Team Bahamas all set for Jr Billie Jean King Cup, Davis Cup in Guatemala

THE Bahamas Lawn Tennis Association (BLTA) has fielded the first two international tennis teams for 2023 - The Bahamas Jr Billie Jean King Cup and Jr Davis Cup teams.

Top tennis juniors in the U16 division will participate in the tournament and tennis talent from the region will be on display.

Jalisa Clarke, BreAnn Ferguson and Saphirre Ferguson along with Coach Marion Bain will represent on the Jr Billie Jean Cup team.

Jerald Carroll, William McCartney and Jackson Mactaggart along with coach Bradley Bain will represent the Jr Davis Cup team. This team saw great success last year in the Boys U14 World Juniors competition, advancing to the finals. The teams travelled on Saturday, February 25 and had a practice day yesterday as matches get underway this morning.

The week-long tournament will run until Saturday, March 4.

BAHAMIAN ATHLETES TAKE SPOTLIGHT AT INDOOR TRACK AND FIELD MEETS IN US

FROM PAGE 14 championship and meet record with a personal best of 20-8 (6.91m) for the win. Taylor ended up with a third place finish in the final of the 60m hurdles in 8.03. Kentucky’s senior Massai Russell won the race in a time of 7.77 for both the meet and championship records. Ackera Nugent, a sophomore at Arkansas, was second in a personal best of 7.81.

In the preliminaries, Taylor had the fourth fastest qualifying time of 8.02 behind Russell’s leading time of 7.90.

Taylor wasn’t done yet as she also contested the women’s triple jump where she placed second with her best of 45-41/4 (13.82m).

The winning leap was 46-23/4 (14.09m) by Moore.