Auburn was third in 44.34. Hackett then took silver in the 200m in 22.41. The time was again wind assisted (+3.4). Taking the title was Duncan who passed Hackett with less than 40m from the finish to win in 22.27 with Selvon back in sixth in 23.32.