VIRGINIA, United States, (CMC):

Celebrated Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) athlete Ayanna Alexander has produced the best triple-jump performance of her career to erase her own national record at the 39th annual Potomac Valley Games in Virginia on Sunday.

Alexander disturbed the sand with a leap of 14.40 metres, 0.49 metres better than the effort that earned her bronze at the Commonwealth Games in Scotland in August.

Her previous personal best was 14.15m, achieved in May 2012, at the Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port-of-Spain.

Alexander, 32, who represented Ashburn, is the only woman to fly the T&T flag at the Olympic Games in the triple-jump event and is the record holder of national championship titles - eight - which she secured on a run from 2006-2013.

Alexander's record-breaking leap has catapulted her from 39th to 10th on the 2014 world performance list.