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FilAm Kristina Knott breaks Lydia de Vega's record in 100 meters DES MOINES, IOWA - Filipino American Kristina Marie Knott, the Southeast Asian Games champion for 200 meters, has shattered the 33-year-old sprint record of Lydia de Vega in the 100-meter run. This as Knott clocked 11.27-seconds in the Drake Blue Oval Showcase in Iowa to set a new Philippine national record.... The Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association (PATAFA) confirmed Knott's feat on its official Facebook account. Knott, 24, whose mother is a Filipina from Imus, Cavite, finished in second place in the Iowa meet behind Kayla White of the United States who ran a season-best 11.18-seconds. Pinoy Athletics reported that physical distancing was observed in the meet, with the athletes running one lane apart. Knott is aiming to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics, and will need to reach the qualifying time of 11.15-seconds for the 100 meters. Knott now holds the Philippine record for both the 100 meters and the 200 meters. She smashed the national record for the 200m in the 2019 SEA Games, running a 23.01-seconds in the final after already resetting the record with a time of 23.07-seconds in the heats. Despite her Iowa feat, Knott was disappointed to have missed out the 200-meters run, her pet event, during the Drake Blue Oval Showcase in Iowa. Knott told Dyan Castillejo of ABS-CBN News that she expected to run both the 100m and the 200m. "In my mind, okay I'm running the 200, I'm getting my mind and my mental ready for the 200. And then all that went on the window when I looked at the sheet and I only saw my name on the 100," she explained. According to Knott's coach, Rohsaan Griffin, the Fil-Am was not given a slot in the 200m because the field "was packed with sub-23 second runners." Among them was Shakima Wimbley, a world champion on the 4x400 meter relay in 2017, and Pan American champions Lynna Irby and Kyra Jefferson. Knott, who has a personal best of 23.01 seconds in the 200meters, said she felt "kicked to the curb" with the development. The meet invited a couple of other athletes, and they never got back to them, until like last minute. I was gonna take their spots, but then the other athletes that they initially invited, they said hey, we wanna do the 200, so they kicked me to the curb, basically," she explained. "I was kinda disappointed, because I was so ready for the 200, I've been training for the 200," Knott also said. "I'm just ready to break my own record in the 200." Knott had twice reset the national record in the 200m in the 2019 Southeast Asian Games. She ran a 23.07 seconds in the heats, before dominating the final with a time of 23.01 seconds. Irby won the Drake Blue Oval Showcase with a time of 22.52 seconds, while Jefferson came in second at 22.69 seconds. Wimbley clocked in at 23.07 seconds.

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