Keshorn Wal­cott's phe­nom­e­nal gold medal per­for­mance in the men's javelin fi­nals at the Lon­don Olympics last Au­gust was the talk­ing point at the NAAA Awards Cer­e­mo­ny at Cap­i­tal Plaza on Sat­ur­day.

Young Adel Colthrust said he was elat­ed at Wal­cott's achieve­ment and wants to win gold too. The San Fer­nan­do Boys RC stan­dard five stu­dent is al­ready mak­ing waves on the lo­cal and re­gion­al track and field cir­cuit.

Colthrust cap­tured the NAAA Top un­der 13 boys award for the sec­ond straight year and has run un­beat­en over the 100 and 200m in 2011 and 2012. At the Caribbean Union of Teach­ers (CUT) Games in Ja­maica last Ju­ly, the Learie Al­leyne-Forte coached sprint­er showed his class win­ning the 100m event in a games record of 11.28 sec­onds.

Colthrust, of South­ern Ath­let­ics, said he was hap­py on win­ning the top un­der 13 award for an­oth­er year and not­ed that glob­al spring kings Us­ain Bolt and Yohan Blake, both of Ja­maica, in­spire him. His moth­er (Nicole Phillip) and grand fa­ther (Em­manuel Phillip) were on hand to cel­e­brate with him.

Top Boys un­der 17 field event win­ner Kene­jah Williams said Wal­cott has paved the way for younger ath­letes. "He showed us that any­thing is pos­si­ble so I am try­ing to do as well as him."

Williams cap­tured the Carif­ta boys un­der 17 and CAC Ju­nior boys un­der 18 dis­cus ti­tles. The To­ba­go Fal­cons throw­er said he his train­ing is go­ing well for the 2013 sea­son. He cred­its his Scar­bor­ough Sec­ondary Phys­i­cal Ed­u­ca­tion teacher Ir­win Des Vi­gnes for get­ting him in­volved in track and field. Williams is coached by Wayne Stew­art.

Williams' To­ba­go Fal­cons club-mate Chelsea James took the top Girls un­der 17 field award af­ter her suc­cess in the shot put at the Cari­ta Games where she won in a games record.

James said she is look­ing for­ward to re­tain­ing her ti­tle at this year's Carif­ta Games in the Ba­hamas and al­so want to com­pete at the World Youth (Un­der 18) Cham­pi­onships in Donet­sk, Ukraine from Ju­ly 10-14.

Ker­ne­sha Spann (Neon Track­ers) was named to Most Out­stand­ing Fe­male Ho­n­ours af­ter tak­ing the CAC Ju­nior Girls Un­der 20 400m hur­dles event. Spann said the award has mo­ti­vat­ed her to win the tro­phy in 2012. Spann earned a schol­ar­ship to West­ern Texas Ju­nior Col­lege in the USA and will be­gin her stud­ies lat­er this month.

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