IAAF World Youth Championships Team Named
Kyrah Scraders, Taahira Butterfield, and Justin Donawa will represent Bermuda at the IAAF World Youth Championships, which will be held in the Ukraine from July 10-14.
Bermuda National Athletics Association President Donna Watson said, “In reality for this event the athletes really select themselves by reaching the qualifying standard within the qualifying period which is October 1, 2012 to June 24, 2013. The team is below:-
- Kyrah Scraders 800m 2:10.93 with the standard 2:13.50
- Taahira Butterfield 100m 12.14 with the standard 12.45
- Justin Donawa Triple Jump 14.92m with the standard 14.60m
“We are very proud of these athletes and feel they will perform very well at this event up against the best in their age category in the World. We will be closely watching Kyrah Scraders as she has had a great year and has come out as number 1 from Carifta to all of the races she has entered in Bermuda and will be great to see her compete with the best in the world.
“Justin had to move up to the U20 age group at Carifta but during this event he will be competing against athletes in his age category. Taahira has only just returned from a meet in Florida where she ran a PB and she also won the 100m National Championships so we are looking for a good performance from her.
“The team will be leaving around July 2 as they will be attending a camp for a week before the competition which begins July. Traveling with the team will be Brian Wellman as coach and Mia Black as Team Manager.”
