Alana Reid credit coach, household and teammates for pushing her to victory
New Champs 100m document holder Alana Reid has famous that the absence of arch-rival Serena Cole within the blue ribbon occasion on Wednesday night time didn’t enable her to drop her guard.
Reid, the daughter of former Reggae Boy Garfield Reid, threw down the gauntlet in her semi-final when she stopped the clock at 11.16 seconds, just for Cole, the Edwin Allen Excessive College star who appeared destined to lastly emerge from the shadows of the Clayton twins, shut off her semis in 11.17 seconds, and setting the stage for an actual humdinger of a remaining.
Nonetheless, Cole was seen grimacing instantly after crossing the end line in her semis, and information quickly emerged that she had suffered a hamstring damage and wouldn’t face the starter for the ultimate.
Reid put all of the noise apart and breezed to a spectacular 10.92 seconds (1.0mps), the primary sub 11-second execution of a 100m remaining on the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys’ and Ladies’ Athletics Championships.
The run additionally shattered the Champs document of 11.13 seconds set in 2001 by the legendary Veronica Campbell Brown, and it additionally bettered the Nationwide Junior Report of 10.95 seconds set by Tina Clayton final August on the World Underneath-20 Championships in Cali, Colombia.
In response to the absence of Cole, Reid was candid.
“Effectively no as a result of I at all times look out for myself and having the help from my coach Corey Bennett and my teammates, my mother and my dad, they provide me the drive and the push to go on the market.”
She added: “I do know that something I put my thoughts to I can obtain.”
Taking her outstanding victory in stride, Reid defined additional that she can be attempting to recuperate from the trials of the brief dash in preparation for the 200m which began on Thursday.
“Effectively I simply have to return to the drafting board to get some relaxation to come back again and I would like it within the 200 as effectively, so I simply need to imagine in myself and I’ve a large help group and they’re at all times there for me, so it’s only for me to return and relaxation and are available again stronger.
“To be sincere I at all times say a phrase of prayer, whether or not on the beginning line or earlier than I’m about to run. I simply at all times inform myself that the sky is the restrict and something I imagine I can obtain and as I stated beforehand, my coach has been there for me even at instances once I felt like giving up, so I simply need to thank him for that and thank my teammates and household.”
It was subsequently no shock when Reid ran straight to the grandstand after her victory on Wednesday night time to search out her mom Karen Chisholm and have a good time with a passionate hug.