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St Fort headlines Carifta trials

Khalifa St Fort will be the headline act at this weekend's Carifta tri­als, at the Hasely Craw­ford Stadium, Port of Spain.

St Fort made a huge impact in 2015, earning the 100-metres silver at the IAAF World Youth Championships in Cali, Colombia. The meet was the US-born sprinter's first in Trinidad and To- bago colours. She followed up with the 100m gold at the Pan Ameri­can Junior Championships in Edmonton, Canada.

At the IAAF World Championships in Beijing, China, St Fort held her own among the se­niors, the Florida-based teenager anchoring the T&T women's 4x100m team to second spot in their qualifying heat, in a national record time of 42.24 seconds. St Fort made way for Semoy Hackett in the final. T&T finished third in the championship race in 42.03 seconds, impro­ving on the national record, and St Fort was presented with a bronze medal for her role in the qualifying race.

St Fort is coached by quadruple Olympic medallist Ato Boldon. Another US-born sprin­ter in the Boldon camp, Sarah Wollaston, is also expected to compete at the Carifta trials. Like St Fort, Wollaston's mother is Trinidadian.

Akanni Hislop, who captured the Boys Under-18 200m gold and 100m silver at last year's Carifta Games in St Kitts and Nevis, will be on show this weekend in the Under-20 sprints.

Also seeing action at the Crawford Stadium will be reigning Carifta champions Andwuelle Wright, Tyriq Horsford and Isaiah Taylor. Wright is hoping to make a successful defence of his Boys Under-20 long jump title. Horsford will bid to repeat as the Boys Under-18 javelin champion. And Taylor, who captured the Boys Under-18 shot put gold last year, steps up to the Under-20 age group.

Featuring at the trials as well will be quarter- miler Jacob St Clair, hurdler Jeminise Parris, jumpers Che Richards and Clement Campbell, and throwers Chelsea James and Akidah Briggs.

Athletes from Curacao, Dominica and St Vincent and the Grenadines will also be in action on the weekend.

The trials will be contested from 10 a.m. tomorrow and Sunday.

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