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Simons trails home

Trey Simons and Allison Outerbridge both competed for Bermuda at the North American, Central American and Caribbean Under-23 Championships in Kamloops, British Columbia. Simons finished fourth out of four athletes in the men’s 1,500 metres, posting a...
Aug 11, 2014
Track & Field

Scraders sets sights on final in China

Kyrah Scraders, Bermuda’s top junior middle-distance runner, can barely wait to compete at the Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing, China, this month. The Berkeley Institute pupil is one of seven athletes who will fly Bermuda’s banner when the Games start...
Aug 08, 2014
Track & Field

Dill shines amid athletics’ gloom

It is fair to say that Bermuda’s track and field athletes did not quite deliver in the style they would have hoped at the Commonwealth Games. There were, however, several chasms of light to pierce the initial gloom felt by those who believed that th...
Aug 02, 2014
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Commonsense is key to running through a Bermudian summer

When each and every mile takes a minute longer than usual on a training run, that’s a sure sign something is amiss. But not seeing such a dramatic free fall in performance at this time of year would actually be more concerning. Running becomes next t...
Aug 02, 2014
Track & Field

Smith has ground to make up in heptathlon

Shianne Smith, the Bermuda heptathlete, lies in ninth position overall with 3,030 points after four events at the Commonwealth Games. Smith, the first Bermudian woman to compete in the heptathlon at a major Games, made a solid start in the morning se...
Jul 30, 2014
Track & Field

Evans takes tape for lost friend

Aaron Evans has dedicated his victory in his 800 metres heat at the Commonwealth Games to Torrin Lawrence, his former University of Georgia team-mate, who died in a car crash on Monday. Lawrence, who helped the United States win a gold medal in his ...
Jul 30, 2014
Track & Field

Smith propels himself into long jump final

Tyrone Smith needed only two attempts to safely negotiate qualifying and advance to today’s Commonwealth Games long jump final at Hampden Park. Smith jumped a season-best 7.87 metres in his second attempt to finish third in his group, and seventh ove...
Jul 30, 2014
Track & Field

Dill at home in star-studded 800 semi-final

Shaquille Dill and Aaron Evans, the Bermuda middle-distance runners, could both take plenty of encouragement from their semi-final exits at the Commonwealth Games. Dill, in particular, ran a superb race in a star-studded field that included David Ru...
Jul 30, 2014
Track & Field

King at a loss to explain long jump failure

A frustrated Arantxa King was at a loss to explain what went wrong in her long jump qualifying after unfathomably failing to reach the medal round at the Commonwealth Games this morning. King had strongly expected to cruise into tomorrow’s final but...
Jul 30, 2014
Track & Field

Houston struggles for extra gear in 200

There were no stumbles on this occasion for Tre Houston, the Bermuda sprinter, but he was unable to redeem himself in the fashion that he would have hoped after missing out on the 200 metres semi-finals at the Commonwealth Games this morning. Houston...
Jul 30, 2014
Track & Field

Smith eighth in long jump final

Success, disappointment or indifferent, Tyrone Smith’s fun-loving demeanour rarely seems to change. Even when the dice does not roll in his favour, which it failed to do in tonight’s long jump final at the Commonwealth Games, Smith can still be foun...
Jul 30, 2014
Track & Field

Heptathlete Smith on a high after PB finale

Shianne Smith, the Bermuda heptathlete, finished the Commonwealth Games on a high note after setting a personal best in her final event, the 800 metres. Smith, the first Bermudian women to compete in the heptathlon at a major Games, came fifth in he...
Jul 30, 2014
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