Cleopatra Borel celebrated her selection on Trinidad and Tobago’s London Olympic contingent by winning the women’s shot put title at the Jamaican National Championships at the National Stadium in Kingston, Jamaica on Saturday. Borel, competing as a guest, came out on top with a heave of 18.28 metres, improving on her 17.98 metres effort to take her eight T&T national title at the Hasely Crawford Stadium, last week. Borel, a veteran of international meets, was among five local athletes competing in Jamaica. World Championships bronze medallist Josanne Lucas was fourth fastest in the women’s 400m hurdles heats.
Lucas clocked 56.63 to finish third in heat two. Her time was short of her 56.39 clocking she established at the National Champs last Sunday and her season’s best of 55.92. The national record holder in the event (53.20) was also named on this country 31 member Olympic team. Another Olympic selectee Emmanuel Callender was fourth in quickest in the men’s 100 metres preliminaries (10.59) and 16th in the 200m heats (20.89). In the shorter sprint Callender ran into a 4.7m/s head wind. Emanuel Mayers topped the field in the men’s 400m hurdles heats clocking a season’s best of 50.00. Aleesha Barber was set to contest the women’s 100m hurdles preliminaries late yesterday.
-Clayton Clarke
Source: www.guardian.co.tt