National javelin record holder Leslain Baird recorded a new personal best performance of 65m 32cm despite a second place finish to Shakiel Waithe at last weekend’s NAAA Sagicor/NGC Senior Champs at the Hasely Crawford Stadium in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.
The competition was between Baird, a Guyana Defence Force (GDF) athlete and Waithe, of the Zenith Track and Field Club. Waithe won the event on his third throw when he hurled the spear to 65m 32cm.
The winning throw eventually ruled out Baird’s measurement by .31cm. Third and fourth place finishers were