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Saturday, July 26, 2025

Gordon, Borel top NAAA awards

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Hur­dler Je­hue Gor­don and shot put­ter Cleopa­tra Borel re­mained un­stop­pable as they con­tin­ued to cop the top awards for out­stand­ing sport­ing per­for­mances for 2013, for the sec­ond con­sec­u­tive week­end.

They clinched the 'Se­nior Male and Fe­male Ath­letes of the Year' re­spec­tive­ly at the Na­tion­al As­so­ci­a­tion of Ath­let­ics Ad­min­is­tra­tions (NAAA) awards cer­e­mo­ny held on Sat­ur­day at Cap­i­tal Plaza, Wright­son Road, Port-of-Spain.

Gor­don of Mem­phis Pi­o­neers fame emerged 'Male Ath­lete of the Year' at the Spir­it of Sports Awards (SOSA) pro­duced by the Min­istry of Sport and the Sport Com­pa­ny of T&T (SporTT) at Queen's Hall in St Ann's, Port-of-Spain on De­cem­ber 28. He was then vot­ed Sports­man of the Year at the T&T Olympic Com­mit­tee's (TTOC) awards at the Na­tion­al Acad­e­my for the Per­form­ing Arts Fred­er­ick Street in Sport-of-Spain, a day lat­er.

That's where he and Borel, who com­petes un­der the Re­birth ban­ner, shared the podi­um. She was named Sports­woman of the Year.

Their tag team per­for­mance con­tin­ued at the week­end at the NAAA end of sea­son trib­utes.

Gor­don's ac­co­lades were for his gold­en win at the IAAF World Cham­pi­onships held in Moscow, Rus­sia, back in Au­gust in a time of 47.69. When he set foot on the track at the Di­a­mond League in Brus­sels, Bel­gium, last Sep­tem­ber, vic­to­ry was again his. Borel's per­for­mance at the Cen­tral Amer­i­can and Caribbean (CAC) Games earned her the NAAA nod. The awards pre­sent­ed to both ath­letes were of spe­cial sig­nif­i­cance con­sid­er­ing they were be­stowed by their home or­gan­i­sa­tion. Gor­don said, "This is my home or­gan­i­sa­tion. I con­sid­er them my fam­i­ly. They are re­al­ly the back­bone of where ath­letes are from and are able to de­vel­op them­selves through the ranks. I am al­ways grate­ful to come out here and show my love and sup­port for the NAAA."

Ear­li­er on the evening's ho­n­our roll, Gor­don won the award as the men's open track ath­lete, while Borel earned the spe­cial prize as the top fe­male field ath­lete.

Borel said, "Track and field ath­letes must un­der­stand their role here in T&T, own­ing the fact that we are one of the top sports in T&T. I re­al­ly want our ath­letes to un­der­stand how great we are."

Mean­while To­ba­go's Mark Lon­don of Zenith was de­clared as 'Male Ju­nior Ath­lete of the Year' for his win­ning per­for­mances at the Carif­ta 800 and 1500-me­tre events while Do­minique Williams got the nod for 'Fe­male Ath­lete of the Year'. Her vic­to­ries in the 400-me­tre at the Ju­nior Cham­pi­onships and the South­ern Games, as well as the 800-me­tre at the Fal­con Games boost­ed her climb to the ros­trum.

It was a good year for two un­at­tached ath­letes, how­ev­er. Richard Jones was the dom­i­nant male in the road run­ning events, while And­wuelle Wright cap­tured first places in the long jump at both the Carif­ta and Ju­nior Cham­pi­onships events.

Pol­ished per­for­mances from Kiana Llewellyn (girl's U-9), Eli­jah John (boy's U-9) and Shani­qua Bas­combe (girl's U-11) caused Cougars Ath­let­ics Club to re­tain its ti­tle as the Ju­ve­nile Club of the Year for the fourth con­sec­u­tive year. Mean­while, Mem­phis Pi­o­neers again clinched the Ju­nior and Se­nior Club of the Year ho­n­our. As fate would have it, Dr Ian Hy­po­lite of Mem­phis Pi­o­neers walked away with the Coach of the Year Award, too.

Ho­n­our Roll

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Male Ath­lete of the Year (Se­nior)

Je­hue Gor­don

Fe­male Ath­lete of the Year (Se­nior)

Cleopa­tra Borel

Male Ju­nior Ath­lete of the Year

Mark Lon­don

Fe­male Ju­nior Ath­lete of the Year

Do­minique Williams

Cham­pi­on Clubs

Ju­ve­nile: Cougars

Ju­nior: Mem­phis Pi­o­neers

Se­nior: Mem­phis Pi­o­neers

Out­stand­ing Per­for­mances

Je­hue Gor­don 47.69 (Mem­phis)

De­on Lendore 45.15 In­door (Abi­lene)

Michelle-Lee Ahye 11.06 (Re­birth)

Mikel Thomas 13.19 (Re­birth)

Hezekiel Romeo 17.32 (Re­birth)

Adell Colthrust 11.28 South­ern Ath­let­ics

Em­manuel May­ers, dou­ble gold 400H; 4 by 400-me­tre CAC (Re­birth)

Jar­rin Solomon, dou­ble gold 400; 4 by 400-me­tre CAC (Mem­phis)

Keshorn Wal­cott 84.38 (Re­birth)

Machel Ce­de­nio, gold 400-me­tre Carif­ta (Sim­plex)

Akeem Stew­art 19.84 (Fal­cons)

Women's World Cham­pi­onships Re­lay Team:

Shaw­na Fer­min (Mem­phis)

Sparkle Mc Knight (Neon Track­ers)

Ra­mona Mod­este (Neon Track­ers)

Ale­na Brooks (Mem­phis)

Do­minique Williams

Girl's U-9 Ju­ve­nile

Kiana Llewellyn (Cougars)

Boys' U-9 Ju­ve­nile

Eli­jah John (Cougars)

Girl's U-11 Ju­ve­nile

Shani­qua Bas­combe (Cougars)

Boy's U-11 Ju­ve­nile

Devin Au­gus­tine (Point Fortin)

Girl's U-13 Ju­ve­nile

Shaniece Fran­cois (Neon Track­ers)

Boy's U-13 Ju­ve­nile

Tim­o­thy Fred­er­ick (Point Fortin)

Girl's U-15 Track Ju­ve­nile

Je­nea Spinks (Neon Track­ers)

Boy's U-15 Track Ju­ve­nile

Adel Colthrust (South­ern Ath­let­ics)

Girl's U-15 Field Ju­ve­nile

Peach­es Stew­art (Fal­cons)

Boy's U-15 Field Ju­ve­nile

Tyriq Hors­ford (Zenith)

Girl's U-17 Track

Jeminse Par­ris (Mem­phis)

Boy's U-17 (Track)

Kadeem Camp­bell (Mem­phis)

Girl's U-17 Field

Chelsea James (Fal­cons)

Boy's U-17 Field

And­wuelle Wright (Un­at­tached)

Girl's U-20 Track

Do­minique Williams

Boy's U-20 Track

Mark Lon­don (Zenith)

Girl's U-20 Field

Shaunna Downey

Boy's U-20 Field

Hezekiel Romeo (Re­birth)

Women Open Track

Michelle-Lee Ahye (Re­birth)

Male Open Track

Je­hue Gor­don (Mem­phis)

Women Open Field

Cleopa­tra Borel (Re­birth)

Men Open Field

Chris Her­cules (Mem­phis)

Road Run­ning

Fe­male: Tonya Nero (Ath­let­ic Cen­tral)

Male: Richard Jones ( Un­at­tached)

Cross Coun­try

Fe­male: Jenelle Nedd (Ath­let­ic Cen­tral)

Male: Kendis Bullard (T&T De­fence Force)


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