may.01.2006
Kelly Ann Baptiste became T&T’s fastest woman ever over 100 metres yesterday, when she clinched the college women’s 100m title at the Penn Relays in Philadelphia, USA.
The Louisiana State University speedster hit the tape in 11.10 seconds, erasing the national record set by Fana Ashby in 2004 (11.12). The mark also saw the lass from Tobago equalling the meet record.
Texas’ Marshevet Hooker was second in 13.07, followed by Baptiste’s team-mate Brooklyn Morris (11.40).
Last week, Baptiste came close to making the national 200m record her own, when she won the half-lap at the Alumni Gold meet in Louisiana in 22.76. A 2.1 metres per second tailwind made her clocking illegal, however.
Josanne Lucas, the T&T 100m hurdles record holder, continued her fine run of form in Philadelphia, bagging gold in the college women’s century hurdles final.
The Auburn University representative posted a 13.02 secs finish, with Melanie Walker of the University of Texas and South Carolina’s Ronnetta Alexander coming second (13.07) and third (13.22), respectively.