World championship 100m bronze medallist Kelly Ann Baptiste and double Olympic silver medallist Richard Thompson are T&T’s highest ranked athletes in the latest IAAF performance listing recently released. Baptiste is at number five on the women’s 100 metre dash rankings with her 10.91 clocking she set in winning the event at the Diamond League Paris, France leg on July 8. The 24-year-old was this country’s lone medal winner at last month’s World Championships in Daegu, South Korea, where she was third in 10.98 seconds behind American Carmelita Jeter and Veronica Campbell-Brown of Jamaica. Jeter heads the standings with 10.70 seconds with Campbell-Brown in second on 10.76. Semoy Hackett is at 31st with a personal best of 11.17 while 19-year-old Michelle-Lee Ahye is on 46th with a pb of 11.20.
Ayanna Hutchinson lies on 96th after her 11.36 clocking with another teenager Kai Selvon on 139th with 11.43. Thompson is also at number five in the men’s short sprint following his national record run of 9.85 set at the national championships on August 13. Thompson is joined by five other local sprinters in the world top sixty. Keston Bledman is at 12th on 9.93, Aaron Armstrong (30th) 10.07, Marc Burns (31st) 10.09, Emmanuel Callender (38th) 10.12, Darryl Brown (39th) 10.13 and Rondel Sorillo (51st) 10.17.
World championships finalist Cleopatra Borel is the next highest ranked local at ninth. Borel, who made it to a World champs outdoor finals for the first time in Daegu, set a national outdoor mark of 19.42m and finished fourth in Paris, France on July 8. Sorillo, who was seventh in the men’s 200m finals, sped to a quick 20.16 seconds in taking his third national title on August 14.
The Berlin 2009 World Championships bronze medallist Renny Quow is at eleventh in the men’s 400m with his 44.84 season’s best time set in the heats at this year’s World Championships. Lalonde Gordon and Zwede Hewitt are both at 47th with identical clocking of 45.51. Reigning world junior champion Jehue Gordon is at 12th in the men’s 400m hurdles with his 48.66 second clocking in winning the event in Berlin, Germany on Sunday. The men’s 4x100m team of Bledman, Burns, Armstrong and Thompson is at fourth in the sprint relay rankings following their 37.91 run in winning heat two in Daegu.
T&T athletes on latest IAAF World RANKINGS
Women’s 100m
Rank Name Performance Date
5 Kelly-Ann Baptiste 10.91 July 8
31 Semoy Hackett 11.17 May 14
46 Michelle Lee Ahye 11.20 Aug 28
96 Ayanna Hutchinson 11.36 July 10
139 Kai Selvon 11.43 Aug 13
Men’s 100m
5 Richard Thompson 9.85 Aug 13
12 Keston Bledman 9.93 June 4
30 Aaron Armstrong 10.07 Aug 13
31 Marc Burns 10.09 Aug 13
38 Emmanuel Callender 10.12 Aug 13
39 Darryl Brown 10.13 Aug 13
51 Rondel Sorillo 10.17 Aug 13
Women’s 200m
41 Semoy Hackett 22.87 June 11
44 Kai Selvon 22.89 Sept 1
135 Reyare Thomas 23.38 May 21
Men’s 200m
9 Rondel Sorillo 20.16 Aug 14
113 Lalonde Gordon 20.67 July 9
113 Emmanuel Callender 20.67 June 4
168 Moriba Morain 20.80 Aug 14
203 Richard Thompson 20.85 July 29
Women’s One Mile
14 Pilar Mc Shine 4:36:85 June 4
Men’s 400m
11 Renny Quow 44.84 Aug 28
47 Lalonde Gordon 45.51 June 5
47 Zwede Hewitt 45.51 June 8
Women’s 100m Hurdles
60 Josanne Lucas 13.03 April 16
139 Aleesha Barber 13.29 July 17
Men’s 110m Hurdles
80 Mikel Thomas 13.63 April 15
Women’s 400m Hurdles
31 Janiel Bellille 55.80 April 2
68 Josanne Lucas 56.86 June 13
132 Sparkle McKnight 57.88 April 23
Men’s 400m hurdles
12 Jehue Gordon 48.66 Sept 11
116 Emmanuel Mayers 50.43 Aug 14
Women’s Triple Jump
62 Ayanna Alexander 13.98 July 24
Men’s Triple Jump
100 Elton Walcott 16.43 July 23
Women’s Shot P ut
9 Cleopatra Borel 19.42 July 8
33 Annie Alexander 17.66 June 11
116 Hileen James 16.14 April 2
Women’s Discus
58 Annie Alexander 58.58 May 28
Men’s Discus
104 Quincy Wilson 59.60 Aug 14
Women 4X100
6 T&T 42.50 Sept 4
Men’s 4x100m
4 T&T 37.91 Sept 4
Women’s 4X400m
61 T&T 3:34:84 July 17
Men’s 4x400m
15 T&T 3:01:65 July 17
Source: www.guardian.co.tt
By Clayton Clarke