London 2012 Olympic hopefuls and national reigning sprint champions Keston Bledman and Kelly-Ann Baptiste yesterday, sat down for breakfast with T&T President Professor George Maxwell Richards at the National Academy for the Performing Arts (NAPA) in Port-of-Spain. The event which included a number of Olympic-bound athletes was hosted by the T&T Olympic Committee (TTOC), for its partners at NAPA’s Western Restaurant. The special breakfast followed an exciting weekend which saw quartet Renny Quow, Lalonde Gordon, Jarrin Solomon and Deon Lendore break a 20-year-old T&T record, on day two of the NAAA Sagicor/NGC National Open Track and Field Championships, at the Hasely Crawford Stadium in Mucurapo, late Sunday.
Also on that day, Rondel Sorrillo dominated the field in the men’s 200m final, winning in a time of 20.48 seconds ahead of Gordon, the new 400m champion, in 20.77 while Callender bagged the bronze in 20.90. The President, who is also a patron to the TTOC, spent time with Kai Selvon, who retained her women’s 200m title and second-place finisher Semoy Hackett. On Saturday, Bledman was the talk of the town, copping his first senior national sprint title, running a personal best of 9.86 in the men’s 100m final. Richard “Torpedo” Thompson got home in 9.96 seconds to seize silver with Sorrillo third, clocking a new personal record of 10.03.
Baptiste was at her best in the women’s 100m final, taking gold in 10.98 seconds, well ahead of Hackett (11.14) and Selvon (11.24) and Michelle-Lee Ahye (11.29), who also attended the TTOC breakfast. Larry Romany, TTOC president, and Ephraim Serrette, president of National Association for Athletic Administrations (NAAA) were also present.
-Rachael King
Source: www.guardian.co.tt