Source: Trinidad Express By Kwame Laurence
Keston Bledman struck gold in the men's 100 metres dash, at the Sotteville international meet, in France, yesterday.
Running into a 1.0 metres per second headwind, the Trinidad and Tobago sprinter got to the line in 10.25 seconds, beating Jamaica's Kimmari Roach (10.34) into second spot. Great Britain's Marlon Devonish (10.42) finished third.
Bledman is ninth on the IAAF (International Association of Athletics Federations) 2011 performance list, at 9.93 seconds. He produced that clocking in a winning run, at a meet in Florida, USA, on June 4.
In other news, T&T's Alisha St Louis was in the hunt for gold in the girls' 13-14 heptathlon, at the end of the opening day of the Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Age Group Track and Field Championships, in Tortola, on Friday. St Louis was in third spot with 1,805 points, just 27 points behind the leader, Curacao's Nargelis Statia (1,832). Guadeloupe's Laure-Anne Jabin (1,812) was second, while T&T's Ayana Glasgow accumulated 1,724 points to finish day one in eighth spot.
In the boys' 11-12 pentathlon, Tyriq Horsford was in third spot, heading into the second and final day of competition, yesterday. The T&T athlete had 1,967 points. Barbadian Christopher Taitt (2,068) led the field. The other T&T representative, Jahi Hernandez was sixth with 1,882 points.
In the boys' 13-14 heptathlon, T&T athletes Andwuelle Wright and Shane Hector were eighth and 22nd, respectively, after one day of competition. Wright scored 2,153 points, and Hector, 1,954.
In the girls' 11-12 pentathlon, Aquila St Louis was ninth with 1,676 points, while her T&T teammate, Kerneka Waldron was joint-23rd, with Aruba's Toni-Lisa Brown, on 1,432.
At press time, last night, the second and final day of the Championships was still in progress.