BASSETERRE, St. Kitts and Nevis - Antoine Adams of St. Kitts and Nevis achieved the qualifying mark in the men's 60m event and in the process has qualified for the 14th IAAF World Indoor next month in Istanbul, Turkey.   

Adams, who was a part of St. Kitts and Nevis 4x100m relay team that won bronze at last summer's World Championships in Daegu, South Korea, produced a world leading time of 6.68 seconds to capture the 60 meters race at the Botnia games in Finland recently.

The Pan Am Games silver medallist Adams returned later to run a cracking and impressive 15.54 seconds to win the 150m event missing out on the World Indoor record of 15.53 seconds by a whisker.

Dave Connor, Director of Sports Dept. of Sports Ministry of Youth Empowerment, Sport, Information Technology, and Telecommunications in the island of St. Kitts and Nevis, hailed the achievement by Adams.

"The Dept. of sports would like to say congratulations to Antoine Adams as he continues to put in the hard work necessary to achieve his goals," Connor said in a email reply to St. Kitts and Nevis federation.

The Sports Ministry of Youth Empowerment, Sport, Information Technology and Telecommunications "thanked the St. Kitts and Nevis Amateur Athletic Association and all the athletes on the International Circuit; as well as those here at home for their continued commitment to the sport of Track and Field".

Evris B L Huggins, Public Relation Officer at the St. Kitts/ Nevis Amateur Athletic Association, in a release said "The SKNAAA again extends congratulations to Antoine as he continue to improve on the indoor circuit."