Top performances and coverage summary for this week.
Members of The College of the Bahamas track team headed to Daytona Beach, Florida this weekend to compete in the Embry Riddle University Last Chance Invitational.
There is great urgency for the new Thomas A. Robinson National Stadium to be fully within the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Certification Systems in time for the CARIFTA Trials, scheduled to begin March 15. This is the case certainly, also, for this year’s version of the CARIFTA Games, scheduled for the Robinson venue March 29-April 1. (via www.thenassauguardian.com)
We have some exciting announcements about the headquarters hotel and schedule of events with some special Friday evening festivities.
The Middle School State Championship will be held on May 4, 2013 at Calvary Christian in Clearwater. Here are the performances that hit our cutoffs so far this outdoor track season.
It was with the deepest sadness that the IAAF received the news that IAAF Council Member and NACAC President Neville McCook, OJ, JP passed away on Monday 11 February, at the University Hospital, Mona, Kingston, Jamaica. (via iaaf.org)
Let's take a look at what Jamaicans competing in colleger track & field did for the week of February 04, 2013 - February 10, 2013
A look at the Bahamas alumni performances from the past week in collegiate action.
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Neville 'Teddy' McCook, president of the North America, Central America and the Caribbean Track & Field Association (NACAC), is dead. McCook, who was elected president of NACAC in (via www.trackalerts.com)
Since we specifically do a weekly collegiate report, this specifically excludes athletes competing for a college in the United States. These are highlights from the last couple of weeks in international elite meets.
A look at some of the Jamaicans competing in international meets this week. This excludes any collegiate athletes, who we will publish in a report on Tuesday.
Latario shared the video of his new pesronal best triple jump of 7.30 meters tonight competing for Iowa Western Community College and we couldn't help but pass it on. Great job!
The Nassau Guardian (via www.thenassauguardian.com)
Round up of what Bahamians are doing in college competions in the US February 1, 2013 - February 3, 2013.
Here are some of the best performances of the weekend that hit our elite standards at Star Tracker's Star Performers Classic.
If the early meets on the track and field calendar are any indication, the high school track and field season is set to be another duel between a pair of BAISS powerhouses. (via www.tribune242.com)
A look at what the Bahamaians competing on the college scene did during this past week.
Trans World Sport feature on young Bahamian sprint star Anthonique Strachan. She is the current IAAF World Junior Athletics Champion in the 100m and 200m, CAC Senior silver 200m medallist and Current CARIFTA Under 20 100m and 200m Champion.
The first and only indoor meet of the year in Florida is complete and we have had some of the nations top sprinting performances as well as some very impressive hurdle and distance debuts!
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - The University of Florida women's track and field team, currently ranked No. 7 in the country, took home the team title at the Razorback Invitational this weekend, edging out LSU by one point, 101-100. (via www.gatorzone.com)
The season is just getting underway, but already FSU freshman Marvin Bracy is picking up where he left off. At the Arkansas Razorback Invitational on Friday, he came through with the fastest seed out of the prelims with a 6.64 going into tomorrow's finals.
Here is a round up of the Bahamian athletes competing in the NCAA so far this indoor season. We will publish this on a weekly basis the rest of the winter and spring.
Eligible to all high school students! Upload a 60 second video commentating on anything by January 31st to the Brooks PR Contest Page. Two winners will be picked by Brooks for an all-expenses paid trip to Seattle, where the student reporter will work with Flotrack and Milesplit to commentate the Brooks PR Invitational.
As thousands of local and international participants cross the finish lines at Sunshine Insurance Race Weekend 2013’s Marathon Bahamas and the Susan G Komen Bahamas Race for the Cure, they will be greeted with an ice cold Vitamalt beverage. (via www.tribune242.com)
The 2013 Middle School State Championship will be held on May 4th, again at Calvary Christian in Clearwater. Here are the entry standards and procedures for this year.
With the repairs to the old Thomas A Robinson Track and Field Stadium in preparation for the 2013 Carifta Games, the National Sports Authority has made the new Thomas A Robinson Track and Field Stadium available not only to the Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations, but also some of the schools for their inter-school track and field meets. (via www.tribune242.com)
The 2013 North Andros High School Invitational will take place on February 8-9 in Nicholl's Town. The entry deadline is February 1st.
Eligible to all high school students! Upload a 60 second video commentating on anything by January 31st to the Brooks PR Contest Page. Two winners will be picked by Brooks for an all-expenses paid trip to Seattle, where the student reporter will work with Flotrack and MileSplit to commentate the Brooks PR Invitational at the UW Dempsey Track. The reporter will get to work side-by-side with Flotrack and Milesplit, see the fastest HS Runners in the country competing, and get a bunch of Brooks Running gear! (via MileSplit)
Eligible to all high school students! Upload a 60 second video commentating on anything by January 31st to the Brooks PR Contest Page. Two winners will be picked by Brooks for an all-expenses paid trip to Seattle, where the student reporter will work with Flotrack and MileSplit to commentate the Brooks PR Invitational at the UW Dempsey Track. The reporter will get to work side-by-side with Flotrack and Milesplit, see the fastest HS Runners in the country competing, and get a bunch of Brooks Running gear!