Source: www.guardian.co.tt
Sparkle Mc Knight was T&T’s most successful athlete at the 2011 National Junior Collegiate Athletic Association (NJCAA) Outdoor Track and Field Championships which ended on Saturday at the Gowans Stadium in Kansas, USA. Mc Knight captured three medals, one gold, one silver and one bronze.
The 2010 Carifta double silver medallist first helped her school, South Plains, to victory in the 4x400m relay.
She then returned to take silver in the 4x100m relay as South Plains were narrowly beaten by New Mexico.
The former Carapichaima Secondary student then claimed bronze in the 400m in 53.52, equaling her personal best. Taking the gold was multiple Carifta champion and teammate Natoya Goule (Jamaica) who won in 52.45. Also finishing ahead of Mc Knight was Kanika Beckles (Essex/Grenada) 53.24.
Reyare Thomas was a double medallist for Iowa Central. Thomas was second in the 100m in a wind assisted 11.36 seconds (+3.6). South Plains Jura Levy (Jamaica) won gold in 11.07 with American Tasha Allen (New Mexico) taking third, 11.47. Thomas clocked a new personal best of 23.38 in finishing third in the 200m. Devery Robley helped Butler County to sixth in the men 4x800m in 7:47:19.