Re­yare Thomas won the women's 200 me­tres dash on the first day of ac­tion at the New Mex­i­co Col­le­giate In­vi­ta­tion­al in Al­bu­querque, New Mex­i­co on Fri­day. The 2009 World Cham­pi­onships sprint re­lay fi­nal­ist was first to the line in 24.16 sec­onds.

Thomas (Abi­lene Chris­t­ian Uni­ver­si­ty) topped the first of nine heats and fin­ished ahead of the New Mex­i­co State pair of Bri­an­na Cro­mar­tie (New Mex­i­co State) 24.22 and Al­ishia Perkins (New Mex­i­co State) 24.34, who were first and sec­ond in heat two.

Thomas was sched­uled to con­test the 60m event yes­ter­day, the sec­ond and fi­nal day of the meet.Thomas' school-mate Os­ei Al­leyne-Forte, an­oth­er T&T ath­lete, was first in heat six of the men's 200m and was 15th over­all. Al­leyne-Forte and Jar­rin Solomon were ex­pect­ed to run in the 400m yes­ter­day.

Ear­li­er in the month, Thomas was fifth in the women's 55m fi­nal at the Tech Texas Masked Raider Open in Lub­bock, Texas. The 2009 CAC Se­nior 200m bronze medal­list got to the line in 7.07.

El­ton Wal­cott, el­der broth­er of Olympic men's javelin cham­pi­on Keshorn Wal­cott, won the men's triple jump in Lub­bock. The South Plains Ju­nior Col­lege first year stu­dent took the top spot with a leap of 15.59. Wal­cott won the 2011 Pan Amer­i­can Ju­nior ti­tle in Mi­ra­mar, Flori­da, USA with a wind-as­sist­ed leap of 16.51. He al­so set a new na­tion­al mark of 16.43m at the same meet.

Hilenn James (Geor­gia) set a new per­son­al best (pb) in fin­ish­ing fourth the women's shot put at the open­ing day of com­pe­ti­tion of Ra­zor­back In­vi­ta­tion­al in Fayet­teville, Arkansas, on Fri­day.

The for­mer Carif­ta cham­pi­on got the put to 16.80 on her first ef­fort to lie in third but was over­tak­en for the bronze by Alyssa Has­slen (Ari­zona) in the fifth round with her throw of 16.85. James im­proved on her pre­vi­ous best of 16.54 es­tab­lished set out­doors last year.

Sher­mund All­sop (Louisiana State Uni­ver­si­ty) ad­vanced to the fi­nals of the men's 60m af­ter he was 11th over­all in the pre­lim­i­nar­ies clock­ing 6.90. All­sop was fourth in heat one and will run in one of two races of the fi­nals. He was al­so 19th over­all in the men's 200m in a time of 21.80 tak­ing sec­ond in heat three. Sparkle Mc Knight was al­so list­ed to make her de­but for Arkansas Uni­ver­si­ty in the women's 400m and 4x400m events which were con­test­ed yes­ter­day.

On the lo­cal scene, the third NAAA de­vel­op­ment meet is set for lat­er to­day at the Ato Boldon Sta­di­um, Cou­va from 10 am.