Dage Minors, Bermuda’s premier middle-distance runner, is chasing another medal at the Central American and Caribbean Games.

Minors won a bronze medal in the 1,500 metres in El Salvador at the last CAC Games and is hopeful that he contend for another spot on the podium in Dominican Republic.

Primarily based in England, Minors has trained hard for this moment and he reveals it would mean a lot to bring some more hardware back to Bermuda.

“The bronze medal was big for me a couple of years ago and it’s something I'm really proud of,” Minors said.

“But in a sense that doesn't really matter any more. It’s a new dawn and it's a new game, but my training’s been going good and I’m ready to go.”

With the 1,500 metres at the CAC Games (6.30pm Bermuda time) consisting of just a final, Minors will have no time to work his way into form and tactics are set to play a big part, something which is made more difficult given he will not have raced against most of his rivals previously.

“This is a championship race and sometimes those can be tactical,” he said.

“When you get here, it’s a delicate mix of continuing to train but also taking into consideration travel, life in the athletes’ village and it isn’t the most straightforward to work out how to approach the race.

“I'm not sure how many of my opponents are the same as in 2023 but I probably haven’t raced any since then, so I don’t know what anyone else may or may not do and I will have to think on the spot.

“You’ll get an idea of how the race may play out within the first lap, so you just have to take it as it comes and you can’t really rely on one strategy.”

Minors has carried the flag for Bermuda when it comes to middle-distance running for a number of years but he is now being joined at major events by Nirobi Smith-Mills, who competed in the 800 metres at the Commonwealth Games.

“I was thinking on the long flight from London to Miami, just reflecting, and I realised that I have been competing for Bermuda since my first Carifta Games in 2010,” he said.

My first senior games would have been in 2018, so I have been going for years now and athletics in this region is very challenging. You always have to be ranked to make sure you are in the quota for field sizes.

“This is my third CAC Games and it is a testament to just staying consistent and, keeping up the hard work. There's quite a few good athletes, not just in middle distance but also sprinters coming up, so athletics is in a good place.

“Hopefully we can continue and it would be a dream of mine if in the next four years or next CAC Games there are more of us. I know Nirobi is here, so the baton is there and ready to be taken. I know he is ready for that.”