Sprint Tech Track Club athletes standing on the podium
in the Flo Golden South Classic. PHOTO: Lindell "Eraser" DeFreitas
Led by their Jr. Girls 4 x 400m Relay quartet, Sprint Tech
Track Club athletes demolished two Jr. relay records during Saturday's 41st
Flo Golden South Classic in Claremont, Fla., as several athletes also recorded
personal bests marks.
The foursome of Judine Lacey, Beyonce DeFreitas, Tarika "Tinker
Bell" Moses and Lakeisha "Mimi" Warner, shattered the year-old Classic Division
Girls 4 x 400m Relay meet record of 3 minutes 45.92 seconds, with a break away
time of 3:41.36. The mark also smashed the eight year-old BVI National Jr. Girls
Record of 3:42.73, established by Samantha John, Ashley Kelly, Britney Wattley
and Chantel Malone. It's the second best time on the territory's All Time
List.
That mark came after the quartet of Zacharia Frett,
DeFreitas, L'T'Sha Fahie and Warner, finished third in the Classic Girls 4 x
100m Relay in 45.78 seconds, to break the two-year old National Jr. Record of
46.30 seconds, becoming the territory's ninth squad overall and the first Jr.
team to run under 46.00.
The Sprint Tech boys-Rackeel Jack, K'Cei Moses, Valique
Graham and Josh Hill-were second in their heat of the Classic Boys 4 x 400m
Relay in 3:26.39-the sixth best time of the meet.
In individual events, Warner was the class of the 400m
Hurdles field running 59.59 in the prelims and 59.79 to win the Classic Girls final
as the only runner under 60 seconds.
After a third place finish in the Classic Girls Long Jump
with a 5.76m leap, Fast Lane's Kala Penn topped the pile in the Triple Jump
with a mark of 12.11m on her second attempt, as she put together her most consistent
series and had a back up 12.04m mark on her final effort. Sprint Tech's Arianna
Hayde finished 18th with a 4.96m Long Jump effort. She didn't have a
clearance in the High Jump.
L'T'Sha Fahie ran 11.86 seconds to advance to the Classic
Girls 100m final where she finished fifth in 12.07. DeFreitas had a non advancing 12.17 in her
heat. In the Boys equivalent, Rikkoi Bratwaithe ran 10.88 seconds to make the
final and was sixth in 10.97.
Moses was third in the Girls 200m final with time of 24.27
seconds after running 24.37 for second in the prelims. Frett had a non
advancing time of 24.96. K'Cei Moses finished in 22.37 seconds but did not
advance to the Boys final.
Lacey ran 56.99 seconds in second to grab and automatic spot
in the Classic Girls 400m final where she was fourth in 56.63. Virgin Gorda's
Raw Skillz Track Club's Shaniyah Caul was also a finalist after running 58.10
and placed eight in the final with 1:00.05.
Fast Lane's Ronique Todman used a 400m personal best of
48.30 seconds to qualify for the Classic Boys final, where he was fifth in
48.69.
In the Prep Division, Sprint Tech's Naya Penn won her 100m
heat in 13.33 seconds. Fast Lane's Johnt'a Charles used an 11.25 seconds
lifetime best to win the Prep Boys 100m.
Sprint Tech's Sh'Kaida Lavacia had a career best of effort
of 59.37 seconds in the 400m to place third in her heat ahead of teammate
Akrisa Eristee's best effort of 59.49, as they finished fourth and fifth overall
respectively.
Hill broke 50.00 seconds for the first time in his history by
running 49.55 for second in his heat, the division's fifth fastest time. Graham
recorded a 52.49 time for seventh in his section while Jevon Smith ran 54.10
and Vadley Sylvester finished in 59.87.
Sprint Tech's Alisha Hayde used her fastest ever run of 2
minutes, 30.76 seconds to finish sixth in the 800m, while Raw Skill's Mariah
Christian was 11th after recording a career best of 2:32.02.
Raw Skill's Deron Leslie was second in his 800m section with
a personal best run of 2:09.76.
Charles ran 22.48 seconds to win his 200m heat. Penn's 27.15
seconds was good for second in her section of the 200m while teammate Shenique
Erickson, was timed in 29.37 seconds in the 200m, placing fifth in her heat.
