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T&T’s Olympic javelin throw­er Keshorn Wal­cott ex­pect­ed­ly walked away with the Se­nior “Sports­man of the Year” award along­side cy­clist Te­niel Camp­bell, who told the au­di­ence that she plans to be the first fe­male cy­clist to medal at the Olympic Games, when the First Cit­i­zens Sports Foun­da­tion Awards at the Na­tion­al Acad­e­my of the Per­form­ing Arts (NA­PA) was held in Port-of-Spain Sat­ur­day night.

​Pres­i­dent Chris­tine Kan­ga­loo pre­sent­ed the awards to both ath­letes, while Jaden Marchan (ath­let­ics) and Janae De Gannes (ath­let­ics) se­cured the Ju­nior Awards.

​Wal­cott, who was al­so vot­ed the T&T Olympic Com­mit­tee (TTOC) “Sports­man of the Year,” was fa­vored to take the se­nior men’s ti­tle fol­low­ing a year in which he dom­i­nat­ed the field. Last year, he de­liv­ered a sea­son’s best throw of 88.16 me­tres to se­cure gold at the World Ath­let­ics Cham­pi­onships. De­spite a heavy down­pour dur­ing that com­pe­ti­tion, the Lon­don 2012 gold medal­list seized con­trol ear­ly. Wal­cott opened with 81.22m, surged in­to the lead on his sec­ond at­tempt at 87.83m. How­ev­er, his de­liv­ery of 88.16 me­tres laid the ex­cla­ma­tion mark on the pro­ceed­ings.