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WEDNESDAY, MAY 24, 2017
Bahamian athletes get set for NCAA Regionals By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net AT least 11 Bahamian athletes are expected to take the spotlight this weekend when they compete in their respective 2017 Division 1 Outdoor Track and Field East and West Regional Preliminary Meets as they attempt to qualify for the NCAA National Championships, scheduled for Eugene, Oregon. In Lexington, Kentucky where the East Regional will take place, the Bahamian connection from Auburn, Purdue and Penn State will be competing. Heading the men’s list will be Auburn’s senior Teray Smith, who will run out of lane nine in the last of six heats in the 200 metres on Friday. The top three from each heat plus the next six times will advance to the quarter-final on Saturday. From the quarters, the
top three plus the next three fastest times will qualify for Eugene. Purdue’s sophomore Kinard Rolle is in heat three in the second of six heats in the 400m preliminaries. Henry Delauze, a junior at the University of Miami, will run out of lane three in heat four on Thursday. They will have to finish as one of the top three in their heat or post one of the next six times to move on to Friday’s quarter-final. The top three in each quarter-final and the next three times advance to Eugene. Purdue, with Rolle listed on the second leg and Auburn, with Smith on the anchor, are expected to clash in the second of three heats of the 4 x 100m relay in lanes two and four respectively. Only the top three in each heat, plus the best three times will book their ticket to Eugene. And in the 4 x 400 metre relay, the two athletes are again expect-
ed to represent Auburn in lane three and Purdue in four in the second of three heats on Saturday. Delauze is scheduled to run for Miami in lane eight. The top three in each heat and the next three fastest times will move on to Eugene. New national record holder Denzel Pratt, a sophomore at Liberty, will be the last of 16 competitors in the last of the three flights in the javelin on Thursday. The top 12 competitors outright will advance to Eugene as there will be no ties. On the women’s side, Auburn’s sophomore Jenae Ambrose will run out of lane three in the first of six heats in the 200m on Friday. Keianna Albury, a sophomore from Penn State, will be in lane eight in heat two and Carmeisha Cox, a senior at Purdue, will follow in lane two in heat three.
The top three in each heat and the next six times will advance to the quarter-final on Saturday where the top three in each heat and the next three fastest times will qualify for Eugene. Shaquania Dorsett, a sophomore from Florida State, is entered in lane seven in the second of six heats in the 400m on Thursday. The top three in each heat plus the next six times will go to the quarter-finals on Friday where the top three in each heat and the next best three times advance to Eugene. Devynne Charlton, known as a triple threat, will only concentrate on the 100m hurdles where she will run out of lane seven in the last of six heats. The top three finishers in each heat plus the next six times will advance to the quarter-finals. The top three in each heat plus the next best three times will go to Eugene.
Charlton and Cox are scheduled to team up for Purdue in lane two in the first of three heats in the 4 x 100m relay on Saturday with Albury running for Penn State in seven. Ambrose is set to anchor Auburn’s team in lane five in heat two. The top three in each heat plus the next best three times go to Eugene. Danielle Gibson, in her senior year at Penn State, will be the fourth of 12 competitors on the runway in the last of four flights in the triple jump on Friday. The top 12 competitors will represent their respective schools in Eugene. At the West Regional in Austin, Texas, national record holder Serena Brown will compete for Texas A&M as the second of 16 competitors in the last of three flights in the women’s discus on Friday. Without any ties, the top 12 finishers will go to Eugene.
GSSSA soccer finals today T
he Government Secondary Schools Sports Association completed its senior boys and girls sudden death playoff games on Monday and now they are all set for the one-game championship final today at the Roscow Davies Soccer Field in the Baillou Hills Sporting Complex. In game one, The Anatol Rodgers Timberwolves got one goal from Jamal Niholes in the first half and rode a stellar defence to give the squad, led by coach Oliver Lynch, a ticket to the championship game while the CI Gibson Rattlers were left on the outside looking in. The Rattlers were the favourites to win this game but crumbled under the pressure to produce. In game two, the defending champs were not getting into the back and forth talking with their opposition. They decided to let their play speak for themselves as they took to the pitch against the Doris Johnson Mystic Marlins. When the dust settled, the Knights of CR Walker jumped into the championship game with a 3-1 thumping of the Mystic Marlins. The Knights got goals from Romario Santil, who got the scoring started, Peter Julmis and Marc Ville to seal it. The championship game for the senior girls’ title in the GSSSA soccer division was also set as four teams squared off to get into the big dance. In the end, after two long, heated games, the finals will be played between the CV Bethel Lady Stingrays and the CC Sweeting Lady Cobras. In the first game the CV Bethel girls dethroned the defending champions Lady Knights from CR Walker who put up a good fight but the Lady Stingrays wanted it more as they won 2-1 in extra time. The Stingrays got two goals from #42 while the Lady Knights got one goal from Bernadette Nelson. In game two, Tierra Higgs scored in the 14th minute to give the Lady Cobras the lead over the undefeated Lady Mystic Marlins from Doris Johnson - the number one seeds in the tournament. They got an insurance goal from Tarnisha Joseph to send the delirious Lady Cobras into the big dance today.
DAVIS AND ROLLE ATOP STANDINGS IN BOWLING NATIONALS By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net IT’S getting down to crunch time in the Bahamas Bowling Federation’s 2017 BTC National Bowling Championships and after Monday night’s action at Mario’s Bowling and Family Entertainment Centre, former champions Leonardo ‘Lee’ Davis and Driskell Rolle have emerged to the top of the standings. Davis, the 2014 champion, has surged ahead of defending champion David Slatter with his total pinfall of 2,092. Slatter trails with 1,996 pins. Greg Taylor, president of the Bahamas Cricket Association, is currently in third place with 1,956 pins. Kevin Williams, posting the identical score as Taylor, is in fourth place and Derrick Burrows rounds out the top five with 1,934 pins. Completing the top 15 in order are Kenrick Brathwaite - 1,932; Tyrone Knowles - 1,932; Raymond Adderley - 1,917; Richard Pyfrom - 1,887; Mario Brown - 1,878; Kelsey Rolle - 1,867; Ricardo Rolle 1,853; Macharia McDonald - 1,849; Alcondo Hepburn - 1,844 and Anthony Ingraham - 1,822. On the ladies’ side, Rolle, the 2015 champion and the A category competitor, has taken a slim one-pinfall lead over former multiple champion Marina McClain, the top contender out of the B category. With her average of 184.10, Rolle has taken the lead with 1,841 pins, one
BALL CONTROL: The CV Bethel Lady Stingrays dethroned the defending champions CR Walker Lady Knights 2-1 in extra time on Monday afternoon.
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More than 30 schools in Primary Track & Field Nationals MORE than 30 schools from throughout the country will be participating in the
annual Frank ‘Pancho’ Rahming National Primary Schools Track and Field Championships, scheduled to begin today at the original Thomas A Robinson Track and Field Stadium. The three-day meet, organised jointly by the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture and the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, will honour Rahming, who started the event to put some of the spotlight on the young rising stars. Mike Sands, the meet director, confirmed that more than 700 athletes from schools from New Providence, Grand Bahama and the Family Islands are scheduled to participate and the entry is free for all spectators. Due to the opening of the House of Assembly today, the official opening ceremo-
nies is all set to take place on Thursday by Michael Pintard, the new minister. Pintard, in one of his first official appearances, confirmed that the meet is back on after it was originally called off. Competitors in all age group categories in the boys’ and girls’ divisions will be competing. Medals will be presented to the first three finishers in each event and the ribbons will be distributed to all of the finalists. There won’t be an overall champion but Sands said they are delighted to be able to honour Rahming in this fashion. “I think it’s very fitting because he gave birth to the national primary school championships,” Sands said. “As you know, Pancho is an icon in track and field in the region and so I think it’s
only fitting to immortalise him in this fashion, while he is alive. “Far too often, we give recognition and honour to persons when they are not in a position to accept it. “So it’s good that we can honour and recognise him for his contribution to track and field in this manner.” Sands said the organisers also have a special treat on Thursday during the official opening ceremony. According to Sands, there is a lot of interest in the meet because just before the general elections, the meet was called off. But he gave kudos to Pintard who, when he came into office, immediately made the decision to put the meet back on. The meet is slated to wrap up after the session on Friday afternoon.