NATIONAL record-holder Brenessa Thompson has done it again. She has added the national women’s 200m to her women’s outdoor 100m and 200m records, and the Olympian is looking forward to much more during the year.The Texas A & M University athlete ran 23.36 seconds at the Clemson Tiger Paw Invitational held last Saturday at the Clemson University Indoor Complex, to finish third.
The 20-year-old sprinter is elated about her accomplishment, saying she feels poised to achieve much more.
“I feel like I’m at a much better place than last year. This indoor season, my main focus was on doing a better job than in my freshman year. I ended my freshman year last year with a 24.04 PB, now this year I ran 23.36 and I am very happy with my performance,” Thompson expressed.
Thompson, a US-born athlete is Guyanese by naturalisation, and has represented Guyana at the World Junior Championships, the annual CARIFTA Games, and last year for the first time represented Guyana at the Olympics.
Many Guyanese got to see Thompson perform on home soil for the first time last year June, when she came for the Aliann Pompey Invitational which was held at the National Track and Field Centre in Leonora.
Thompson wowed the spectators in the women’s 100m where she set the national record at 11.14 seconds. She already has the 200m record which she had set at 22.99 seconds in May.