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Basden Competes In Adidas XC Challenge
Brijette Basden and her Shaw University women’s cross country teammates finished 13th competing in the Adidas XC Challenge. Shaw University finished with a combined team time of 2:14:51, and Basden finished 127th overall clocking a time of 27:50.7. Related Stories Athletes Conclude NACAC Championships Worlds, Commonwealth, NACAC Championships National... Read more of this article
Seven Bermudians On NACAC Ranking List
NACAC has released the latest outdoor track & field rankings, with seven Bermuda athletes making the list. Dage Minors is ranked 13th in the men’s 1500m with a time of 3:41.36, and he is also ranked 22nd in the men’s 5000m, with a time of 14.33.00. Lamont Marshall is ranked 20th in the men’s half marathon clocking a time of 1:09.22, Tyler... Read more of this article
Minors Competes In Gold Standard Race
Dage Minors competed in the British Miler’s Club Gold Standard races in Watford. Taking to the track for the men’s 1500m A division race, Minors finished 6th in a season best time of 3:41:36. Men’s 1500m A Division 3:36.01 James West 3:38.69 Jack Gumm 3:39.64 James McMurray 3:39.90 Tom Mortimer 3:41.22 Zak Seddon 3:41.36 Dage Minors 3:41.68 Max... Read more of this article
Athlete Sakari Famous Showcases Artistic Talent
[Written by Stephen Wright] Sakari Famous, better known as the island’s top high jumper, is beginning to make a name for herself as an artist. Although Famous has displayed artistic flair since childhood, she only started focusing on her secondary passion after picking up an injury as student-athlete a few years ago. She has since devoted more time... Read more of this article
Raynor Receives Award At Athletics Congress
[Written by Stephen Wright] Donna Raynor has received a Plaque of Merit for her services to World Athletics and the sport of track and field at the World Athletics Congress in Budapest, Hungary. Raynor, the former Bermuda National Athletics Association [BNAA] president, became the first Bermudian elected to the World Athletics Council this week. “This... Read more of this article
Donna Raynor Elected To World Athletics Council
[Written by Stephen Wright] Donna Raynor, the former Bermuda National Athletics Association [BNAA] president, has become the first Bermudian to be elected to the World Athletics Council. Raynor attended the World Athletics Congress in Budapest, Hungary, with Dr Freddie Evans, the BNAA president, and Mia Bean, the BNAA general secretary. “I still can’t... Read more of this article
Famous Aiming For a ‘Great Season Next Year’
[Written by Stephen Wright] Bermuda high jumper Sakari Famous will miss the Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile, in October-November as she continues her recovery from a back injury, and said she is “looking to have a great season next year.” Famous, who suffered a stress fracture in her lower back in February, has set her sights on returning... Read more of this article
Lewis: Always An Honour To Represent Island
[Written by Stephen Wright] Jessica Lewis said she feels “content” with her performances at the recent World Para Athletics Championships in Paris. Lewis finished fifth in the T53 women’s 100 metres in 17.22sec and seventh in the T53 women’s 400 in 1:00:47. During the build-up to the Championships, the sprinter teamed up with her new coach,... Read more of this article
Jessica Lewis Competes In 400m In Paris
Jessica Lewis returned to the track in the Paris 23 World Championships. Lewis finished 7th in the T53 Women’s 400m race clocking a time of 1:00.47. Catherine Debrunner from Switzerland clocked a winning time of 50.16, Samantha Kinghorn from Great Britain was second in 52.53, and Zhou Hongzhuan from China was third in 53.88. Related Stories Lewis... Read more of this article
Lewis Competes In Paris World Championships
Jessica Lewis took the track for the first time in the Para World Championships in Paris, France. Lewis finished 5th in the T53 women’s 100m race clocking a time of 17.22. Samantha Kinghorn from Great Britain clocked a winning time of 15.93, Catherine Debrunner from Switzerland was second in 16.06, and Fang Gao from China was third in 16.23. Related... Read more of this article
Lewis Takes Part In Opening Ceremony In Paris
The World Para Athletics Championships Opening Ceremony took place at the Charlety Stadium in Paris, with Bermuda’s lone athlete Jessica Lewis and her mother Lorri Lewis taking part in the Opening Ceremony. The World Para Athletics organization said, “It is the first time the biggest single Para sport event on the planet takes place in the Paralympic... Read more of this article
Dage Minors Thrilled With Bronze Medal Win
[Written by Stephen Wright] Bermuda middle-distance runner Dage Minors admits his overriding emotion was relief after winning the bronze medal in the 1,500 metres at the Central American and Caribbean Games in San Salvador, El Salvador. The 27-year-old claimed his first medal for Bermuda at a multi-sport competition after finishing third in last night’s... Read more of this article
Dage Minors Wins Bronze Medal At CAC Games
Dage Minors won a bronze medal in the 1,500 metres at the Central American and Caribbean Games in San Salvador, El Salvador tonight [July 6], adding yet another medal to Bermuda’s tally at these Games. Minors — the only Bermudian to have ever broken the 4-minute mile — finished in a time of 3:45.12 to capture the bronze medal, with... Read more of this article
