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Bermuda’s Carifta Teams Depart The Island

Bermuda’s Carifta Teams Depart The Island

Bermuda’s Carifta teams recently departed the island, with athletes set to take part in track and field and swimming, with the events set to be held in two different locations, with swimming in Barbados and track & field in Jamaica. The Under 17 track team, as announced, includes Jaeda Grant, J’Naz Richards, Elise Dickinson, Madisyn Bobb,... Read more of this article

Caitlyn Bobb Aiming To Medal At Carifta Games

Caitlyn Bobb Aiming To Medal At Carifta Games

[Written by Stephen Wright] Bermuda sprinter Caitlyn Bobb believes she can claim multiple medals at the Carifta Games in Kingston, Jamaica, this weekend. Bobb is stepping up from the Under-17 to the Under-20 division and expects to challenge for the podium in all four of her events – the 200 and 400 metres and 4×100 and 4×400 relay races. The... Read more of this article

Bobb Named Female Track Performer Of Week

Bobb Named Female Track Performer Of Week

Bermuda’s Caitlyn Bobb — who recently broke her school’s record in the 400m — was named America East Female Track Performer of the Week. Bobb competes for the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, and their report said, “UMBC track and field freshman Caitlyn Bobb was named America East Female Track Performer of the Week,... Read more of this article

Three Athletes Compete In Outdoor Meets

Three Athletes Compete In Outdoor Meets

Bermuda track and field athletes Johndell Cumberbatch, Inshan-Nae Smith, and Brijette Basden represented their universities at outdoor meets. Johndell Cumberbatch Johndell Cumberbatch represented Morehouse College at the Annual Alice Coachman Invitational. Cumberbatch competed in the men’s 4x400m relay, where he helped Morehouse finish 4th clocking... Read more of this article

‘Welcoming, Amazing & Absolutely Beautiful’

‘Welcoming, Amazing & Absolutely Beautiful’

Bermuda was so welcoming, this island is absolutely beautiful and Bermuda has been amazing, are just a few of the comments posted on social media by some of the Olympic medalists who took part in the recent USATF Bermuda Games. A quick look at social media shows that athletes including Gabby Thomas, Noah Lyles, Jasmine Camacho-Quinn, Kirani James, and... Read more of this article

Minors, Evans & Clark Reflect On USATF Meet

Minors, Evans & Clark Reflect On USATF Meet

[Written by Stephen Wright] Dage Minors believes he is proving it is possible to be an amateur athlete with a professional mentality and hopes his heroics in the USATF Bermuda Games inspire the island’s next generation of athletics stars. Minors produced a career-defining performance at the inaugural meet – a World Athletics Continental Tour Gold... Read more of this article

Simons & Edwards Jr. Compete In Outdoor Meets

Simons & Edwards Jr. Compete In Outdoor Meets

Bermuda track and field athletes Nathan Simons and Robert Edwards Jr. represented their universities at outdoor meets. Nathan Simons Nathan Simons and his Mount Marty Men’s Track and Field teammates competed in the 2022 Concordia Invitational. Simons finished 2nd in the Men’s 200 meter clocking a time of 21.44, and he also clocked 48.61 finishing... Read more of this article

Eighteen Videos: USATF Games & Local Events

Eighteen Videos: USATF Games & Local Events

Some of the world’s fastest runners made their way to the Flora Duffy Stadium for the USATF Bermuda Games on Saturday [April 9] with an array of top international athletes from nations including Canada, USA, Germany, Kenya, Zambia, Great Britain, Morocco, Jamaica, Barbados, Bahamas, Trinidad & Tobago, Brazil, Haiti, France, Liberia and Bermuda in... Read more of this article

Video: Dage Minors, Hazel Clark & Dr Evans

Video: Dage Minors, Hazel Clark & Dr Evans

Athlete Dage Minors, BTA Director of Global Sales and Business Development Hazel Clark, and Bermuda National Athletics Association [BNAA] President Dr. Freddie Evans are joining Bernews this evening [April 11] for the latest episode in the Bernews News & Views series, with the trio set to discuss the recently concluded USATF Bermuda Games. Related... Read more of this article

Caitlyn Bobb & Sakari Famous Set New Records

Caitlyn Bobb & Sakari Famous Set New Records

The island had two track and field athletes set new records at their universities in the U.S, with Caitlyn Bobb breaking the 400m record on her way to winning the event, while Sakari Famous set a new high jump record as she also claimed victory. Caitlyn Bobb Bobb competes for the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, and their report said, “Freshman... Read more of this article

Video: ‘Run Jump Throw’ Event Before USATF

Video: ‘Run Jump Throw’ Event Before USATF

Bermuda’s future athletes had fun learning the basics of the sport at the Run Jump Throw event at the Flora Duffy Stadium on Saturday, receiving assistance from a number of top coaches and athletes. The free clinic — which took place before the inaugural USATF Bermuda Games – introduced boys and girls aged 6 to 12 to jumping hurdles,... Read more of this article

Full Results: 2022 USATF Bermuda Games

Full Results: 2022 USATF Bermuda Games

The USATF Bermuda Games took place at the National Sports Center Flora Duffy Stadium, with an enthusiastic crowd in attendance to watch the world class event. In an effort to do the event — one of the most prestigious track and field events ever hosted in Bermuda — justice, Bernews provided extensive coverage of the various events, and you... Read more of this article

Photo Set II: USATF Games & Local Events

Photo Set II: USATF Games & Local Events

Some of the world’s fastest runners made their way to the Flora Duffy Stadium for the USATF Bermuda Games on Saturday [April 9] with an array of top international athletes from nations including Canada, USA, Germany, Kenya, Zambia, Great Britain, Morocco, Jamaica, Barbados, Bahamas, Trinidad & Tobago, Brazil, Haiti, France, Liberia and Bermuda... Read more of this article

Bermuda Trio Compete In Outdoor Track Meets

Bermuda Trio Compete In Outdoor Track Meets

Three Bermuda athletes – Nathan Simons, Ryan Outerbridge, and Diarra-James Powell-Burgess – took to the track to represent their respective schools. Nathan Simons Nathan Simons and his Mount Marty Men’s track and field teammates competed in the USD Early Bird Meet. Simons finished sixth in the men’s 400m dash with a time of 49.14.... Read more of this article

Photos & Video: USATF Games & Local Events

Photos & Video: USATF Games & Local Events

The USATF Bermuda Games event was held today [April 9] at the Flora Duffy Stadium, featuring an array of top international athletes, including multiple Olympic medalists. A number of local entities combined to help bring this world class event to Bermuda, the main local event sponsor was Athene, the Run Jump Throw community partner was Butterfield... Read more of this article

Dage Minors Thrills Crowd With 3rd Place Finish

Dage Minors Thrills Crowd With 3rd Place Finish

[Written by Stephen Wright] Dage Minors saluted the Bermudian crowd for helping inspire him to a superb podium finish in the men’s 1,500 metres final in the USATF Bermuda Games today [April 9]. Minors delivered a career-defining performance in front of the NBC Sports television cameras, not to mention a packed house at the Flora Duffy Stadium, claiming... Read more of this article