PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC-World Championships 400-metre hurdles champion Jehue Gordon grabbed the major prizes at the Annual Awards function of the National Association of Athletics Administrations (NAAA) ofTrinidad and Tobago over the weekend
Gordon picked up the “Male Athlete of the Year” and the “Men Open Track” awards as well as an “Outstanding Performance” award for his world-leading and national record 47.69 seconds clocking en route to World Championships honours in Russia last August.
“To be honest, I’ve never envisioned myself reaching this far so early,” said the 22-year-old hurdler.
“It’s something we always dream about but for me to come out here and win all these achievements at such a young age just goes to show that it have a lot more in store for Jehue Gordon in the future”.
Rebirth’s shot putter Cleopatra Borel collected the “Female Athlete of the Year” and “Women Open Field” awards.
The defending Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Games champion missed out on a World Championships final berth by a mere 0.04 metres when she produced a season’s best 17.84m to be just outside the top 12.
Borel however produced a 17.56m effort to capture gold at the 2013 Central Americanand Caribbean Championships in Mexico last July.
