Photos: BTFA Track & Field Championships

June 12, 2011

[Updated] Yesterday [June 11] the 2011 Bermuda Track and Field Association’s National Championships concluded at the National Sports Center.

Teenage sprinter Jeneko Place won both the 100m and 200m, with the later being a highly anticipated match up between the island’s two top sprinters; Jeneko Place and Tre Houston. Although racing in two different age groups, on a timed basis Jeneko Place’s 21.87 just piped Tre Houston’s 22.21.

BTFA President Donna Watson said, “The BTFA had 2 beautiful days of track & field for the National Championships. This was a well attended event and some phenomenal performances by our athletes.”

“The is first time we have incorporated a 10k road race and it was not as well attended as we would like but it added a great addition to the championships and I am sure it will continue to grow. We had athletes who performed PBs and qualified for some of the International events. We had over 160 athletes compete and 41 compete in the 10k.”

“The outstanding performances were Kyrah Scraders winning the 400, 800 & 1500m in the 14 and under age group. Shaquille Dill winning the 400 & 800 in great times of 48.54 and 1:53.08. Justin Donawa jumped a PB in the Triple jump with a leap of 13.70.”

“Bruce DeGrilla jumped a PB in the Long Jump with a leap of 7.08 which would have won him gold in stead of silver in the Carifta Games and was just outside of the qualifying standard of 7.15m for the World Youth Championships. Kyle Webb ran a PB in the 100m in a time of 11.12 which would have qualified him for the World Youth Championships but it was just over the legal wind limit of 2.0 but he has already qualified in the 200m.”

“Jeneko Place who is preparing for the World Youth Championships beat out Tre Houston in the 200m in a time of 21.87 and Tre running 22.21. Jeneko also won the 100m in a good time of 10.94. Andrea Jackson who competed in the heptathlon reached the qualifying standard in this event for the CAC Snr Championships with points of 4609 and the qualifying 4500.”

“Shianne Smith home for the championships broke the Bermuda National record in the 100m hurdles in a time of 14.79. Lamont Marshall ran a spectacular 1500m in a time of 4:00.00 as he prepares for the CAC Snr Championships. We had several of our athletes who are preparing for the CAC Age Group Championships who performed very well in the 2 day event like Jordan Bascome, Tez Terry, Daiquin Arorash, Azaire Smith.”

“We had great performances from the athletes who will be traveling to the Island Games, Gary Raynor in the 1500m, Sean Trott in the 5000m and winning the 10k, Deon Breary winning the ladies 10k, Stephen Allen running in the 5000m and the 10k, Melissa Clarke competing in the 200m & 400m.”

“Not to be out done were some of our younger athletes like Zekiah Lewis who won several events in her age group, Aaron Jacobs who will be representing us at the CAC Age Group Championships and Anasia Barclay who will also be representing us at the CAC Age Group Championships. All in all this was a great event and the crowd was very involved in the meet and am sure they had a great time.”

The full results are here, and below is the list of age group champions: