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Our Accomplishments |
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OUR SUCCESSES
Star Trackers Track &
Field Club is always blessed and never short on successes and
accomplishments both on and off the track. The 2010-2011 track
season was an exciting and productive year. Our hurdlers and middle distance
athletes participated in the Hurdles Fest
in Jamaica, team members participated in the Golden Eagles Track
Meet in Freeport and our seniors travelled to Golden South Classic,
Orlando, FL. The coaches were pleased with the overall performances,
and used the results as performance readiness indicators for the season. The International competition
started with J. Audley Carey
being named, once again, to the NACAC Cross Country
Team in Trinidad. Eleven (11) athletes were named
to the 2011 Carifta Games Team in Montego Bay, Jamaica,.
The athletes won six (6) individual medals and several relay medals;
Devynne Charlton won gold in the 100m, silver in the 4x100 and was
4th in the 100mH. Carmiesha Cox won gold in the 200m, silver
in the 4x100 and was a finalist in the 100m. We had a silver haul
with Devinn, Cartwright, J. Audley Carey
and D’Mitry Charlton in the Pentathlon, 1500m and 400mH respectively.
Devinn also won a bronze medal in the 4x400 along with teammate
Ashley Johnson. Taryn Rolle and
Andriel Strachan both experienced their first Carifta Team
and had impressive performances in the TJ and HJ respectively.
Andriel was also a finalist in the 100mH. Trevorvano
Mackey won a bronze medal in the 4x100 and was a finalist in the
100m while Patrick Bodie was a finalist in both the 110mH and
400mH. Stephen Newbold
won bronze in the 400m, anchored the 4x100 to a bronze medal and ran
an impressive third leg on the 4x400m to win gold and capture the
Carifta Games Record. Three (3) of our members
travelled to Lille France as a part of the World Youth Championships
Team; Devynne, Carmiesha and Stephen.
Devynne and Carmiesha were semi-finalists in the 100m and
200m respectively and were also members of the medley relay. The
highlight of the Championships was the GOLD
medal performance by Stephen ‘Durty’
Newbold in the 200m in a time of 20.89, Star Trackers’
first World Champion! Devynne,
Carmiesha, Trevorvano, Nejmi Burnside
(collegiate athlete), J.Audley and Patrick
were members on the Pan Am Jr. Championships Team in Miramar,
FL. Devynne and Carmiesha won gold in the 4x100m relay
and Devynne also captured a bronze medal in the 4x400m relay.
Trevorvano won a bronze in the 4x100m. Trevorvano
and Nathan Arnett (collegiate athlete) were members of the
CAC Championships Team in Puerto Rico. Our student athletes demonstrated
their talents both on and off the track. Patrick
Bodie, J. Audley Carey, Devynne Charlton and Stephen
Newbold were honoured by the BAAA as All Bahamian Scholar
Athletes. Eight (8) of our senior athletes were also recipients
of scholarships, namely; Patrick
Bodie, J. Audley Carey, Devinn Cartwright,
Cymone Hamilton, Ashley Johnson, Trevorvano Mackey, Stephen
Newbold and Travalious Thompson.
The club is proud to boast that since its establishment, in 2001, over
thirty (30) of our student athletes have received scholarships to colleges
and universities. Coach Charlton was voted
“Coach of the Year 2011”, Stephen Newbold “Junior Male
Track Athlete of the Year 2011” and J. Audley Carey “Male
Cross Country Athlete of the Year 2011”. Our coaches and executives
would not me left behind, Coach Charlton was Asst. Coach
for the World Youth Championships Team and Head Coach
for the Carifta Games
Team and was assisted by Coach Strachan. Coach
Rolle was chaperone for the Pan Am Jr. Championships
Team and Coach Ferguson was Head Coach for the CAC Championships
Team. Our Treasurer and Team Manager, Laura Pratt-Charlton,
was Manager for Penn Relays
and Assistant Manager for World Youth Championships
Teams as well as IAAF Congress Delegate for World Championships
in Daegu, Korea. |

