sent Bermuda at the 2012 Olympic Games, has improved his 1500 meters time by more than 60 seconds during the past two years. He has surpassed the 2007 CARIFTA mark of 4:25.0.”Spring was also the 3000 metres bronze medallist at last year’s CARIFTA Games.

Sisters - Alexis Bean, 15, and 13-year-old Taylor-Ashley Bean along with 14-year-old Ashley Berry have qualified for the Under-17 girls’ 1500 metres.

“Ashley and Alexis both ran personal best marks at last Saturday’s track meet with (respective) times of 5:04.9 and 5:05.0 while Taylor-Ashley competed in the 800 and 400 metres events. However, Taylor has run a 1500 metres time of 5:10.9. All three have surpassed the standard of 5:20.0. Taylor-Ashley has run personal best times at the one and two lap races too, with times of 60.7 seconds and 2:28.9,” said Swan.

Other Under-17 age group athletes Allison Outerbridge and Jasmine Brunson have qualified, respectively, in the triple jump and long jump.

“Allison has cleared 10.67 metres while Jasmine has a distance of 5.54 metres. Jasmine earned the gold medal in the long jump with a clearance of 5.56 metres at the 2006 Junior CAC Championships,” said Swan.

He added: “Apart from Jasmine Brunson, all seven other qualifiers competed at the CARIFTA Games last year in Guadeloupe.”