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Three to Make Collegiate Debuts
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| Dominique Maloney, left, Ashley Kelly and Britney Wattley, makes their Collegiate debuts this weekend. Photo>Dean "The Sportsman" Greenaway |
TORTOLA—There was a time when we had no women competing in Collegiate athletics in the United States. Then there were a few. But, times have certainly changed. This weekend, three of our female athletes, Dominique Maloney, Ashley Kelly and Britney Wattley are expected to make their Collegiate debuts indoors for their respective schools—Butler Community College, University of Illinois and Morgan State University.
Add Texas’ sophomore sensation Chantel Malone’s season opener this weekend as well to the mix and it’s surely a major accomplishment in hour athletic history—one that’s easily overlooked.
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Jan 16, 2009, 11:30
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First Athletes of The Week Named
TORTOLA—The British Virgin Islands Athletics Association launched its Athletes of the Week Program during Saturday’s first in a series of development meets. In its inaugural year the BVIAA’s Athlete of the Week program is designed to recognize outstanding performers at all levels of the sport. The BVIAA names a new honoree each week and features the athlete on the BVIOC website. The association will recognize its athletes in the Age Group, Jr. and Sr. Divisions throughout the season.
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Jan 7, 2009, 07:24
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Keron Stoute Leads Manchester to Victory
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| Versatile Keron Stoute competes in the Long Jump during last year's Leeward Islands Jr. Championships. Photo>Dean "The "Sportsman" Greenaway |
TORTOLA—Keron Stoute—who represented the BVI at last years Leeward Islands Jr. Championships where he helped the 4 x 100 meter relay team break a 31-year old record—displayed his versatility in leading Manchester High School to the title in the 66th Hartford Public High School Invitational on Saturday in Connecticut. Stoute scored 18 of his team’s 30 points in helping them to land the competition. The versatile Stoute—a Manchester senior—sprinted to third place in the 55 meters in 6.67 seconds, after finishing third in his preliminary heat in 6.77. Stoute then collected additional points on the track when he sped to 36.36 seconds, to finish third overall in the 300 meters.
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Jan 6, 2009, 07:14
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Britney Wattley Off to Morgan State
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| Britney Wattley anchored Carlise House 4 x 400 meter relay to another record in her last inter-house competition. Photo>Dean "The Sportsman" Greenaway |
TORTOLA—Sprinter Britney Wattley departed the territory on Tuesday, to pursue her academic and athletic careers, bound with a full athletic scholarship from Morgan State University in Maryland, where the head coach is Neville Hodge, a former U.S. Virgin Islands sprinter who competed in the BVI. Wattley—who has already made the qualifying standard for the IAAF World Youth Championships in Italy this summer—had the most outstanding Inter-house sports day of any female athlete in the history of the event last year, when the competition at the Elmore Stoutt High School returned for the first time since 2004.
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Jan 6, 2009, 06:52
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BVI Athletics Name Athletes of The Year
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| 2008 BVI Athletics Association Sr. Female Athlete of the Year Tahesia Harrigan, with Age Group Athletes of the Year, Nelda Huggins and Jamori Dagou. Photo>Dean "The Sportsman" Greenaway |
TORTOLA—Sprinter Tahesia Harrigan—an IAAF World Indoor Championships 60 meters bronze medalist—was among six athletes named as the BVI Athletics Association Athletes of the Year, at the conclusion of Saturday’s first in a series of Development Track meets. It was the first time in its 38-year existence, that the association had named an athlete of the year. Harrigan—who was the 2007 OECS female athlete of the year—was joined by BVI Olympic Discus Thrower Eric “Shaq” Mathias, who added 11 feet on to the BVI Invitational Discus Throw mark, as the senior male athlete of the year.
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Jan 4, 2009, 16:06
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