Clay­ton Clarke

Olympic and World Cham­pi­onships semi­fi­nal­ist Michelle Lee Ahye stole the spot­light at the sec­ond an­nu­al NAAA Pres­i­dent Clas­sic at the Hase­ly Craw­ford Sta­di­um, Port of Spain on Sat­ur­day af­ter speed­ing to vic­to­ry in the women's 100 me­tres in a 11.07 sec­onds.

Start­ing in lane six, the 2011 Pan Amer­i­can Ju­nior cham­pi­on es­tab­lished an ear­ly lead and pulled away from the field to reach the line ahead of the the Con­corde duo of Nan­delle Cameron (11.42) and Lisa Wick­ham (11.44).

Ahye's time is a new per­son­al best (pb) im­prov­ing on her 11.19 set in Cal­i­for­nia, US a year ago but there was no wind read­ing avail­able at the meet to val­i­date the swift clock­ing.

Carif­ta sil­ver medal­list Ay­o­delle Taffe was a dou­ble cham­pi­on tak­ing the boys Un­der-20 100m and 200m. Taffe (Abi­lene Wild­cats) first clinched the 200m run­ning a strong bend to come in­to the straight well ahead and cruised over the line in a per­son­al best of 20.77 well ahead of Theon Lewis (Petrotrin PAP) 21.81 and Ed­win Phillip (Con­corde) 21.90.

Taffe ran a sec­ond pb of the day tak­ing the 100m in 10.52. Club-mate Hol­land Cabrara took the run­ner-up spot (10.80) with Mic­ah Bal­lan­tyne (Al­pha) in third 10.82.

The 18-year-old then al­so helped his club to vic­to­ry in the men's 800m sprint med­ley re­lay. Abi­lene Wild­cats clocked 1:29.62 to fin­ish ahead of Neon Track­ers (1:32.50) and Con­corde (1:33.97).

Tacuma Ster­ling of Al­pha was the win­ner of the men's 100m in an close race clock­ing 10.71 edg­ing Jonathan Hold­er (Con­corde) 10.73 and Jesse Berkley (Sim­plex) 10.74 and Le Shawn Noel (UTT) 10.74. All four flashed across the line al­most to­geth­er. Fans had to wait on a pho­to fin­ish for the win­ner.

Du­ane Her­bert (Dovers) leaped to vic­to­ry in the men's long jump with a first round ef­fort of 7.24 me­tres with Carif­ta boys U-17 bronze medal­list Che Richard (Oa­sics) se­cured the sil­ver in a pb of 7.02.

The Clas­sic was host­ed by the Na­tion­al As­so­ci­a­tion of Ath­let­ic Ad­min­is­tra­tion (NAAA). NAAA pres­i­dent Ephraim Ser­rette said the meet was held to re­place the Pa­lo Seco Games which were can­celled this year.

"With the short-no­tice of the can­cel­la­tion of the Pa­lo Seco Games be­cause of the con­di­tion of the field we felt we had to keep a meet for the ath­letes to keep them com­pet­i­tive. Last year's meet was al­so held be­cause the Hamp­ton Games were called off as well."

Ser­rette said he was hap­py with the turnout of ath­letes.

"I was pleased to see the lanes were filled and we had some qual­i­ty ath­letes com­ing out and giv­ing their best. This meet was not sched­uled on the cal­en­dar. We will now have to sit down and prob­a­bly make this meet an an­nu­al event and put it on the sched­ule and build on it to make it a re­gion­al meet and hope­ful­ly it to a grand prix meet."

Se­lect­ed re­sults

Girls U-15

100m (nwi)

1 Je­nea Spinks (Neon Track­ers) - 12.35

2 Kay­la Marie Sen­ford (Mem­phis) - 12.56

3 Aquil­la St Louis D'Abadie Pro­gres­sive - 12.93

Boys U-15 100m

1 Joshua McMil­lan (Re­birth) - 11.98

2 Dale Joseph (Sim­plex) - 12.02

3 Joseph Wat­son (D'Abadie) - 12.12

Girls U 17 100m (nwi)

1 Je­u­nice Maxime (Mem­phis) -12.19

2 Ja­da Bark­er (Cougars) - 12.27

3 Micheale Neils (Strid­ers) - 12.36

400m

1 Thy­la-Marie Scott (Cougars) - 57.40

2 Re­nee Stod­dards (Neon Track­ers) - 59.59

3 Mar­isha Arthur (Neon Track­ers) - 1:02.93

800m

1 Chivonne Aigle (Strid­ers) - 2:40.37

2 Pa­t­ri­na La Touche (Oa­sics) 2:43.85

3 Ash­ley Fer­nan­dez (Petrotrin) - 2:45.19

B U 17

100m (nwi)

1 Xavier Mul­ga­ta (Mem­phis) - 11.05

2 Josah Hug­gins Dovers 11.06

3 Chad Richards Pe­nal 11.20

400m

1 Aaron Sylvester ((con­corde) -) - 51.27

2 Jesse Fredrick (Mem­phis) - 52.02

3 Daniel Her­nan­dez (D'Abadie) - 52.71

800m

1 Jor­dan Lares (Abi­lene) - 2:06.18

2 At­i­ba Samuel (Petrotrin) - 2:06.95

3 O.Neal De Shong (Air Bon Son­ics) - 2:06.75

U-20

100m

1 Ay­o­delle Taffe (Abi­lene) - 10.52

2 Hol­land Cabara (Abi­lene) - 10.80

3 Mic­ah Bal­lan­tyne Al­pha 10.82

200m

1 Ay­o­delle Taffe (Abi­lene) - 20.77

2 Theon Lewis Petrotrn PAP 21.81

3 Ed­win Phillip (con­corde) - 21.90

Women

100m (nwi)

1 Michelle Lee Ahye (Re­birth) - 11.07

2 Nan­delle Cameron (Con­corde) - 11.42

3 Lisa Wick­ham (Con­corde) - 11.44

400m

1 Ra­mona Mod­este (Neon Track­ers) - 54.88

2 Do­minique Williams (Neon Track­ers) - 55.28

3 Shir­nelle Et­ti­enne (Pt Fortin New Jets) - 57.02

800m

1 Dawnell Col­ly­more (Mem­phis) - Pi­o­neers 2:18.79

2 Ishawn Fran­cis (Burn­ley) - 2:22.34

3 Elia Nero (Neon Track­ers) - 2:22.91

1500m

1 Josanne Ro­jas (Petrotrin) - 5:30.41

2 Zara Suite-Stew­art (Mem­phis) - Pi­o­neers 5:32.61

3 Ishawn Fran­cis (Burn­ley) - 5:57.00

Shot Put

1 Por­tious War­ren (To­co TAFAC) - 12.86

2 Cherisse Mur­ray (To­co TAFAC) - 12.38

3 Gwen­dolyn Smith Petrotrin P/Seco 12.21

Javelin

1 Geral­dine George (Petrotrin) - 39.26

2 Dar­line Lewis UWI 38.26

3 Gwen­dolyn Smith P/Seco 36.79

Men

100m(nwi)

1 Tacuma Ster­ling Al­pha 10.71

2 Jonathan Hold­er (con­corde) - 10.73

3 Jesse Berkley Sim­plex 10.74

200m (nwi)

1 Jonathan Far­in­ha (Abi­lene) - 20.92

2 Kevin Haynes (TTDF) - 21.47

3 Quinn Lee Ralph (con­corde) - 21.62

400m

1 Machel Ce­de­nio Sim­plex 46.99

2 Kern Alex­is (Neon Track­ers) - 47.74

3 Asa Gue­vara (Abi­lene) - 48.01.