NATIONAL Fil-Am team members Kristina Knott and Angel Frank got their indoor season started with great performances.
Knott, a double gold medallist in the 2019 Southeast Asian Games, broke the national mark in the women’s 200-meter event at the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Invitational on Sunday in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
The 29-year old Knott ran in 23.46 seconds, finishing fifth overall and improving on the Philippine record of 23.56 seconds that she recorded at the Arkansas Qualifier at the Randall Tyson Track Center in Fayetteville, North Carolina.
American sprinter Ramiah Elliott ruled the finals after crossing the finish line in 23.27 seconds.
Knott was also in second in the women’s 60m finals after clocking in 7.34 seconds, with her time slower than the 7.26-second national record she achieved back in 2021.
Kenondra Travis of Texas took the gold with a time of 7.28 seconds.
Meanwhile, Frank clocked 37.03 seconds for sixth place in the women’s 300-meter sprints Orange and Purple Invitational at the Clemson Indoor Track and Field Complex, also on Sunday in Clemson, South Carolina.
It was Frank’s fastest time in three years, after she came in at 38.84 seconds in 2022.
With teammate Delecia McDuffie, they notched 3:44.97 for sixth spot overall in the 4×400 meter relays in the same event.
This is 14 seconds off Frank’s fastest, which was at 3:30.09, set in 2023, during the NCAA Division I indoor meet, with her teammates at the University of South Carolina.
