An­dre Bap­tise

Three of T&T's fe­male ath­letes will be look­ing to put smiles on the face of mem­bers of the camp when they com­pete this morn­ing in the semi­fi­nals of the women's 100 me­tres while an­oth­er will be look­ing to sparkle over the 400 me­tres hur­dles.

The trio of 100 me­tres sprint­ers Michelle Lee Ahye, Se­moy Hack­ett and Kel­ly Ann Bap­tiste re­mained in con­tention for medals af­ter the men failed to fac­tor in yes­ter­day's big 100 me­tres fi­nal which was won by Ja­maica's Us­ain Bolt. And Sparkle McK­night will be look­ing to make up for the dis­ap­point­ing per­for­mance of Je­hue Gor­don in the 400 me­tres hur­dle when she al­so goes in­to semi­fi­nal ac­tion over the women's 400 me­tres hur­dles.

Af­ter her vic­to­ry in her heat in a time of 10.98 (4th fastest in qual­i­fi­ca­tion), Lee Ahye said she felt good and hap­py to be back on track. "It feels pret­ty good to be back out. It is al­ways go­ing to have pres­sure but you can­not un­der­es­ti­mate any­body in the race. Any­thing can hap­pen, so I am just go­ing out there to do my best and make sure I am on that podi­um," said Ahye

Ahye will line up in semi­fi­nal heat 3, and will run from lane 7 at 7.54 am. Al­so in her heat will be Jas­mine Todd, Dafne Schip­pers and Murielle Ahoure.

Hack­ett, who is bet­ter known over 200 me­tres, al­so looked re- en­er­gized. "I just want­ed to go out and ex­e­cute a prop­er race."

She be­lieves the 100 me­tres will as­sist her go­ing for­ward. "My pet event is the 200 me­tres, so run­ning the 100 will help my leg speed for the 200, and it will build my con­fi­dence go­ing in­to the 200 me­tres. When I run fast in the 100, I think I will do bet­ter in the 200 me­tres."

Hack­ett will face the track in se­mi fi­nal heat 1 from 7.40 am, and will be in lane 7. Al­so in her heat are de­fend­ing cham­pi­on Shelly Ann Fras­er Pryce, Sherone Simp­son, En­glis Gard­ner and Bless­ing Ok­ag­bare.

Kel­ly Ann Bap­tiste who is mak­ing a re­turn to the World Cham­pi­onships al­most two years af­ter she pulled out on the first day of the Moscow World Cham­pi­onships in 2013 looked calm. "It feels good to be back so I am look­ing for­ward to the next race. At the mo­ment, it is about some rest, re­fo­cus and not over think things. It is just an­oth­er race, even though we know it is not. You have to ex­e­cute as you would any oth­er race," added Bap­tiste

Bap­tiste is not over­ly con­cerned by the fast times record­ed by most of her ma­jor com­peti­tors. "Every­one knows that in a se­mi fi­nal and fi­nal, it is about the per­son that ex­e­cutes their plan on the day and not on the fast times run be­fore. I have been in a po­si­tion, where I have ran fast be­fore in the heats and did not do so in the se­mi fi­nals, so I know things can turn around."

Bap­tiste will race in se­mi fi­nal heat 2 at 7.47 am from lane 7 and is ex­pect­ed to face strong op­po­si­tion from Natasha Mor­ri­son and Tori Bowie.

The wom­ens 100 me­tres fi­nal is sched­uled for 9.35am

McK­night fin­ished sec­ond in her heat in a time of 55.71.

She will now race in her first se­nior se­mi fi­nal but is aim­ing to go an­oth­er step for­ward. "At this point, I am not think­ing about any time. As long as I ex­e­cute my race, stay fo­cus and com­pact, time will come, place will come and fi­nals will come al­so," a qui­et­ly con­fi­dent McK­night added.

McK­night will run in se­mi fi­nal 2 , at 7.18 am with her ma­jor com­peti­tor ex­pect­ed to be Ja­maican Kaliese Spencer who de­feat­ed her in the first round.