Rachael Thom­spon-King

Sha­keem Mc Kay and Des­tiny Williams closed out day one as the top ath­letes of the Na­tion­al Gas Com­pa­ny (NGC) Na­tion­al As­so­ci­a­tion Ath­let­ic Ad­min­is­tra­tions (NAAA) Ju­ve­nile Games that took over the Hase­ly Craw­ford Sta­di­um in Mu­cu­rapo, nab­bing three gold medals each, yes­ter­day.

In per­fect weath­er for track and field, Mc Kay of Mem­phis Pi­o­neers sent the small gath­er­ing which in­clud­ed T&T's first Olympic gold medal win­ner Hase­ly Craw­ford, in­to a fren­zy seal­ing the top spot in the boys Un­der-14 100 me­tres fi­nal in a record-break­ing time of 11.43 sec­onds. He bet­tered the pre­vi­ous record of 11.73 achieved by Tim­o­thy Fred­er­ick in 2014.

Mc Kay beat his club mate Daniel Qui in­to sec­ond in 11.74 and third was Kern Ce­de­no of Fyz­abad Ath­let­ic Stars in 11.91, to bring to an end an ex­cit­ing day of ath­let­ics. Ear­li­er, he won the boy's U-14 high jump with a best ef­fort of 1.55 me­tres and then part­nered with Atiya Croal, Ar­i­anne Lu­cio and Qui, to cross first in the mixed U-14 4x100m re­lay event. The Mem­phis quar­tet clocked 48.00 to beat Cougars (48.86) and Abi­lene Wild­cats (52.31) to the line in a race that had two boys and two girls com­pet­ing in any or­der of the clubs' choos­ing.

On the field, there was no doubt as to who was the fea­ture ath­lete as Williams picked up gold in three events. In the morn­ing ses­sion, the Cougars ath­lete won the Girls U-14 Shot Put event with the best at­tempt of 8.35m. Lat­er when Williams tack­led the dis­cus event, her toss of 18.05m got her the top spot on the podi­um and then an hour lat­er she sealed gold in the javelin throw with a win­ning ef­fort of 22.99m.

Lesanne Hodge was al­so spe­cial on the day, tak­ing home two gold medals in the Girls U-10 age-group. The Mem­phis sprint­er won the 60m, clock­ing 8.93 to fin­ish ahead of Kazi­ah Phillip (Sim­plex) in 9.09 and Sian­na Bish­op (Burn­ley) in 9.20, re­spec­tive­ly.

Hodge then joined with Mela­nia Nan­ton, Tris­tan Alexan­der-Fa­ri­na and Kelvin Cud­joe to win the U-10 mixed re­lay in 29.62. Sec­ond was Burn­ley (30.56) and Fyz­abad Stars was third in 31.75.

Cougars was the favourite to re­peat as win­ner as they held the record but dropped the ba­ton in the sec­ond han­dover, re­sult­ing in them plac­ing 13 in 35.56 in the timed event.

The Cougars team did get to cel­e­brate vic­to­ry in the U-12 Mixed 4x100m with sprint­ers Khaliff Danglade, Kyrell Thomas, Jani­ka Jor­dan and Kian­na Llewellyn com­bin­ing to take the event in 53.65. Mem­phis and Abi­lene placed sec­ond and third in 53.82 and 55.19, re­spec­tive­ly.

T&T's young track and field ath­letes will be back at it to­day in the sec­ond and fi­nal day of ac­tion in the meet al­so spon­sored by Blue Wa­ters and blink/bmo­bile.

Day one NCG/NAAA Ju­ve­nile Games Re­sults

100m

Girls U-14

1 Kurlecia Fran­cis (Sim­plex) - 12.86

2 Shani­qua Bas­combe (Cougars) - 12.69

3 Ve­nes­sa Stephen (Sil­ver Bul­lets) - 13.10

Boys U-14

1 Sha­keem McK­ay (Mem­phis) - 11.43

2 Daniel Qui (Mem­phis) - 11.74

3 Kern Ce­de­no (Fyz­abad Stars) - 11.91

400m

Girls U-14

1 Natasha Fox (PFNJ) - 1:00.40

2 Shani­qua Bas­combe (Cougars) - 1:02.52

3 Atiya Croal (Mem­phis) - 1:02.72

Boys U-14

1 Kern Ce­de­no (FAS) - 54.79

2 Shane Ash­ton (Speed Fac­to­ry) - 56.31

3 Jaabir Tay­lor (Kaizen Pan­thers) - 56.83

800m

Girls U-14

1 Shaki­ah Phillip (Mor­vant Jets) - 2:41.18

2 Abi­gail Bur­ton (Cougars) - 2:56.00

3 Adri­an­na Quam­i­na (DPAC) - 2:56.36

Boys U-14

1 An­dre Joseph (Mor­vant Jets) - 2:32.08

2 Ben Ban­nis­ter (Ma­son Hall) - 2:35.50

3 Nathan Aguillera (Cougars) - 2:37.55

1,000m

Girls U-14

1 Ka­res­sa Kir­ton (Cougars) - 3:26.15

2 Faith Deane (Sil­ver Bul­lets) - 3:27.41

3 Oc­tavia Cam­bridge (Cougars) - 3:28.77

Boys U-14

1 Jemell Boatswain (Sil­ver Bul­lets) - 3:12.15

2 Cyril Sum­n­er (Mem­phis) - 3:12.31

3 Khay­lon An­toine (Cougars) - 3:13.10

80m

Girls U-12

1 Janae De Gannes (Zenith) - 10.82

2 Kadi­ja Pick­er­ing (Abi­lene) - 10.86

3 Naki­da Pe­ters (Sim­plex) - 10.88

Boys U-12

1 Tyreese James (Sil­ver Bul­lets) - 10.28

2 Reyshawn An­drews (Mem­phis) - 10.35

3 Kyrell Thomas (Cougars) - 10.36

60m

Girls U-10

1 Lesanne Hodge (Mem­phis) - 8.93

2 Kazi­ah Phillip (Sim­plex) - 9.09

3 Sian­na Bish­op (Burn­ley) - 9.20

Boys U-10

1 Isa­iah Clark (ZC) - 8.45

2 Gio­van­ni Bobb-Sem­ple (Abi­lene) - 8.48

3 Em­manuel James (Sim­plex) - 8.60

Hur­dles

Girls U-14 60m

1 Shani­qua Bas­combe (Cougars) - 10.56

2 Kernile Wal­dron (To­co Totans) - 10.56

3 Pe­niel John (Cougars) - 12.05

Boys U-14 80m

1 Bri­an Mor­ris (Cougars) - 12.99

2 Dar­ius Joseph (Ea­so­ni­ans) - 13.54

3 Aaron An­toine (Neon Wolves) - 13.59

Re­lays

U-10 Mixed 4x50m

1 Mem­phis (Lesanne Hodge, Mela­nia Nan­ton, Tris­tan Alexan­der-Fa­ri­na, Kelvin Cud­joe) - 29.62

2 Burn­ley (Leni­ka Acres, Khamil­la Swan, Sian­na Bish­op, Tre Vaughn Stew­art) - 30.56

3 Fyz­abad Stars (Xavier Floyd, Emilio Pe­ters, Odi­ka Sim­mons, Jene­cia Chase) - 31.75

U-12 Mixed 4x100m

1 Cougars (Khaliff Danglade, Kyrell Thomas, Jani­ka Jor­dan, Kian­na Llewellyn) - 53.65

2 Mem­phis (Ifeo­ma Mars, Keone John, Janae Mur­ray, Reyshawn An­drews) - 53.82

3 Abi­lene (Dae­shaun Cole, Kadi­ja Pick­er­ing, Nzin­ga Charles, Rekem Ri­ley) - 55.19

U-14 Mixed 4x100m

1 Mem­phis (Atiya Croal, Sha­keem McK­ay, Ar­i­anne Lu­cio,Daniel Qui) - 48.00

2 Cougars (Rene­cia An­drews, Jor­van West­field, Shani­qua Bas­combe, Jor­dan Pope) - 48.86

3 Abi­lene (Carlis­sa Har­ry, Asiel Gon­za­les, Al­i­son Phillip, Tehir Charles) - 52.31

Long Jump

Girls U-12

1 Nao­mi Pierce (Mem­phis) - 3.75

2 Tyler Shears (Matelot Com School) - 3.73

3 Ke­vah Scott (Zenith) - 3.72

Boys U-12

1 Keone John (Mem­phis) - 4.55

2 Kyrell Thomas (Cougars) - 4.32

3 Do­ri­an Charles (La Brea) - 4.26

High Jump

Girls U-14

1 Je­lese Alexan­der (Zenith) - 1.42

2 Shaniya Moore (Neon Wolves) - 1.33

3 Ar­i­anne Lu­cio (Mem­phis) - 1.25

Boys U-14

1 Sha­keem McK­ay (Mem­phis) - 1.55

2 Aaron An­toine (Neon Wolves) - 1.52

3 Ezekiel Sal­vary (To­co Tafac) - 1.35

Girls U-14 Shot Put

1 Des­tiny Williams (Cougars) - 8.35m

2 Tr­ishelle Ri­ley (EFA) - 6.91m

3 Jean-Marie Far­in­ha (EFA) - 6.41m

Javelin Throw

Boys U-14

1 Josi­ah Bideshi (DPAC) - 41.87

2 Dim­itri Fran­cis (Mor­vant Jets) - 39.68

3 Ryan Bis­soon (Ca­roni Hin­du School) - 30.78

Girls U-14

1 Des­tiny Williams (Cougars) - 22.99

2 Ge­shaw­na Fran­cis (PFNJ) - 16.22

3 Pe­niel John (Cougars) - 14.44

Dis­cus

Girls U-14

1 Des­tiny Williams (Cougars) - 18.05

2 Tr­ishelle Ri­ley (EFA) - 16.54

3 Ma­li­ka Coutain ( PFNJ) - 15.48

Ball Throw: Girls U-10

1 Maya Ram­keelawan (Sim­plex) - 24.12

2 Jenique Mc Laren (Matelot Com School) - 21.06

3 Ar­mani Mer­ry (PFNJ) - 18.92