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Harrigan-Scott, Kelly In IAAF World Indoor Championships – A First

March 16, 2016 by Admin

By the BVIAA

Tahesia Harrigan-Scott, Coach Winston Potter and Ashley Kelly at the NACAC Championships Photo: Dean “The Sportsman” Greenaway

The Lone Ranger is not alone anymore. For the first time in its history, the BVI will have two athletes competition at the IAAF World Indoor Championships.

Veteran Tahesia Harrigan-Scott, a 2008 bronze medalist, is in her fourth championships and will contest the 60m dash will be joined by Ashley Kelly, who will see action in the 400m.

The 15th edition will be held in Portland, Oregon, March 15-17. Kelly will see action on Friday and Harrigan-Scott get into the blocks on Saturday.

Harrigan-Scott said she’s excited about having Kelly at World Indoors as she has been the lone ranger. “I know our county has the talent and the athletes to qualify, so to see it starting to happen at this level, it’s the start of something great and something that’s going to continue happening on a consistent basis,” she predicted. “This is just the first of many. The door was opened up and I think Ashley is going to have a phenomenal season. She has been running really spectacular and I think we are going to go out there and have a great showing.”

Harrigan-Scott said this year is more about fun and not focusing on indoors as her major goal is outdoors with indoors being a bonus and her training has been going extremely well. “I’ve been working on the different phases to transition to the 100m because that’s my optimal race and so far, so good,” she said. “It has been one of my fastest indoor seasons for the last two years and I feel very confident about it. My strength level is definitely up, I think I can handle the rounds and it’s just to make sure I execute.”

She’s taking a 7.20 seconds season’s best into the meet and said her competitions this year have been really spread out unlike in past World Championships, where she raced consistently indoors. This time around, she has four competitions under her belt.

“I feel really good and I’m feeling really strong,” Harrigan-Scott stated. “I think everything is going to come together during the World Championships. I’ve been training really well and gearing up towards it, everything should work out really well. I’m at peace with myself.”

A 2008 bronze medalist, a 2010 finalist, she ran 7.17 seconds in 2014 – the same time as Jamaica’s Veronica Campbell-Brown who got the eighth and final spot. From that experience she said you can’t leave it up to the clock but have to put yourself in the position. “Once there’s an opportunity for someone else to choose another person, then you basically took yourself out the equation,” she noted. “This year, I’m going to ensure I give it my all and make sure there’s no second guesses whether I should go to the next round.”

Kelly said her main goal is to perform well and do what she has been doing in practices. “My goal is to take each round one at a time and do what I have to do to get through each round,” she stated. “Then hopefully, what I want will happen, so I’m looking for a good performance.”

Kelly has run personal best over 60, 200 and 400m this season and said with no school to concentrate on and she has been getting adequate rest and meet her different Doctor’s appointments. “I’m trusting the people I have around me and they really have my best interest,” she said. “Some of the things I’ve done-personal bests so early-has been a surprise. I wasn’t expecting much. I was just going out and attacking different parts of my race, so focusing on certain things really did help me in getting personal bests so I’m really happy.”

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Kelly Sprints BVI’s Second Fastest 60m At Millrose Games

February 23, 2016 by Admin

Photo courtesy of BVI Milesplit

By BVI Milesplit

Ashley Kelly joined Tahesia Harrigan-Scott as the second British Virgin Islands female sprinter to dip under 7.40 seconds over 60m indoors, when she cut her personal best from 7.46 earlier in the season to 7.39, at the Millrose Games in New York on Saturday. The 400m specialist, coming off a personal best of 53.01 last week and a 23.69 in the 200m three weeks ago, finished eight overall.

In North Carolina, returning to her 800m roots, Lakeisha “Mimi” Warner ran 2 minutes 12.85 seconds to place third overall in the UCS Invitational in Winston-Salem on Saturday.

Tarika “Tinkerbell” Moses was third in her 400m heat and fourth overall in 55.81 seconds followed by Jonel Lacey in 55.88-her second successive race under 56.00.

Beyonce DeFreitas finished second in heat three with the meet’s eight best mark of 57.52. Judine Lacey was second in the fourth heat with a 59.34 seconds time.

Karene King was fourth in the 60m dash in 7.50 seconds after advancing by winning her heat in 7.60. Sixth was L’Tisha Fanie with a 7.59 mark after getting to the final with a 7.69 heat winner. King finished second in the 200m after running 24.37 while Fahie recorded a time of 25.58 for ninth overall. Zacharia Frett ran 26.79.

The quartet of Lacey, Moses, DeFreitas and Warner, won the 4x400m Relay with a time of 3 minutes, 46.46 seconds. It was the second best indoor mark by a Sprint Tech quartet following up on the 3:45.34 in Boston on Jan 29.

Arianna Hayde leapt 4.79m in the Long Jump and was timed in 8.52 seconds in the 60m dash.

Rikkoi Brathwaite ran his 60m in 7.07 seconds and won his 200m heat in 23.34 seconds.

Mikkel Bassue was second in heat six in 23.40.

Rakeal Jack ran 51.94 seconds for second in his 400m heat, while Josh Hill was second in his section in 52.40. Valique Graham’s 54.55 seconds time was the top mark in heat nine. Bassue clocked 53.18 to finish third in the fourth heat.

The Sprint Tech quartet of Jack, Hill, Brathwaite and Graham became the first BVI male team to run a 4x400m Relay indoors. They were second in their heat and fifth overall in 3:30.61.

South Plains College freshman Taylor Hill, competing in her home invitational, sped to 60 and 200m personal bests on Saturday. Hill ran 7.49 seconds to finish third in the 60m after recording 7.52 in winning her semifinal. She then topped the podium in the deuce with a 24.47 seconds run.

Central Arizona sophomore Tynelle Gumbs, won the Pima Indoor Classic Weigh Throw with a heave of 19.42m, to follow up on last week’s Jr. College record of 19.70. Her series also included a 19.28 mark.

Lurching in second place after the third round, Eldred Henry edged teammate Hezekiel Romero by one centimeter to win the Shot Put with a 17.68m effort on his last attempt, after Romero took the lead with 17.67 in the fifth round.

Shaquoy Stephens was second in the Steve Miller Open 60m dash in Manhattan, Kansas, with a season’s best of 6.93 seconds. He won his 200m heat in 23.16 to finish eight overall.

In Jamaica, St. Jago’s Nelda Huggins won the Central Champs Class I Girls 100m in 11.90 seconds.

Long Jumper Chantel Malone wrapped up her European tour in Glasgow, Scotland, with a leap of 6.45 meter to place fifth overall on Saturday.

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Ashley Kelly Leads Record Breakers With Worlds Qualifier

February 16, 2016 by Admin

By Dean Greenaway, BVIAA

Ashley Kelly becomes the just the 2nd IAAF World Indoor Championships qualifier for BVI joining Tahesia Harrigan-Scott. Photo: Dean “The Sportsman” Greenaway

Ashley Kelly triggered a National Records streak in Boston on Friday night that included marks in Arizona, New Mexico and the BVI.

Kelly was second overall in the David Hemery Valentine Invitational 400m in 53.01 seconds, improving her best from 53.31, while taking down Chantel Malone’s 5-year old mark of 53.23. In the process, Kelly also achieved the IAAF World Indoor Championships qualifying standard, marking the first time in its history, the BVI has two athletes qualify for an indoor championship.

Kelly joins Tahesia Harrigan-Scott who has qualified in the 60m dash and ran a season’s best 7.21 seconds in Houston on Friday, to win the Howie Ryan Invitational. Harrigan-Scott has consistently run 7.28 or better every year since 2002 when she won NCAA Indoor Championships silver for the University of Minnesota, with a 7.22 time.

Competing at the Northern Arizona University Invitational in Flagstaff, Central Arizona College sophomore Tynelle Gumbs, improved her Weight Throw Record from 19.34m to 19.70 and broke Kelly Closse National Jr. Colleges’ mark of 19.55 from 2009. Her mark is the top in the Jr. College rankings and twin sister Trevia improved her best from 16.50 to 18.01, for the No. 2 mark on the season. She was fourth in the Shot Put with a 13.32m effort.

At the same competition, freshman Kyron McMaster ran 47.57 seconds for 400m on an oversized track, to place third. He also ran the 600m in 1:23.45 to win his heat and place second overall.

Tarika “Tinkerbell” Moses shaved her one minute 31.92 seconds 600m mark from Jan 23 in Boston, to 1:31.10 at the Don Kirby Invitational in Albuquerque on Friday night.

During Saturday’s BVI Athletics Association Development Series Meet #8, soon to be 19-year old Britney Peters shattered Tynelle Gumbs’ 40.12m Javelin Throw Record from last year, with a heave of 41.70m, which is also a National Jr. Record.

Djimon Gumbs improved on his Youth Discus Throw National Record from 46.50m to 48.19. He also won the Javelin with a personal best throw of 46.80m.

At the same meet, Jonel Lacey ran a personal best of 55.78 to lower her 56.07 best from 2013. She ran 56.27 in the prelims. Shaniyah Caul had a personal best of 57.64 in the prelims, while U15 athletes Tashara Edwards and Akrissa Euristee broke the 60 seconds barrier for the first time. Edwards ran 58.81 in the prelims and 59.06 in the finals while Euristee had marks of 59.93 and 59.90.

K’Cel Moses ran under 50 seconds for the first time with his 49.93 personal best while Rakeel Jack, 15, established an U16 record with his 50.47 seconds time in the prelims and followed up with 50.59 in the final.

Eldred Henry had double victories in the Shot Put and Weight Throw competing in the NAU Invitational, with a season’s best 18.05m mark in the Shot and 17.07m in the Weight. He has the top Jr. College mark in the Shot Put.

Karene King ran times of 7.56 in the Don Kirby Invitational 60m prelims and 7.59 in the 60m semis to finish seventh. She was also fourth in her 200m heat in 24.03.

South Plains College sophomore Taylor Hill was sixth in her heat of the Tyson Invitational 60m dash with a time of 7.65 seconds.

Long Jumper Chantel Malone had a season’s best leap of 6.56m to finish fourth in Berlin, Germany on Saturday. She had a 6.45m opener in Stuttgart on Feb 9 where she was fourth and 6.16 in France, where she also finished fourth. She ends her European Tour in Glasgow, Scotland, on Feb 20.

In Jamaica, Nelda Huggins won the Camperdown Classic Class I Girls 100m in 11.79 seconds.

On Monday, St. Augustine Jr. Khari Herbert, became the 12^th BVI athlete to win a major conference title, when he won the 400m at the CIAA Conference Indoor Championships in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Herbert had a winning time of 48.23 seconds.

He was second in his 200m heat and fifth overall in 22.06 seconds.

Filed Under: Athletics Tagged With: Ashley Kelly, IAAF World Indoor Championships

Record 27 Nominated For Athletes of The Year Presented By Sol

December 3, 2015 by bvioc

By BVIAA

NACAC President Victor Lopez Photo Credit: Todd VanSickle

Despite uncertainty surrounding the start of the 2015 season because of repair work planned for the Mondo track at the A. O. Shirley Recreation Grounds, BVI track and field athletes turned in stellar performances during the 2015 season.

As BVI athletes put those early season challenges behind, there was an unparalleled run of National Records in the BVI Athletics Association 44-year history, where for 13 consecutive weeks, starting on January 23, 2015, some level of National Youth, Jr. Senior Record was established.

Against that backdrop, a record 27 athletes are vying for the coveted Athlete of the Year awards presented by Sol in Youth, Junior and Senior divisions. The forthcoming event is scheduled for 7 p.m. on Tuesday, December 29, at the Moorings. Donation is $50 single and $85 per couple.

Sol will also dole out awards to athletes who have established a National Records that stood at season’s end. In all, there were 15 National Records established during the season.

During the evening, the Most Outstanding Athletes Awards from U9 through the Open Divisions in track events, field events and combined events will be recognized as well as the Most Improved Athlete, and the Comeback Athlete of the Year.

The Coach of the Year will also be named. Awards for Road Racing will also be presented and three early contributors to the development of the organization will receive the BVIAA’s Lifetime Achievement Awards.
Following are the respective nominees in the different divisions.

2015 Athletes of The Year Nominees presented by Sol
2015 Youth Female Athlete of the Year
Beyonce DeFreitas, A’Keela McMaster Alisha Hayde, Ariyah Smith, Asia McMaster

2015 Youth Male Athlete of the Year
Kori Penn, Sean Samuel, Malakai Smith, T’Koy Stevens, M’Kori Crabbe

2015 Jr. Male Athlete of the Year
Kryon McMaster, Akeem Bradshaw, K’Cei Moses, D’Jimon Gumbs

2015 Jr. Female Athlete of the Year
Trevia Gumbs, Tynelle Gumbs, Nelda Huggins, Taylor Hill, Deya Erickson, L’T’sha Fahie

2015 Sr. Male Athlete of the Year
Khari Herbert, Eldred Henry, Shaquoy Stephens

2015 Sr. Female Athlete of the Year
Tahesia Harrigan-Scott, Karene King, Ashley Kelly, Chantel Malon

2015 Most Outstanding Track & Field Performance Nominees

2015 Most Outstanding Combined Track Events Male Athlete
Akeem Bradshaw, Kyron McMaster, Khari Herbert

2015 Most Outstanding Combined Field Events Male Athlete
Akeem Bradshaw, Eldred Henry, Dylan Moses, Kevin Vanterpool

2015 Most Outstanding Combined Track Events Female Athlete
Ashley Kelly, Karene King, Taylor Hill, Nelda Huggins

2015 Most Outstanding Combined Field Events Female Athlete
Kala Penn, Tynelle Gumbs, Trevia Gumbs, Arianna Hayde

2015 Most Outstanding Combined Events Male Athlete
Eldred Henry

2015 Most Outstanding Men’s Open Track Athlete
Shaquoy Stephens, Khari Herbert, Tarique Moses

2015 Most Outstanding Women’s Open Track Athlete
Karene King, Tahesia Harrigan-Scott, Ashley Kelly

2015 Most Outstanding Men’s Open Field Athlete
Keron Stoute, Eldred Henry

2015 Most Outstanding Women’s Open Field Athlete
Chantel Malone

2015 Most Outstanding Boys Under-20 Track Athlete
Ronique Todman, Kyron McMaster, Akeem Bradshaw

2015 Most Outstanding Girls Under-20 Track Athlete
Taylor Hill, Nelda Huggins, Lakeisha Warner, Jonel Lacey, Tarika Moses, Deya Erickson

2015 Most Outstanding Boys Under-20 Field Athlete
Dylan Moses, Akeem Bradshaw, Kevin Vanterpool, Tahj Malone

2015 Most Outstanding Girls Under-20 Field Athlete
Tynelle Gumbs, Trevia Gumbs, Javlyn Frett

2015 Most Outstanding Boys Under-18 Track Athlete
Johnt’a Charles, K’Cei Moses, Malique Wattley

2015 Most Outstanding Girls Under-18 Track Athlete
L’Tsha Fahie, Shaniah Caul, Kala Penn

2015 Most Outstanding Boys Under-18 Field Athlete
Djimon Gumbs, Diamante Gumbs, Tyrique Bradshaw

2015 Most Outstanding Girls Under-18 Field Athlete
Kala Penn, Arianna Hayde, Akira Phillips

2015 Most Outstanding Boys Under-15 Track Athlete
Chaz Fahie, Ajaalee Malone, Malakai Romney

2015 Most Outstanding Girls Under-15 Track Athlete
Xiomara Malone, Zara Brown, Beyonce DeFreitas, Tashara Edwards

2015 Most Outstanding Boys Under-15 Field Athlete
J’Quaan Smith, Ajaalee Malone, Kawa Williams

2015 Most Outstanding Girls Under-15 Field Athlete
Xiomara Malone, Z’Niah Hutchinson, Dominique Moses, Tashara Edwards

2015 Most Outstanding Boys Under 13 Field Athlete
Malakai Smith, Kybah Dawson, Sha’el Lavacia

2015 Most Outstanding Girls Under 13 Field Athlete
Aryiah Smith, Alisha Hayde, Chassidy George, Kaelyah Liburd

2015 Most Outstanding Boys Under-13 Track Athlete
Sh’ael Lavacia, Kybah Dawson, Wanyae Bell, Malakai Smith

2015 Most Outstanding Girls Under-13 Track Athlete
Alisha Hayde, D’Neigh Williams, Ariyah Smith, Shymmera Forbes

2015 Most Outstanding Boys Under-11 Track Athlete
T’Koy Stevens, M’Kori Crabbe, Jahari Lacey, Kaleem Lettsome

2015 Most Outstanding Girls Under-11 Track Athlete
Jahtivya Williams, Akeela McMaster, A’Deja Hodge, Keanjah Roberts
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015 Most Outstanding Boys Under 11 Field Athlete
Kaleem Lettsome, T’Khoy Stevens, M’Kori Crabbe

2015 Most Outstanding Girls Under 11 Field Athlete
A’Keela McMaster, D’Neah Hodge, Adeajah Hodge

2015 Most Outstanding Girls Under 9 Field Athlete
Asia McMaster, Shannia Johnson, Jada John-Lewis

2015 Most Outstanding Girls Under 9 Track Athlete
Shannia Johnson, Asia McMaster, Jada John-Lewis, Jah’Kyla Morton

2015 Most Outstanding Boys Under 9 Field Athlete
Sean Samuel, Latriel Williams, Kori Penn

2015 Most Outstanding Boys Under 9 Track Athlete
Kori Penn, Sean Samuel, Shamoi Dore

Premier Dental Collegiate Athlete of the Year Nominees
Khari Herbert, Trevia Gumbs, Eldred Henry, Tynelle Gumbs

2015 Road Racing Nominees (Unofficial) the 10th BVI Half Marathon will determine the rest of the Nominees.

Road Race Series Male Athlete of the Year
Julius Farley, Reuben Stoby

Road Race Series Female Athlete of the Year
Rosmond Johnson

Filed Under: Athletics Tagged With: Ashley Kelly, BVI Athletes, BVI Athletics Association Athletes of the Year, BVIAA, Chantel Malone, Eldred Henry, Karene King, Tahesia Harrigan-Scott

VI’s Chantel Malone tops T&T Long Jump Championship

June 30, 2015 by bvioc

By VINO

Chantel Malone recorded a leap of 6.51m to easily claim top spot in the Long Jump ahead of Josanne Joseph’s 5.56m second place leap at the NGC-Sagicor National Association of Athletics Administrations (NAAA) Open Track and Field Championships in Trinidad and Tobago on Sunday June 28, 2015. Photo: Provided

Virgin Islands long jumper, Chantel Malone leaped to victory at the NGC-Sagicor National Association of Athletics Administrations (NAAA) Open Track and Field Championships in Trinidad and Tobago on Sunday June 28, 2015.

Malone recorded a leap of 6.51m to easily claim top spot in the Long Jump ahead of Josanne Joseph’s 5.56m second place leap.

In the Women’s 100m, Kelly-Ann Baptiste led the way with a 10.84 seconds golden run in Saturday’s final. The clocking also equalled her own Trinidad and Tobago record, whilst Tahesia Harrigan-Scott finished 6th with a time of 11.46 and Taylor Hill, 11th in 11.93 seconds.

The BVI pair had both qualified for the final with runs of 11.52 and 11.92 seconds.

In the 200m ‘B’ final, Karene King and Ashley Kelly grabbed a one, two finish with times of 23.26 and 23.36 seconds respectively.

Kelly also grabbed third in the 400m with a run of 53.76 to finish behind Kineke Alexander’s 52.99 and Jenille Bellelli’s 53.39.

Also on Saturday, Renny Quow clocked 44.90 seconds to establish a new Championship record in the men’s 400m, and Guadeloupe’s Christelle Laurent returned a time of 19 minutes, 00.61 seconds in the women’s 5,000m.

On Friday, Emmanuel Stewart produced a 52.49 metres effort to set a new Championship record in the men’s hammer throw, and Kenyan Kenneth Rotich topped the men’s 10,000m field in 30:48.25.

On Sunday, Olympic champion Keshorn Walcott landed the spear 84.84 metres to win the men’s javelin and break his own Championship record.

The other record-breaker at the three-day meet was Marsha Mark-Baird.

On Saturday and Sunday, the 41-year-old athlete accumulated 4,793 points to strike gold in the women’s heptathlon, erasing Natoya Baird’s 4,679-point Championship record from the books in the process.

Baptiste, Quow, Stewart, Walcott and Mark-Baird are all expected to represent T&T at the July 10-26, 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada.

Baptiste, Quow and Walcott achieved qualifying standards on the weekend, while Stewart and Mark-Baird qualified earlier in the season.

On March 21, in North Carolina, USA, Stewart threw 53.41m to better the 53.00m men’s discus standard.
And on May 13 and 14, 2015 in Utah, USA, Mark-Baird totalled 5,105 points in the women’s heptathlon, more than 200 points better than the 4,900 Pan Am standard in the seven-discipline event.

SUNDAY’S FINALS
Men’s 200m (wind: +1.7)
1 Kyle Greaux (Abilene) 20.42. 2 Rondel Sorrillo (La Brea) 20.50, 3 Dan-Neil Telesford (Neon Trackers) 20.53

Women’s 200m (wind: +2.2)
1 Reyare Thomas (Abilene) 22.97, 2 Kamaria Durant (Simplex) 23.15, 3 Magnolia Howell (unattached) 23.64

Women’s 200m “B” race (wind: +1.8)
1 Karene King (British Virgin Islands) 23.26, 2 Ashley Kelly (British Virgin Islands) 23.36, 3 Ngozi Onwumere (Nigeria) 23.78

Women’s 800m
1 Alena Brooks (Memphis) 2:06.71, 2 Myah Hicks (Memphis) 2:07.66, 3 Dawnel Collymore (Memphis) 2:10.76

Men’s 400m hurdles
1 Jehue Gordon (Memphis) 50.06, 2 Emmanuel Mayers (Rebirth) 50.24, 3 Ruebin Walters (Memphis) 51.82

Women’s 400m hurdles
1 Josanne Lucas (Falcons) 56.76 (56.757), 2 Sparkle McKnight (Memphis) 56.76 (56.759)

Men’s high jump
1 Brendan Williams (Dominica) 2.10m, 2 Omari Benoit (Falcons) 1.90m, 3 Rodney Liverpool (Defence Force) 1.90m

Women’s long jump
1 Chantel Malone (British Virgin Islands) 6.51m (wind: +2.4), 2 Josanne Joseph (Concorde) 5.76m (wind: +3.3), 3 Dannielle Davis (unattached) 5.64m (wind: +2.1)

Women’s shot put
1 Cleopatra Borel (Rebirth) 18.46m, 2 Chelsea James (Falcons) 14.54m, 3 Jaleesa Williams (D’Abadie Progressive) 14.48m

Men’s 4x100m
1 Abilene 40.75, 2 Alpha Athletic 41.02, 3 Defence Force 41.91

Men’s 4x400m
1 Memphis Pioneers 3:13.72, 2 Defence Force 3:14.29, 3 Dovers 3:22.78

Filed Under: Athletics Tagged With: Ashley Kelly, BVI Athletes, Chantel Malone, Karene King, NGC-Sagicor National Association of Athletics Administrations, Tahesia Harrigan-Scott, Taylor Hill

400m Personal Best for Herbert in CIAA Conference Championships

April 20, 2015 by bvioc

By BVIAA

Caption: Khari Herbert, left on his way to finishing fourth in the CIAA Conference Championships in 46.81 seconds in the 400m, improving his best from 47.21 Photo: Provided

St. Augustine’s sophomore Khari Herbert became just the third British Virgin Islands male athlete to break 47.00 seconds in the 400m, when he placed fourth in the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) Conference Championships held at Virginia State University in Petersburg, Va., on Saturday.

Herbert was timed in 46.81 seconds and moved to No. 2 on the BVI All Time List in helping the Falcons to add the CIAA Outdoor Conference title to the Indoor title they won in February. The Falcons amass 158 points to win their 18th consecutive CIAA title.

Herbert lowered his best of 47.21 from 2013 and ran 47.23 in the prelims to qualify for the final. He missed the 200m final after running 21.82 seconds to place fourth in his heat with the ninth best time overall.

In New Jersey, sprinter Ashley Kelly won a sprint double at the Larry Ellis Invitational in Princeton. Kelly had times of 11.88 seconds and a season’s best of 23.68 in the 200m for the best mark by a BVI female so far this season. She will open her 400m campaign in St. Maarten on May 9.

Sprinter Tahesia Harrigan-Scott was second in her 100m heat with a wind aided time off 11.36 seconds, in the NTC/Pure Athletics Invitational in Clermont, Fla. She ran 11.48 to advance to the final.

Chantel Malone was fourth in the Mt. SAC Invitational Long Jump on Saturday, when she cut the sand with a best mark of 6.36m, during a effort that had a +2.1 meters per second tailwind. Sprinter Karene King finished seventh in the 100m in Friday night in 11.82 seconds and she was sixth in the 200m on Saturday, in 24.09 seconds.

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Three BVI National Records fall in collegiate season opener

January 27, 2015 by bvioc

By: BVIAA

Central Arizona College’s Tynelle Gumbs, left, Trevia Gumbs and Eldred Henry established records in the Weight Throw and Shot Put events respectively. Photo: Tony Dougherty

In an unparalleled weekend, five of the British Virgin Islands leading athletes earned victories in their respective events across the United States, with three improving on their own National Records.

Competing for Central Arizona College, Eldred Henry, the BVI Athletics Association’s 2014 Premier Dental Collegiate Athlete of the Year, opened his 2015 campaign with a National Record mark. In just his second season competing at the senior level, he had a personal best heave of 18.25m while shattering his outdoor best of 17.34 from 2014, to win the Shot Put at the Puma Invitational at Paradise Valley Community College on Saturday, in Arizona.

He was 2nd in the 35-pounds Weight Throw with a toss of 16.32m—the second best mark ever by a BVI athlete.

At the same competition, Trevia Gumbs recorded a personal best of 14.06 meters for the top mark in the Shot Put, to break her own national standard, while her twin sister Tynelle—a Javelin Throw and Discus Throw specialist—was second following a personal best of 12.75m.

Making her debut in the Weight Throw, Tynelle then flung the 20-pounds implement out to 17.55m to win the competition with the second best mark of the season in the National Jr. College Athletics Association rankings. Her mark demolished the 10.88m effort of Alicia Leonard from 1998 as the new National Record.

In New York, Ashley Kelly held off her teammate’s late charge to win the New Balance Games Pro 300m. She recorded a time of 37.71 seconds. Kelly was coming off leading a BVI 1-2 finish in the 200m at the Gotham Cup also in New York last weekend. She had a winning time of 24.12 seconds followed by Karene King in 24.42.

Veteran sprinter Tahesia Harrigan-Scott started the string of victories on Friday at the Jimmy Carnes Invitational in Gainesville, Florida. The 2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships bronze medalist sped to a time of 6.75 seconds in the 55m, after running 6.82 in the prelims.

Development Series highlights

On the home front, 2015 IAAF World Youth Championships prospects L’Tisha Fahie and Kala Penn, secured victories in the 300m and Long Jump respectively, highlighting Friday’s second Development Series meet. Fahie followed up last week’s second place finish behind Beyonce DeFreitas with a time of 40.76 seconds. Penn cut the sand at 5.41m in the Long Jump.

Akeem Bradshaw came within range of last year’s Long Jump personal best of 6.92m with a leap of 6.85 in his season opener.
400m Hurdler Kyron McMaster and 800m specialist Tarique Moses, battled to the line in the 600m, before McMaster prevailed in 1:26.61-1:26.76.

Filed Under: Athletics Tagged With: Ashley Kelly, BVI Athletics Association, Gotham Cup, Jimmy Carnes Invitational, Karene King, New Balance Games Pro, Puma Invitational, Tahesia Harrigan-Scott