Re­birth's Richard Thomp­son broke his own na­tion­al men's 100 me­tre record yes­ter­day af­ter­noon, stop­ping the clock in 9.82 sec­onds to win gold on day two of the NGC/Sagi­cor Open Track and Field Cham­pi­onships at the Hase­ly Craw­ford Sta­di­um, Port-of-Spain, last night.Thomp­son, who held the pre­vi­ous record of 9.85 since 2011, was in a dif­fer­ent class yes­ter­day. At ap­prox­i­mate­ly the 60-me­tre mark Thomp­son, run­ning out of lane three, al­ready had a five-me­tre lead and gold was cer­tain for the Olympic ath­lete.

Fin­ish­ing be­hind Thomp­son was Sim­plex ath­lete Ke­ston Bled­man in a time of 10.00, while Thomp­son's Re­birth team-mate Dar­rel Brown was third in 10.05. Af­ter the record break­ing run Thomp­son was con­grat­u­lat­ed by his com­peti­tors and 100m women's cham­pi­on Michelle-Lee Ahye.A spe­cial mo­ment fol­lowed, as Thomp­son called for his one-year-old son Rhys to join him on the track to cel­e­brate. Thomp­son placed his son on his shoul­ders, cap­ping off a mem­o­rable mo­ment for the Thomp­son fam­i­ly.

Ear­li­er, Abi­lene Wild­cats ath­lete Jonathan Far­in­ha was dis­qual­i­fied from the 100m men's fi­nal for a false start, adding more ten­tion to the race.Be­fore the men's 100m fi­nal, Thomp­son's Re­birth team-mate Lee-Ahye eas­i­ly won the women's 100m fi­nal in 10.88, ahead of Air Bon Son­ics' Kai Selvon (11.32) and Re­yare Thomas of Neon Track­ers (11.37).In the semi­fi­nals, Lee-Ahye ran a light­ning time of 10.85. The na­tion­al record is 10.83, set by Kel­ly Ann Bap­tiste on June 22 last year.Fol­low­ing the sprints, a star-stud­ded cast in­clud­ing Ren­ny Quow, Lalonde Gor­don and Jar­rin Solomon lined up for the fi­nals of the men's 400m. En­ter­ing the last 100m Gor­don had the lead. How­ev­er, the Nike ath­lete could not hang on, as Zenith ath­lete Quow came back to edge Gor­don on the line to win gold in 45.073, just ahead of Gor­don in 45.077. Solomon grabbed bronze in 45.59.Ac­tion on the last day to­day be­gins at 2.30 pm.

RE­SULTS

Men's 100m fi­nals

1 Richard Thomp­son (Re­birth) � 9.82

2 Ke­ston Bled­man (Sim­plex) � 10.00

3 Dar­rel Brown (Re­birth) � 10.05

Women's 100m fi­nals

1 Michelle-Lee Ahye (Re­birth) � 10.88

2 Kai Selvon (Air Bon Son­ics) � 11.32

3 Re­yare Thomas (Neon Track­ers) � 11.37

Men's 400m fi­nals

1 Ren­ny Quow (Zenith) � 45.073

2 La Londe Gor­don (Nike) � 45.077

3 Jar­rin Solomon (Mem­phis Pi­o­neers) � 45.59

Women's 400m fi­nals

1 Janeil Bellille (Neon Track­ers) � 51.83

2 Shaw­na Fer­min (Mem­phis Pi­o­neers) � 53.14

3 Romona Mod­este (Neon Track­ers) � 53.60

Women Dis­cus Throw 1kg fi­nals

1 Chelsea James (To­ba­go Fal­cons) � 41.43m

2 Sha­iann Charles (D'Abadie) � 39.01m

3 Ak­i­ba Robin­son (To­co T.A.F.A.C) � 35.16m

Women Javelin Throw 600g fi­nals

1 Dar­lene Lewis (Uwi) � 40.54m

2 Chuntul Mo­han (Point Fortin) � 37.95m

3 Por­tious War­ren (To­co T.A.F.A.C.) � 36.63m

Women 100m Hur­dles fi­nals

1 Deb­o­rah John (Air Bon Son­ics) � 13.36

2 Josanne Lu­cas (To­ba­go Fal­cons) � 13.41

3 Belkis Mi­lanes (Cu­ba) � 13.43

Men 110m Hur­dles fi­nals

1 Wayne Davis Jnr (Un­at­tached) � 13.21

2 Mikel Thomas (Re­birth) � 13.45

3 Durell Bus­by (To­ba­go Jaguars) � 13.64

Men's Shot Put 7.26kg fi­nals

1 Akeem Stew­art (To­ba­go Fal­cons) � 17.76m

2 Hezekiel Romeo (Re­birth) � 17.55m

3 Ke­sean Phillips (Uwi) � 15.43m