A pair of LSU runners, Richard Thompson and Kelly Baptiste, won the men's and women's 100 meters at the NCAA track and field championships. Thompson and Baptiste are both from Trinidad and Tobago, a Caribbean nation with a population of 1.3 million. Here's Thompson talking about it afterward:
"It says a lot to come from a little country like Trinidad, I think it shows the quality of sprinters that come from there," Thompson said. "It feels great to follow in the footsteps of Hasely Crawford, who won the Olympic games in 1976. He was an NCAA champion."
Thompson was also part of LSU's winning 4x100-meter relay team, which was anchored by Trindon Holliday, who is also a running back on LSU's football team.
"It says a lot to come from a little country like Trinidad, I think it shows the quality of sprinters that come from there," Thompson said. "It feels great to follow in the footsteps of Hasely Crawford, who won the Olympic games in 1976. He was an NCAA champion."
Thompson was also part of LSU's winning 4x100-meter relay team, which was anchored by Trindon Holliday, who is also a running back on LSU's football team.
