‘Junkanoo Beach Boyz’ beat USA 3-2
The Bahamas senior men’s national beach soccer team bounced back from an opening night loss last night at the 2025 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship at the Malcolm Park Beach Soccer Stadium. The “Junkanoo Beach Boyz” handed the USA their first loss of the tournament by defeating them 3-2 in their second game of the tournament.
The USA’s Cody Valcarcel got the visitors on the board first at the 7th minute of the first period for a 1-0 edge.
Brandon Adderley used his chest to get the ball in the air and converted on a bicycle kick at the 4th minute mark of the second period to level the score at 1-1 for The Bahamas.
Early in the third period, the USA’s goalkeeper failed to properly get the ball back into play and The Bahamas’ Wood Julmis took advantage to score an open goal and take the lead 2-1.
Timothy Munnings Jr helped to pile on for the host team at the 4th minute of the third period. He dribbled past two of the USA’s defenders and nailed a tough goal for a 3-1 cushion late in the third period.
Valcarcel connected on another goal for the brace at the third minute of the third period but the USA could not get over the hump in the end.
Veteran player Lesly St Fleur talked about how it felt to pull off the win after narrowly falling to Panama on Tuesday night.
“It was a good win tonight, coming off a defeat last night we had to come out tonight and leave it all out there on the pitch and win,” he said. St Fleur talked about the difference between game one against Panama and
DAY one of the 2025 Government Secondary Schools Sports Association (GSSSA) Track and Field Championships was a successful one for both the CV Bethel Stingrays and the CH Reeves Raptors in the senior and junior divisions respectively.
The Raptors have distanced themselves from the pack in the junior division with a leading total of 377.50 points.
The SC McPherson Sharks are right in the hunt in the second spot with 332.50 points.
The DW Davis Royals are in the third position with 233 points. In the senior division, the Stingrays took control on day one for a total of 231 points.
The CR Walker Knights, the senior division defending champions, accumulated 203 points on day one for second place.
The CC Sweeting Cobras secured the third spot with 111 points but the RM Bailey Pacers are right on their heels with 108 points for fourth.
Senior Division Iesha Hanna, representing CV Bethel, ran away with the victory in the under-20 girls’ 100m finals
Championships slated for March 21-23 in Nanjing, China. Team Bahamas will feature world indoor record holder and indoor champion Devynne Charlton, indoor long jump national record holder Anthaya
Charlton, Olympian Denisha Cartwright along with sprinter Camille Rutherford and quarter-miler Wendell Miller. The five-member team will be led by head coach Bernard Rolle and managed by Foster Dorsett. Dr Kent Bazard will serve as the team doctor and Drumeco Archer, president of the Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations (BAAA), will travel as the
UNCLE LOU FUN RUN/WALK THE St Augustine’s College and the Alumni Association is inviting the general public to come out and participate in the Uncle Lou Fun Run/Walk.Under the theme: “Paint the streets red,” the event will take place on Saturday, March
WIN COLUMN: National beach soccer team players celebrate yesterday after beating USA on day 2 of the Concacaf Beach Soccer Championships.
Photo: Chappell Whyms Jr
Bahamas secures
3-2 win against USA
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last night’s contest against the USA.
“It happens - just was a bad day in the office so I had to come out tonight and redeem myself and play a good game and that’s what happened and the team also did a great job,” he said.
The Bahamas will now look ahead to their matchup against Trinidad and Tobago tonight at 7pm. Panama leads the Group B standings with four points and one win. The Bahamas is in the second position with three points and one win and the USA is in third at one point.
Eight nations are in the hunt for the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification.
The top two nations will have the opportunity to advance out of the Concacaf Beach Soccer Championship.
The group stage continues until tonight and will be followed by the knockout round on March 15.
The third-place match will be played on March 16 along with the finals. Admission is free to the public.
Concacaf Beach Soccer Championships Schedule
Persons can register now by logging onto www.
saintaugustinescollege.com. Following the race, a health screening will take place. There will also be a souse out with chicken priced at $10, pig feet at $12 and sheep tongue at $15. Drinks will also be on sale. For more information, persons can call 242-324-1511 or email Thesacalumni@ gmail.com
RUGBY AT WINTON AFTER making some minor repairs to the Winton rugby pitch, the Bahamas Rugby Union is scheduled to play matches on Saturday, March 22. All ages and all abilities are welcome,
including men and women, ‘Golden Oldies’ teams and beginners and seasoned players. The BRU is also inviting persons to come and try rugby this year. The only equipment needed are tennis/cleats and PE kit. For further information, persons are urged to call (242) 812-0417. NOBLE PREPARATORY ACADEMY TRACK & FIELD
CLASSIC
THE Noble Preparatory Academy is all set to hold its 2025 Track and Field Classic from 9am to
6pm on Saturday, March 15. The event will be held at the original Thomas A. Robinson Track and Field Stadium. The registration deadline was Tuesday, March 11. Athletes can register at info@npabahamas.com
SWIMMING
LAST CHANCE
CARIFTA MEET
BAHAMAS Aquatics
has announced that its Last Chance Meet for swimmers wishing to qualify for the 2025 CARIFTA Swimming Championships will be held over the weekend
of March 14-15 at the Betty Kelly Kenning Swim Complex. The event is open to all Bahamas Aquaticsregistered swimmers who have previously competed in a Bahamas Aquatics competition. Swimmers who have not competed in a specific event previously will not be allowed to register for that event. (No Time Entries will not be accepted for this meet). The first session is scheduled for 6pm on Friday, March 14. The second session is slated for 9am Saturday and the final session at 4:30pm on Saturday. The entry deadline is on March 11, 2025 at 11:59pm. All Hytek Electronic Files only should be forwarded to Kendric Albury at meetmananagement@ bahamasaquatics.com Confirmation emails will be sent on receipt of all entries. Following the
Photos by Chappell Whyms Jr
Donte Armbrister and his teammate named Conference ‘Doubles Team of the Week’
THE Bahamas Lawn Tennis Association (BLTA) congratulates Donte Armbrister and his teammate Marko StoilKovski on being named Conference “Doubles Team Of The Week”.
Armbrister, the lefthanded player from The Bahamas, is playing in the No.1 singles and doubles spot for the Hampton University Pirates. He completed his Bachelor’s degree in business last year and is now pursuing his Master’s degree. The Pirates play in the Coastal Athletic Association (CAA) division which is in the D1 conference.
junior ITFs, the European circuit and national team competitions to collegiate accomplishments and players pursuing their goals on the pro circuit arena.
“Bahamas tennis continues to see great achievements on the international stage from the
EXECUTIVES
We congratulate Donte and pray God continues to bless him and all of our players who are putting in the work and seeing positive results. Continue to shine,” said the BLTA.
& FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS
ALL ACCESS: Executives display their three-day, all-access passes for the
and the
Association of Athletic Associations,
Track and Field Championships. The three-day
than 30 schools from throughout
just be about competition, but a celebration of “grit, determination and sheer passion.
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head of delegation.
Dorsett noted that the team is expected to perform well at the World Indoors.
“We are expecting to perform well. With Devynne being the World indoor record holder and defending champion, we expect her to do extremely well and the other girls are right up there. We expect some good results from this team. It is small but I think it is a very quality team,” he said.
All eyes will be on the world indoor record holder and the 2024 women’s 60m hurdles gold medallist Devynne Charlton.
The Olympian had a storybook indoor season last year which climaxed with her winning the women’s 60m hurdles event with a world record of 7.65 seconds at the 2024 World
Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow, Scotland.
Charlton, who ended last season with a right foot injury, currently owns a season’s best time of 7.83 seconds achieved at the 2025 Millrose Games in New York.
Dorsett is confident that Charlton can defend her title in the 60m hurdles event.
“I think she can do it because she is accustomed to that type of competition. I think she knows that she has a mark on her back in terms of people coming after her and I think she will rise to the occasion. She has been in these types of situations before where she is the favourite or one of the top three so I expect her to do well and I think she has that mindset to do well on this stage,” he said.
Charlton’s younger sister Anthaya will look to turn some heads on the global stage in the women’s 60m and long jump events.
She had a standout performance earlier in the year at the 2025 Razorback Invitational in January.
She soared to a new indoor national record with a personal best jump of 6.98m in the women’s long jump event.
The University of Florida student also has a season’s best time of 7.24 seconds in the 60m event going into the upcoming World Indoors.
“I expect Anthaya to perform well with her sister being there and I think she has been at that type of competition in college and was able to perform there,” said Dorsett.
“This will be her first time on a big stage. She was
a CARIFTA gold medallist
but this is now the senior stage and she has had some practice with the collegiate circuit. She is confident, she wants to be there and I think she will perform well.”
As for the remaining members of Team Bahamas, Cartwright will also compete in the women’s 60m hurdles.
Rutherford is set to compete alongside Anthaya in the women’s 60m event and Miller will compete in the men’s 400m event.
Team Bahamas will make their commute from their respective training grounds early next week to meet in Nanjing by March 19.
The Bahamas finished with one gold medal and in a seven-way tie for ninth place at the 2024 World Indoor Championships last indoor season.
SuperClubs Breezes National High School Track & Field Championships. In a joint collaboration with the Ministry of
Education
Bahamas
Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture Mario Bowleg said they are excited about the SuperClubs Breezes National High School
event will take place at the original Thomas A. Robinson Track and Field Stadium from March 20-23 and will attract over 1,500 athletes from more
the Commonwealth of the Bahamas. During a press conference on Monday at SuperClubs Breezes, Bowleg highlighted the fact that the championships will not
Eva Hilton Shockers repeat as National Primary Schools golf champions
TIGER WOODS FACES ANOTHER INJURY AND ANOTHER LOST YEAR. HAS GOLF SEEN THE LAST OF HIM?
By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer
PONTE VEDRA
BEACH, Florida (AP) — Golf without Tiger Woods was inevitable simply because of age.
He turns 50 at the end of this year and once leaned on the adage that “Father Time remains undefeated.”
But for Woods, it has been the mother lode of injuries that is keeping him from going out on his own terms.
The latest was revealed in a social media post saying he had ruptured his left Achilles tendon and had surgery Tuesday — the minimally invasive variety, but one that keeps him out of the Masters next month and likely everything else the rest of the year.
“It sucks,” Rory McIlroy said yesterday at The Players Championship. “He doesn’t have much luck when it comes to injuries and his body. Hoping he’s in good spirits and hoping he’s OK. We obviously won’t see him play golf this year, and hopefully we see him maybe play in 2026.”
Everything is “maybe” with Woods, the player who made golf cool to watch, who caused TV ratings to spike and prize money to soar, who delivered a level of dominance measured not
only by his 15 majors and 82 titles on the PGA Tour but the fact that he had no lasting rival — until the injuries and surgeries began to accumulate.
His mother, Kultida, died last month and Woods withdrew from the Genesis Invitational as he coped with the loss. He chose not to be at The Players Championship, the final year of his exemption from winning the 2019 Masters.
“As I began to ramp up my own training and practice at home, I felt a sharp pain in my left Achilles, which was deemed to be ruptured,” he said in the post.
Another lost year for a player running out of time. The list of injuries is staggering. The left knee. The lower back. Two stress fractures in his left tibia while winning the 2008 U.S. Open. An injury to his right Achilles tendon while running. An injury to his left Achilles tendon from hitting a shot off an awkward lie at the Masters.
Six back surgeries, the most significant to fuse his lower back in 2017.
A car crash on a coastal road outside Los Angeles that so badly damaged his right leg and ankle that he said doctors contemplated
TIGER Woods walks to the green on the fifth hole during the final round at the Masters golf tournament at Augusta National Golf Club Sunday, April 14, 2024, in Augusta, Ga. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
amputation. Plantar fasciitis. A strained oblique. Surgery to fuse his right ankle.
He kept coming back, and he remained a mustsee attraction even though his appearance were largely limited to the majors. He has played eight majors since the 2021 car crash and
only twice finished all 72 holes — both at the Masters. He was never in hunt at either one. There was a time when Woods was on pace to break the gold standard in golf — 18 majors won by Jack Nicklaus — until that looked more unlikely with each injury.
“If he’d have been healthy, I think he would have got it,” Nicklaus said in an interview two weeks ago with Golf Channel. “But he didn’t remain healthy. We all have injuries, we all have different things that change things. Tiger had his problems. I feel bad for him.”
Nicklaus recalled telling Woods: “Nobody wants their records to be broken. But I don’t want it not to be broken because you don’t have the ability to do so. I feel bad for him on that.”
Woods won his last major at the 2019 Masters, an astonishing victory considering it was only two years earlier that he struggled to walk up the stairs to the Masters Club dinner. And then he won later in the year in Japan for his recordtying 82nd title on the PGA Tour. That was his last win. He hasn’t come close since.
What keeps him going? What is there left to prove?
That’s a question all golfers face, whether it’s age or injury. Few other sports offer such longevity.
McIlroy turns 36 in May — this is his 18th year as a pro. He knows the day is coming, and he has mapped out an exit strategy.
“Whenever I feel like the time is right, I’ll have no
problem moving aside and letting the next generation do their thing,” McIlroy said. “I’d also like to walk away with a little bit left in the tank. I don’t want to be out there embarrassing myself. I’d like to walk away maybe a little before I should, put it that way.
“I think if you can come to terms with that and walk away on your own terms, then that’s a good thing.” Nicklaus never wanted to be a ceremonial golfer. He played in all the majors for 12 years after winning his last one at the 1986 Masters. Has golf seen the last of Woods?
He is exempt for life at the Masters and PGA Championship. He can play the British Open for 10 more years. He can walk away on his own terms, but his health will have a big say in that.
McIlroy was asked if he could ever see Woods being competitive again. That’s what so many fans want to see — hope to see — in the absence of any evidence the last five years.
“He’ll try — I know he’ll try,” McIlroy said. “But that’s a question for him, not for me. I obviously don’t know what’s in his head. But judging by prior behaviour, he’ll definitely try.”
EVA Hilton primary boys and girls championship team.
EVA Hilton Lower Primary boys and girls team champions.
‘Golden Girl’ Pauline Davis visits Claridge Primary
SPECIAL VISIT: As a part of her teaching observation at Claridge Primary, physical education teacher
from the
REAL MADRID BEATS ATLETICO ON PENALTIES IN CHAMPIONS
LEAGUE. ARSENAL, VILLA, DORTMUND ALSO ADVANCE
By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer
Real Madrid beat
Atletico Madrid in a Champions League penalty shootout — again — to keep its title defence alive yesterday and advance to the quarterfinals.
Defender Antonio Rüdiger scored the decisive spot-kick in a 4-2 shootout win after two Atletico players missed. Marco Llorente’s shot struck the bar after Julián Álvarez’s score despite slipping was disallowed on video review because he touched the ball twice.
Madrid also beat Atletico in a shootout to win the 2016 final — part of a streak of eliminating its city rival in the knockout rounds for four straight years. That hard-luck run started with the 2014 final when Atletico gave up an equalising goal in stoppage time.
Madrid moves on to the quarterfinals to face Arsenal, which also advanced yesterday along with Aston Villa and Borussia Dortmund. The quarterfinals lineup was completed with Madrid’s win in a tense derby that had ended 2-2 on aggregate score.
Atletico led 1-0 after 90 minutes and extra time in a typically tenacious performance at its Metropolitano Stadium to cancel out Madrid’s 2-1 advantage from the first leg last week.
“When you get knocked out, it is not easy to digest,”
Atletico coach Diego Simeone said, “but I go out with a feeling of peace.”
Two key incidents defined regulation time. Atletico Madrid scored within 30 seconds and Real Madrid missed a penalty in the 70th minute.
Atletico took the lead with its first attack when England midfielder Conor Gallagher pounced on the ball from close range when a cross by Rodrigo De Paul was deflected into the goalmouth.
Madrid star Vinícius Júnior blazed a penalty kick high over the Atletico goal when he could have sent the 15-time champion through. He was substituted in extra time for his teenage fellow Brazilian, Endrick.
Kylian Mbappé and Jude Bellingham stepped up to score Madrid’s first two
spot-kicks, and Fede Valverde also scored before Lucas Vazquez’s kick was saved by Jan Oblak.
It was more relaxed in London, where Arsenal rested some regulars in a 2-2 draw with PSV Eindhoven to run up a 9-3 aggregate score.
Aston Villa also had a stress-free evening at home to ensure England has two teams in the quarterfinals, one night after Premier League leader Liverpool was beaten at Anfield by Paris Saint-Germain in a shootout.
Villa won 3-0 against Club Brugge, which played with 10 men from the 17th, after a 3-1 win in Belgium last week. Brugge defender Kyriani Sabbe was sent off for pulling back Marcus Rashford when running clear on goal. Substitute Marco Asensio, on loan at Villa from PSG, scored twice in the second half to ensure his temporary club will meet his parent club next. Borussia Dortmund rallied with two second-half goals to win 2-1 at Lille and advance 3-2 on aggregate. The beaten finalist last season now faces Barcelona.
Quarterfinals draw
The quarterfinals pairings are: Arsenal vs Real Madrid, Paris SaintGermain vs. Aston Villa,
Barcelona vs. Borussia Dortmund, Bayern Munich vs. Inter Milan
First-leg games are on April 8-9 and return games are one week later.
England’s unexpected challenge
There’s only one former European champion from England left in the Champions League.
Villa’s unbeaten home record has driven its run to the quarterfinal, with wins against Bayern, Bologna, Celtic and now Brugge.
Liverpool’s exit to PSG followed Manchester City being pushed out of the knockout playoffs last month by Real Madrid. Without the Champions League winners in 2019 and 2023, respectively, England’s challenge halved to just two.
Villa’s 1982 European Cup title is perhaps a less-remembered one in the competition’s 70-year history.
Arsenal’s only time in the final was a loss to Barcelona in 2006.
Villa manager Unai Emery now goes back to Paris where his two seasons as coach there until 2018 seemed to be unsatisfactory for both parties.
Dortmund thrives in Europe
Just like last season, Borussia Dortmund is better in the Champions
League than the German league.
The Bundesliga’s 10thplace team trailed Lille from the fifth minute to Canada forward Jonathan David’s shot, before rallying in the second half for a decisive 2-1 win. Dortmund leveled in the 54th from Emre Can’s penalty and Maximilian Beier sealed the victory nine minutes later with a rising shot.
Dortmund was the beaten finalist last June – losing 2-0 to Real Madrid at Wembley Stadium – and got into this Champions League only because Germany earned a bonus entry for fifth place in the Bundesliga.
Niko Kovac, the club’s third coach in the Champions League this season, now takes Dortmund to face former star forward Robert Lewandowski at Barcelona.
Top-5 leagues dominate Expected exits for Brugge and PSV — after Benfica and Feyenoord were eliminated Tuesday — leaves only the five wealthiest leagues in Europe are now represented.
No team from outside England, Spain, Germany, Italy or France has reached the Champions League final since Porto coached by Jose Mourinho won in 2004.
UEFA will share almost 2.5 billion euros ($2.7 billion) total prize money
among the 36 Champions League teams this season and the 20% higher payouts this season figure to widen the wealth gap in European soccer. England and Spain also are in line for bonus fifth places in the Champions
League next season, sending tens of millions more in prize money there.
Each quarterfinalist will get 12.5 million euros ($13.6 million). A place in the semifinals pays an extra 15 million euros ($16.3 million).
Latoya Bain brought in “Golden Knight” Ramon Miller and “Golden Girl” Pauline Davis to address her grade six students. In two separate sessions on Monday, the students heard about the journey
Bahamas to the top of the dais as Olympic Games medallists. In attendance were acting principal Patrice Roker and senior mistress Tamica Major. As a part of the sessions, videos were shown of both athletes in action as they competed with their relay team members. Each also took the time out to share their experiences with the students.
REAL Madrid players celebrate after winning the penalty shootout during the Champions League round of 16, second leg, soccer match between Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid at the Metropolitano stadium in Madrid, Spain, yesterday. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
Cavs beat Nets for their second 15-game win streak of season
CLEVELAND (AP) —
All-Star Darius Garland scored 18 of his 30 points in the fourth quarter and the NBA-leading Cleveland Cavaliers rallied for a 109-104 victory over the Brooklyn Nets on Tuesday night, matching the longest winning streak in franchise history at 15 games.
Jarrett Allen had 23 points and 13 rebounds, and Evan Mobley had 21 points, nine rebounds and six assists for Cleveland, which also began this season with a 15-game win streak. The Cavaliers trailed by 18 points in the third quarter.
Cleveland is 55-10 -- tying the fifth-best start in NBA history -- and owns the best home record in the league at 30-4.
All-Star guard Donovan Mitchell (left groin soreness), forward De’Andre Hunter (illness) and guard Ty Jerome (rest) didn’t dress for the game.
Cam Thomas scored 27 points, Cameron Johnson had 17 points and Ziaire Williams added 14 before fouling out for Brooklyn.
The Nets dropped five games behind Chicago for the final play-in tournament spot in the East.
PISTONS 123, WIZARDS 103
DETROIT (AP) —
Cade Cunningham had 27
points and 10 assists, and Detroit beat NBA-worst Washington in a physical game that included two late
flagrant fouls by the Wizards.Washington’s Richaun Holmes was ejected in the fourth quarter for throwing
an elbow to the face of Detroit’s Ausar Thompson while securing a rebound. A few minutes later, the Wizards’ Marcus Smart was assessed a flagrant-1 foul for elbowing the Pistons’ Tim Hardaway Jr. Jalen Duren added 15 points and 13 assists for the Pistons, who ended a twogame skid. Detroit entered the night in sixth place in the Eastern Conference.
Smart led the Wizards with 16 points. Bub Carrington and Jordan Poole scored 15 apiece.
PACERS 115, BUCKS 114
INDIANAPOLIS (AP)
—
Tyrese Haliburton made a fadeaway 3-pointer while being fouled and completed the four-point play with 3.4 seconds left, and Indiana stunned Giannis Antetokounmpo and Milwaukee.
Haliburton ran along the left sideline, took an inbounds pass from Andrew Nembhard and launched a 3 while falling out of bounds, absorbing contact by Antetokounmpo, and the ball found the net with Haliburton sprawled on the floor in the corner.
After Haliburton made the free throw for a onepoint lead, Antetokounmpo raced up the court and got off a clean 3-point try, but the shot fell short at the buzzer, and the Pacers drew even with the fourth-place Bucks in the Eastern Conference standings.
Haliburton, who had missed the last three games with a hip injury, finished with 14 points and 10 assists. Pascal Siakam led Indiana with 25 points and 12 rebounds, and Bennedict Mahturin added 17 points.
Brook Lopez scored a team-high 23 points and Antetokounmpo had 19 points and 17 rebounds.
PELICANS 127, CLIPPERS 120
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Zion Williamson had 22 points, 12 assists and 10 rebounds, and New Orleans snapped a four-game slide with a victory over Los Angeles.
The Pelicans briefly lost a lead that was as large as 21 points in the first half, when the Clippers missed 13 of their first 14 3-point shots. But New Orleans rallied back in front late in the third quarter and held off the Clippers thanks in large part to Williamson. He had 10 points, five rebounds and five assists in the fourth quarter, invigorating the crowd with one clutch play after another. CJ McCollum scored 23 points and Trey Muphy III added 21 points for New Orleans, highlighted by his reverse alley-oop dunk of McCollum’s lob. Rookie center Karlo Matkovic chipped in 15 points and Jose Alvarado scored 14.
Kawhi Leonard scored a game-high 29 points and James Harden added 25 points and 17 assist for the Clippers, who had won six of their previous seven, but didn’t take their first lead until Ivica Zubac dunked Harden’s lob with 5:08 left in third quarter.
Zubac had 19 points and 11 rebounds, while Kris Dunn and Derrick Jones Jr. each scored 11 for the Clippers.
CLEVELAND Cavaliers guard Darius Garland (10) shoots as Brooklyn Nets guard Tyrese Martin (13) and forward Trendon Watford, center, defend in the second half of an NBA basketball game on Tuesday in Cleveland.
(AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)
Raptors and Stingrays pull ahead on day one
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in 11.90 seconds. Brey’Elle Cooper, of CR Walker, placed second in 12.07 seconds. RM Bailey’s Dream Watkins dropped to third in 12.33 seconds.
Hanna was a part of the Stingrays’ under-20 girls’ 4x100m relay team that clocked a winning time of 50.09 seconds.
CR Walker’s quartet of Cooper, Latiesha St Fort, Rachea Nelly and Dahija Mesidor claimed the second spot in 51.50 seconds.
Doris Johnson’s relay team of Chandlein Tilusnord, Anastacia Clarke, Chandline Tilusnord and Ryniua Dolce were distant third place finishers at 54.48 seconds.
CV Bethel got a strong performance from the under-17 boys’ 4x100m relay team.
Garnet Musgrove, Denim Stuart, Andrew Rolle and Lyndavion Storr collectively ran a time of 45.24 seconds for first place.
CR Walker’s relay team fell to second in 46.03 seconds and third place went to RM Bailey’s relay team in 46.65 seconds.
Floyd Curry, representing CV Bethel, took the victory in the under-17 boys’ 1500m finals. He bested his competitors with a time of 4:48.44.
Finishing second in 4:50.80 was Joel McPhee of Doris Johnson. The Stingrays also got the third spot
with Nathan Ramsey running a time of 4:53.98. Kaiden Kemp, representing CV Bethel, won the under-17 boys’ javelin throw event with a toss of 32.78m.
CC Sweeting’s Nathan Oliver was also in top form, placing second at 32.03m. Naketo Curry, competing for Government High School, stopped at 29.57m for third.
David Douglas clinched a first place finish for the Stingrays in the under-20 boys’ shot put event. He posted a throw of 12.18m for the first spot.
Kashawn Russell, of Government High School, recorded a throw of 11.62m and Anatol’s Berkley Finley rounded out the top three at 10.92m.
The Stingrays’ Darrenique Morris was the lone competitor in the under20 girls’ triple jump event. She soared to 10.35m in the victory.
Junior Division
The Raptors did most of their damage in the field events on Wednesday.
Shakiya Edgecombe leapt to 1.34m to clinch a win in the under-15 girls’ high jump event.
Shalika Louis, of DW Davis, was right on her heels at 1.32m.
AF Adderley’s T’Neasha Bowleg came third in the event at 1.27m.
CH Reeves Rhandi Rolle and Thayna Augustin got two of the top three spots in
the under-15 girls’ shot put event.
The former posted a winning throw of 7.20m and the latter mailed in a second best throw of 6.62m.
SC McPherson’s Nhoreese Russell had to settle for third at 6.60m.
The Raptors’ Ariel Lewis was the top performer in the under-15 girls’ discus throw event. She prevailed with a throw of 18.79m.
The Royals’ Sandy Edouard was second overall at 17.04m and the Lions’ Randesh Dean wrapped up third at 16.60m.
Esha Melice had a best throw of 17.87m for CH Reeves in the under-17 girls’ discus throw event.
Azaria Wright, representing HO Nash, fell to second at 17.00m.
SC McPherson’s Maliyah Taylor ended the event in third at 14.73m.
The Raptors doubled up in both the under-15 boys’ high jump and javelin throw events.
Deantae Joseph placed first at 1.58m and his teammate Travon Moncur came second.
Kayden Braynen stopped at 1.56m, securing the third spot for the AF Adderley Tigers.
Robert Delancy and Samuel Woodside posted marks of 27.06m and 25.72m for first and second respectively in the under-15 boys’ javelin throw event.
D’Ron Woodside, of HO Nash, rounded out the
ON THE REPLAY: Day one of the 2025 Government Secondary Schools Sports Association (GSSSA) Track and Field Championships was a successful one for both the CV Bethel Stingrays and the CH Reeves Raptors in the senior and junior divisions respectively.
top three with his toss of 24.90m for third. The Raptors picked up victories in both the under-15 boys and under-17 boys’ 4x100m relays.
The relay team of Kendal Turner, Lavar Deveaux, Kevon Sinsurin and Moncur stopped the clock at 47.92 seconds in the under-15 boys’ 4x100m relay.
Ricardo Collie, Anvar McDonald, Denzel Clarke
and Jamaal Ferguson turned in a winning time of 47.67 seconds in the under17 boys’ 4x100m event.
CH Reeves swept the under-17 age group for the 1500m event.
Leandra Davis left her competitors behind for a time of 6:42.04. Her schoolmate Devonte Crowl took care of business in the under-17 boys’ 1,500m event. He won with a time of 4:47.71.
The Raptors were also successful in the under15 girls and boys’ 1500m events.
Tiara Wallace emerged victorious in the girls’ event in 6:12.30 and Deantae Joseph crossed the finish line at 5:01.86. Day two of the 2025 GSSSA Track and Field Championships begins this morning at 9:15am followed by an opening ceremony at 10am.
NEW BAISS RECORD: Queen’s College Comets senior boys’ 4 x 400 metre relay team of Andrew Brown, Zion Davis, Everette Fraser and Zion Miller posted a Bahamas Association of Independent Secondary Schools (BAISS) record of 3:17.80 at the 2025 BAISS Track and Field Championships. Last season, the QC Comets had to watch in disappointment as the St Augustine’s College Big Red Machine relished in championship glory to close out the 2024 BAISS Track and Field Championships. One season later, the Comets got their revenge in emphatic fashion to derail the Big Red Machine and emerge as the 2025 BAISS Track and Field champions.
Photo: Chappell Whyms Jr