Anguilla athletes have excelled in two big track and field events that took place over the first weekend of July.
Three of our athletes accompanied by Alexis Ryan and Elen Davis attended the OECS Track and Field Championships 2014 held at the Silver Jubilee Athletic Stadium in St. Kitts from 5-6 July. 15 years old Janique Flemming and T’arah Niles performed admirably. Running against a field of older peers Janique placed 6th in the open 800m. T’arah placed 5th in the Junior 200m but came out fighting in the Junior 100m gaining a 3rd place and personal best in the process. Her big brother, Teron Niles, also went on the attack which not only gave him a gold medal but a new national record of 2.00m in the high jump.
The CAC Junior Championships 2014 also took place over the weekend from July 4-6 in Morelia, Mexico. Accompanied by Heather Richardson, Zharnel Hughes and Rechelle Meade did not fail to deliver. Competing in 200m Zharnel eased through the preliminaries and dominated the finals with a time of 20.33 seconds just 0.01 seconds short of his best. Rechelle deciding not to be outdone by her teammate placed first place in the long jump with a new personal best of 5.92m.
– Press Release
(Published without editing by The Anguillian newspaper.)
