Samantha Shukla (Richard Jones Racing) won the women’s 8Km at the 2016 NAAA/NGC Cross-Country Championships at the Queen’s Park Savannah on Sunday, December 4.
Shukla clocked 34:56 with April Francis (Abilene Wildcats), 39:33 and Michaelene Williams (UTT), 47:59 winning the minor medals. (Video courtesy:CLAYTON CLARKE/Sportscore Tobago)
Clayton Clarke is a freelance track and field journalist since 2005. He is a former athlete and an IAAF Level III coach (Sprints & Hurdles). He has been a writer with Track Alerts since its inception in 2009. He worked with several media houses (radio, tv, newspaper, website) in Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, St. Kitts Nevis and the Bahamas. The Tobago native has covered the Carifta Games since 2005, the 2010 Commonwealth Games, 2011 World Athletic Championships and numerous local and regional track and field events.. Though track and field is his passion and main interest, he has served as media liaison with numerous sporting bodies in T&T and in particular in Tobago, namely cycling, chess, football, beach soccer, taekwondo, rugby, swimming, tennis and beach volleyball.
