Fil-American trackster Kristina Knott boosted her campaign for an Olympic spot by claiming the silver medal in the Pure Athletics Spring Invitational in Clermont, Florida over the weekend.
Knott, a double gold medalist at the 2019 Southeast Asian Games, clocked 11.36 seconds in the women’s 100 meters to settle behind Angela Tenoria’s 11.33sec performance.
This is the second silver medal for Knott after a similar runner-up finish in the 93rd Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays in Austin last week.
She, however, improved her time compared to the Texas relays, where she clocked 11.54sec.
Knott is best known for breaking the 33-year-old national record of Lydia de Vega-Mercado by clocking 11.27sec at a race in Iowa last year.
Aside from a possible berth through universality, Knott can qualify for the Tokyo Olympics by hitting the standard time of 11.15sec.
She has so far lined up to a few more races in Florida including the Miramar Invitational and another race in Gainesville.