Male and female winners could walk away with up to $1500 each in the 10th BVI Sunrise Half Marathon, presented by Deloite and Ogier later this year.
Male and female winners could walk away with up to $1500 each in the 10th BVI Sunrise Half Marathon, presented by Deloite and Ogier later this year.
With overall men and women’s leaders Reuben Stoby and Rosmond Johnson competing in the NACAC Petit-Bourg 10K in Guadeloupe on Saturday afternoon, Julius Farley and Claudia Ferrari were victorious in the return of the Ceres Juices 10K Series tour stop Saturday morning on Beef Island.
When Kenyans Dickson Chumba and Florence Kiplagat were sweeping to Chicago Marathon victories on Sunday, British Virgin Islands sprinter Ashley Kelly was right there watching them zipping by just before the halfway point in the 26.2 miles race.
Officials and participants alike were pleased with the turnout of more than 230 participants for Saturday’s leg of the Highland Spring College Classic Series on Tortola, which supported the efforts of the BVI Cancer Society Cancer awareness activities.
A small field kicked off Saturday’s leg of the 20th Highland Spring College Classic Series on Virgin Gorda.
Just over 200 participants kicked off the 20th season of the Highland Spring College Classic Series Saturday on Tortola.“It was an excellent beginning,” race director Stephanie Russ Penn said. “There was a wonderful buzz early in the morning, everybody was really excited and it just got off to a great start and I’m just really excited for what else is to come in the season.”
Officials have spent the last week gearing up for Saturday’s kick off of the 20th Highland Spring College Classic Series, which begins at Stout College’s campus at 7 a.m. on Saturday. Registration, which is free, starts at 6:30 a.m.
With three athletes enrolling in schools in Puerto Rico and the United States this fall, to begin another chapter of their respective careers after recording personal bests and National Jr. Records this season, the territory will have its most athletes in college at one time in its history with seven, dating back to 1976 when it all began.
BEIJING, China: Chantel Malone of the British Virgin Islands finished 10th in Group B and 21st overall of the 34 Long Jumpers in the qualifying rounds of the 15th IAAF World Championships in Beijing, China yesterday, to warp up Virgin Islands athletes competition. She did not qualify for tonight’s final.
BEIJING, China—Putting a series of early season issues behind that affected her performances, Tahesia Harrigan-Scott of the British Virgin Islands came into the 15th IAAF World Track and Field Championships here in Beijing, China, riding a wave of unmatched performances in her career, an indication that she was ready.
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica: Long Jumper Chantel Malone of the British Virgin Islands and the U.S. Virgin Islands’ Eddie Lovett, won silver and bronze medals respectively, in the 2nd North American, Central American and Caribbean (NACAC) Track and Field Championships that wrapped up in San Jose, Costa Rica, last night.
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica Three Virgin Islands athletes will compete in four finals of the North American, Central American and Caribbean (NACAC) Track and Field Championships this evening, in the event being held in San Jose, Costa Rica, through Sunday.
Three BVI athletes finished sixth in their respective events, another was seventh and a national Jr. record was demolished as five made the final of the Pan American Jr. Track and Field Championships that wrapped up in Edmonton, Canada on Sunday evening.
Eight athletes—seven home based and one overseas—will begin competing in from Friday through Sunday in the Pan Am Jr. Track and Field Championships in Edmonton, Canada, July 31-Aug 2. The delegation departed on Tuesday.
Chantel Malone strung her best series together in two years during a competitive Pan American Games Long Jump battle on Friday night at York University in Toronto, and place fifth in the event, after the USA’s Sha’Keela Saunders leaped frogged her to claim the bronze medal with a mark .04 cms, better than Malone's.
Reuben Stoby and Rosmond Johnson extended their respective men and women’s division road racing winning streaks during Saturday’s Ceres Juices 10K Series race tour stop on Beef Island.
JULY 21 Malaki Smith returned from the Central American and Caribbean Age Group Championships held in Trinidad over the weekend, with silver and bronze medals while several of the territory’s athletes had top five finishes in two days of stiff competition among their regional counterparts.
JULY 20 Every athlete has a gold of competing in the International Association of Athletics Federations World Championships. Some never get the chance, others once even twice.
JULY 18 British and U.S. Virgin Islands athletes wrapped up IAAF World Youth Championships competition in Cali, Colombia on Friday morning with a semifinals berth and a personal best effort.
JULY 14 Two groups of U.S. and British Virgin Islands Under 18 athletes are slated to compete in Cali, Colombia and Port of Spain Trinidad, this week.
JULY 6 During training his runs, Reuben Stoby ran the Ceres Juices 10K Series course from Carrot Bay to Smugglers Cove and return, faster than the 42 minutes and 20 seconds he covered it on Saturday.
JUNE 30 Karene King came up .06 seconds short of qualifying for the August 22-30 IAAF World Championships 200m in Beijing, China, as three BVI athletes came up victorious in the B section of the weekend Trinidad and Tobago National Track and Field Championships at the Hasley Crawford Stadium in Port of Spain.
JUNE 16. Rosmond Johnson and Reuben Stoby had season opening victories on Saturday in the Ceres Juices 10K Series opener on the City Circuit course in Road Town.
JUNE 1—Top Notch Track Club’s Xiomara “Gia” Malone teammate Malaki Smith and Sprint Tech Track Club’s Aria Smith, were the top performers in Saturday’s BVI Athletics Association CAC Age Group trials—which also saw five St. Croix athletes in action.
MAY 25—St. Augustine sophomore and British Virgin Islands native Khari Herbert, ran a lifetime best, missed the territory’s 400m national standard by 0.11 seconds when he finished third in Saturday’s NCAA Division II Championships 400m in Allendale, Michigan.
MAY 20—Saturday’s finale of the Blenheim Trust 5K Series—which also marked the inaugural National 5K Championships—saw Reuben Stoby and Katrina Crumpler—emerging as overall series winners after the finale in Road Town.
MAY 18—Central Arizona College sophomore Eldred Henry not only repeated as National Jr. Colleges Athletics Association Championships Discus Throw champion, but added the Shot Put crown as well, while Trevia Gumbs claimed Shot Put silverware, during the competition held in Hutchinson, Kansas.
MAY 12—A Under 15 athletes from across the territory showed that the future of British Virgin Islands Track and Field is bright, as they displayed their running, jumping and throwing abilities, during the weekend Premier Dental National Youth Championships at the A. O. Shirley Recreation Grounds.
The event—rescheduled from last weekend—also marked the 20th IAAF World Athletics Day.
MAY 11—Central Arizona College freshman and British Virgin Islands native Trevia Gumbs erased twin sister Tynelle's Discus Throw national standard after improving her own Shot Put mark, while Eldred Henry claimed Eric Mathias' 11 year old Hammer Throw National Record in the Arizona Jr. Colleges Region I Championships, held in Mesa. Their performances helped Central Arizona to comfortable win the women and men's divisions with 277 and 294 points respectively.
MAY 11, VIRGIN GORDA—St. John's Timothy "TJ" Hindes sprinted away from the pack at the start—using the same strategy he employed last year—then went on to become the first repeat winner in the four year history of the grueling Virgin Gorda Half Marathon, improving his own course record in the process.