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Harvey Breaks Bermuda National Record
Competing in the Pan American Games in Chile, Emma Harvey has broken the Bermuda national record. Competing in Heat 4 of the women’s 100m backstroke, Harvey touched the wall in an impressive time of 1:02.42, surpassing Kiera Aitken’s previous record set 15 years ago during the Beijing Olympic Games in 2008, when she clocked 1:02.62. Harvey is... Read more of this article
‘Boudicca’ Breaks Marion Bermuda Record
Boudicca took top honours in the Marion Bermuda Race, finishing the 705 mile race from Massachusetts today [June 19] in a record setting time of two days, 17 hours, 26 minutes, 27 seconds. The Marion Bermuda race website said, “In the early morning light on Monday, Richard Moody’s Boudicca crossed the Marion Bermuda Race finish line off of... Read more of this article
Sailing: Bermuda To Lorient Record Broken
Two boats have smashed a record crossing time between Bermuda and Lorient that has stood for over 40 years, as part of this year’s Pure Ocean Challenge. A spokesperson said, ”Jean-Pierre Dick’s JP54 monohull ‘The Kid- ‘Notre Méditerranée – Ville de Nice’ and the TS42 multihull ‘Banzai’, skippered by Vincent Willemart,... Read more of this article
Moore Helps Break Pool Record In Relay
Madelyn Moore and her Virginia Tech women’s swimming teammates started off the Virginia Tech Invitational setting multiple top 10 times and breaking five pool records at the Christiansburg Aquatic Center. In the women’s 200 yard freestyle relay, Moore, Carmen Weiler Sastre, Emily Claesson and Caroline Bentz finished at 1:28.97, making this the third... Read more of this article
BNAA Salutes Dage Minors Achievements
Following his record setting showing, the Bermuda National Athletics Association [BNAA] said that Dage Minors is “the embodiment of discipline, perseverance, and determination and the BNAA salutes his achievements.” A BNAA spokesperson said, “On Friday, January 27th, at the Boston University Terrier Classic, Dage Minors broke his national... Read more of this article
Dage Minors Breaks 4 Minute Mile
[Updated + Written by Stephen Wright] Dage Minors has achieved another milestone in his career after becoming the first Bermudian to run a sub-four-minute mile. Minors, a two-time winner of the elite men’s Front Street Mile, finished thirteenth at the John Thomas Terrier Classic at Boston University in 3min 59.35sec yesterday. Also competing were... Read more of this article
Williamson Continues To Break Swim Records
Sam Williamson was back in action on the final day of action competing in the Swim England National Winter Championships in the UK. Williamson — who is representing Bath University in the UK – swam the 400m freestyle preliminaries clocking a time of 4:02.18, a time which did not see him progress to the finals. Williamson then swam the... Read more of this article
Williamson Breaks Another Swimming Record
Sam Williamson was back in action competing in the Swim England National Winter Championships where he is representing Bath University in the UK. Williamson swam the boy’s 100m breaststroke preliminaries swimming a personal best time of 1:03.53 which put him in the junior final. Williamson clocked 1:02.70 in the junior final finishing 6th, this new... Read more of this article
Dage Minors Sets New Bermuda 5K Record
[Written by Stephen Wright] Dage Minors set a new national record after winning the 10th Annual Biggsteps Toward Cancer Prevention 5K in Boston at the weekend. Minors posted a time of 14min 43sec to beat triathlete Tyler Smith’s previous record of 14:48 set in the UK last year. Max McNeill came second in a time of 14:45, and Colin Cernik third [14:46]. Minors... Read more of this article
Saunders Record Still Stands 32 Years Later
The high jump portion of the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham has concluded, and the record-breaking jump by Bermuda’s Clarence “Nicky” Saunders continues to stand the test of time, remaining unbroken after 32 years. Mr. Saunders – who also made three Olympic appearances for Bermuda – leaped 2.36 metres [7.74ft] at the 1990 Commonwealth... Read more of this article
Madelyn Moore Sets Another National Record
Swimmer Madelyn Moore has set another Bermuda national record at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. Moore finished sixth in her heat in the 50 metres backstroke semi-finals at the Sandwell Aquatics Centre tonight [Aug 2] in 29.18sec. It was the second national record she has set at these Games after also swimming a personal best in the 50 freestyle... Read more of this article
Dage Minors Breaks Another Bermuda Record
Dage Minors has made yet another exceptional showing to break a Bermuda record, this time shattering the 1500m record. Competing in the British Milers Club Track Meet, Minors took to the track for the BMC men’s A division 1500m, where he finished 7th crossing the line in a time of 3:41.24, which broke the previous record time of 3:41.97 set by Terrance... Read more of this article
Video: Dage Minors Wins & Breaks Record
Dage Minors competed in the 55th annual Bill Luti 5 Miler race in New Hampshire, where he made an excellent showing to win the race and break the Bermuda National Record. Minors recorded a dominant victory in the 201 strong field, finishing almost 40 seconds faster than the second place runner, and in doing so, he also brok the Bermuda National Point... Read more of this article
Caitlyn Bobb Wins, Breaks School Record Again
Bermuda’s Caitlyn Bobb has once again set a new school record in the 400m, this time while competing at the ECAC Championships in the U.S. Bobb competes for the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, and their report said, “UMBC women’s track and field was led by freshman Caitlyn Bobb who once again shattered a school record. Bobb reset... Read more of this article
Bobb & Bulford Trott Help Break UMBC Record
The University of Maryland Baltimore County [UMBC] women’s 4×200 relay team — which features two Bermudians — set a new school record while competing at the Penn Relays in the U.S. Caitlyn Bobb, Keturah Bulford-Trott, and their relay team finished second in the event to qualify for the finals, with quartet finishing in a time... Read more of this article
Since 1979: Bermuda Holds Oldest Carifta Record
As the 2022 Carifta Games are set to kick off, the island enters the Games with a rather notable distinction, with Bermuda holding the oldest record, thanks to Sonya Smith’s record setting javelin throw over 40 years ago, back in 1979 This is according to the official website which said, “The oldest record in the books, though [at least for... Read more of this article
