National champions Reyare Thomas and Janeil Bellille were the top performers at the inaugural Falcons Invitational-Last Chance Meet at the Hasely Crawford Stadium, Mucurapo earlier on Saturday.
Thomas won the women's 200m in a new pb 22.82 seconds (+0.8), dipping below the 23.20 qualifying standard for this year's World Championships in Beijing, China from August 22-30. The victory is the second straight for the Abilene Wildcats sprinter after she won the national title on June 28. Her mark erased her previous best of 23.17 set in 2014. Kamaria Durant (Simplex) was second and also dipped under the World standard while setting a new pb of 22.83 to improve on her pervious mark of 23.08. Kayelle Clarke (Pointe-a-Pierre) was third (25.02).
Bellille (Abillene Wildcats) won the women's 400m hurdles in 55.68, running under the World standard of 56.20. Dan-Eil Telesford (Neon Trackers) turned the tables on national champion Kyle Greaux (Abilene Wildcats) in the men's 200m taking the crown in 20.56 ahead of Greaux (20.59).
Reigning CAC Junior and Carifta girls under 20 shot put champion Portious Warren (Toco TAFAC) secured the women's shot put and discus title. Warren (38.90m) was ahead of Geraldine George (Palo Seco) 35.84. The St Augustine Secondary student then stepped over the shot put circle to landed gold in 15.17 relegating George to second again (11.34) and Jael Lewis (Palo Seco), 10.59 to third.
Abilene Wildcats' Jerod Elcock won the boys' under 18 200m in 22.75, leading an Abilene sweep of the top spots as his club mates Renaldo Moore (23.34) and Jahi Hernandez (23.35) followed him home. However, in the 100m. Elcock was forced to settle for second (11.08) as Carifta boys under 18 long jump bronze medallist Clement Campbell (Memphis Pioneers) was first in 11.03.
Quincy Wilson took the men's discus with a throw of 56.29 while Keon Francis (UWI) 46.03m was second and Micah Mc Nish (Striders) was third with a throw of 43.35m. Hezekiel Romeo put the shot out to 17.78, to improve on his 17.04m effort to secure the national crown. Deborah John cruised to victory in the women's 100m hurdles in a windy 13.58, slower than her 13.37 clocking to win the national crown. National long jump gold medalist Dwaine Herbert (Dovers) did not have such luck as he had to settle for third with a leap of 7.19. Former double Carifta jump champion Kyron Blaise (Rebirth) leapt to gold with a distance of 7.41 (-0.3), an improvement on his fifth place finish at the National champs.
Barbadian Levi Cadogan and Sade Williams landed the men's 100m and women's 400m sprints respectively. Cadogan took the second of two heats in 10.48 ahead of Nathan Farinha (Abilene Wildcats) 10.66 and Micah Ballantyne (Alpha) 10.72. Williams topped the women's one lap field in 53.32 outsprinting Alena Brooks (Memphis Pioneers) and early race leader Romona Modeste (Abilene Wildcats) 54.16. The Barbados teenager was short of her national junior record of 52.39 set at the Barbados National Championships on June 19.