World Track and Field bronze medal winners, Tobagonians, Renny Quow and Josanne Lucas are tipped to cop the T&T Olympic Committee Sportsman of the Year and Sportswoman of the Year awards respectively. The awards will be presented when the T&TOC hosts its 16th annual gala awards ceremony on Tuesday at the Cascadia Hotel, Ballroom under the Patronage of His Excellency, President of the Republic of T&T, Professor George Maxwell Richards. The 22-year-old Quow, a student at South Plains College in Levelland. 2009 the men’s 400 metres title at the National Championships in 44.91 seconds.

He then set a personal best in the 400m (44.53 seconds) in the semifinal round of the World Championships in Berlin, Germany, the second fastest time in 2009 and the second fastest in T&T history before he earned a bronze medal in the final in 45.02 seconds. The medal earned by Quow established him as the first T&T quarter-miler in the 26-year history of the championships to secure a podium finish. Overall, Quo ended 2009 second in the 400m World Athletic tour with 72 points, including seven top three finishes and four sub 45 clockings.

The 25-year-old Lucas sat a new personal best time in 100 metres hurdles (12.99) in Tallahassee, Florida, United States in May before she set a new national record in the 400m hurdles (55.24) at the Grande Prêmio Brasil Caixa meet in Belém, Brazil that same month. In July, she won double gold (100m Hurdles and 400m Hurdles) at the National Championships and a month later Lucas became the first female athlete to medal at a senior global meet when she got bronze in the 400 metres hurdles bronze in 53.20 seconds (a new national record) at the World Championships. It was the third fastest time of the year and the 17th fastest of all time.

Lucas ended the season in September with another bronze, at the VTB Bank World Athletic finals in Thessaloniki (Greece), clocking 54.31 seconds. Other awards to be handed out on Tuesday night include, the Junior Sportswoman of the Year, Junior Sportsman of the Year, Sports Personality of the Year and Alexander B Chapman Award. The feature address will be delivered by Robert Riley, president of BpTT.