The Na­tion­al As­so­ci­a­tion of Ath­let­ics Ad­min­is­tra­tion of T&T (NAAA) has ex­tend­ed con­grat­u­la­tions to T&T's suc­cess­ful track and field team which com­pet­ed at the Pan Amer­i­can Games in Toron­to, Cana­da dur­ing the week.

In a me­dia re­lease yes­ter­day, the NAAA said: "We would like to con­grat­u­late Cleopa­tra Borel, Keshorn Wal­cott, Machel Ce­de­nio and Mikel Thomas on their lat­est achieve­ments and wish them all the best as they con­tin­ue to pre­pare for the World Cham­pi­onships be­ing held in Bei­jing, Chi­na from Au­gust 22-30, and the Rio Olympics in 2016.

Borel is the very first woman and on­ly the sixth T&T ath­lete in his­to­ry to win Gold at the Pan Amer­i­can Games. Borel's win­ning throw of 18.67m came in the sec­ond round of com­pe­ti­tion. With this Gold, Borel now has a com­plete set of Pan Amer­i­can Games medals, as she won Sil­ver in 2011, and Bronze in 2007.

Keshorn, won the men's javelin throw, with a throw of 83.27 and be­came the sev­enth ath­lete in his­to­ry with a Pan Am Gold, he can now add this Gold medal to his many Carif­ta and CAC, World Jr Cham­pi­onship, Con­ti­nen­tal Cup and Olympic medals What most of you do not know is that Mr Wal­cott in­jured his an­kle a week ago while com­pet­ing in Mona­co and had to wear a soft cast for about four days while in Toron­to.

Yet he was able to show the heart, de­ter­mi­na­tion and tem­pera­ment of a true cham­pi­on to go out there and per­form with this in­jury and still bring home the Gold. The win­ning throw came in his sec­ond round, he fouled the third and the passed on his last three throws, pro­tect­ing the an­kle from any fur­ther in­jury, with Worlds just one month away.

Nine­teen-year-old Machel Ce­de­nio, the 2014 World Jr Cham­pi­on, won Sil­ver in the men's 400m dash in a time of 44.70, and be­came on­ly the fourth quar­ter mil­er in the his­to­ry of the Pan Am Games to win a medal over this dis­tance. Ian Mor­ris who al­so won sil­ver was the last ath­lete to do this way back in 1991.

Not on­ly did Mikel Thomas win a Sil­ver medal at the games, he al­so ran his per­son­al best 13.17 set­ting a New Na­tion­al Record in the process and be­came the first male T&T hur­dler ever, to medal at the Pan Am Games. Well done ladies and gents, you have made us proud."