T&T's na­tion­al women's 4x100m cel­e­brat­ed this coun­try's first ever medal at the IAAF World Re­lay Cham­pi­onship, when the four­some, an­chored by Kai Selvon clocked 42.66 sec­onds to claim bronze, in Nas­sau, Ba­hamas, on Sat­ur­day.

The bronze medal-win­ning women, which al­so in­clud­ed Ka­maria Du­rant, Michelle-Lee Ahye and Re­yare Thomas, fin­ished be­hind the Unit­ed States (41.88) and Ja­maica (42.28). T&T moved in­to the fi­nal af­ter fin­ish­ing sec­ond in the open­ing heat, and third over­all with a sea­son-best 42.59, be­hind the US (42.29).

T&T bowed out of both the women's 4x200 and 4x800m fi­nal af­ter fail­ing to com­plete ei­ther.

T&T claimed bronze in the 4x400m in a time of 2:58.34, a new na­tion­al record. First was the USA with 2:57.25. Third was Ba­hamas with a time of 2:57.59.

T&T claimed sil­ver in the men's 4x100m re­lay edg­ing Great Britain in­to third place in a time of 38.04, a sea­son best. Ja­maica won the event with a time of 37.77.

The T&T team 4x100 team in­clud­ed Ke­ston Bled­man, Marc Burns, Ron­del So­ril­lo and Richard Thomp­son.

Speak­ing af­ter the fi­nal, both Ahye and Du­rant said they were pleased at the re­sult. "(It) Felt re­al­ly good for the whole team. (I'm) re­al­ly hap­py that we were able to get a medal, es­pe­cial­ly since it was the first for Trinidad and To­ba­go. Al­so, I thought the com­pe­ti­tion was tough and we had to run our hearts out," said Ahye.

Du­rant said it was im­por­tant for T&T to get a medal since it was the first ever World Re­lay Cham­pi­onship.

"First time medalling for Trinidad and To­ba­go, so re­al­ly ex­cit­ed about that," she said, adding, "(I) thought the track was re­al­ly fast and the com­pe­ti­tion on the whole was very ex­cit­ing."

Un­for­tu­nate­ly, T&T's 4x400m women: Shaw­na Fer­min, Domonique Williams, Romona Mod­este and Ale­na Brooks, failed to make it past the heats. T&T (3:30.91) fin­ished fourth be­hind Nige­ria (3:27.07), Brazil (3:30.37) and Italy (3:30.67) in Heat One, and ninth over­all.

T&T's men's 4x400m team, com­pris­ing Lalonde Gor­don, Jar­rin Solomon (two of four run­ners in T&T's bronze medal team at the 2012 Olympics), Ren­ny Quow and Machel Ce­de­nio eased in­to last night's fi­nal af­ter plac­ing sec­ond (3:01.06) in the heat, be­hind a star-stud­ded Olympic cham­pi­on team, the Ba­hamas, which set the Cham­pi­onship record in 3:00.30.

Ba­hamas ran with all four run­ners, Chris Brown, Michael Math­ieu, Demetrius Pin­der and Ra­mon Miller, who led the coun­try to glo­ry in 2012. Over­all, T&T fin­ished third in the heats, be­hind Great Britain (3:00.74). T&T lined up in lane five in the fi­nal.

The high­light of the in­au­gur­al World Re­lays on Sat­ur­day, was Ja­maica's 4x200m which smashed the world record with a gold medal run in 1:18.63. An­chored by mul­ti­ple Olympic me­di­al­ist Yohan Blake, the Ja­maicans led a Caribbean-strong fi­nal, which saw St Kitts fin­ish run­ner-up in 1:20.51, and Bar­ba­dos fourth in 1:21.88. France took third in 1:20.66.

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