Six young female athletes from Bermuda Pacers Track Club are in Landover, Maryland, for the Potomac Valley Association 14 and Under National Age-Group Invitational.

Skye Furbert, Mylah DeSilva, Ava St Luce, Diamond Morris, Giselle Reid-Rubaine and Amaya Davis will be in action tomorrow and Sunday.

The indoor track meet, which attracts over 1,400 athletes from the United States, will be held at Prince George’s Sports and Learning Complex.

Davis is competing in 60 metres, 200 metres and long jump in the 13-14 division. Also running in the same age bracket are St Luce and DeSilva, with the former in the 60 and 200, while the latter will be tested in the 200 and 400.

Furbert, Reid-Rubaine and Morris are taking part in the 9-10 division. Morris, who was recently crowned Bermuda Schools Sports Federation over-9 Primary School Cross-Country champion, will compete in the 400, 800 and long jump.

Reid-Rubaine is taking to the track in the 60, 200 and 400. Furbert, the youngest member of the team, is participating in the 60, 200 and long jump.

With this being the maiden appearance for Pacers at the meet and the first time for the six at an indoor event, head coach Cal Simons feels that this new experience will give the athletes more determination once they return home.

“It will also assist them in their further development,” Simons said.

“In addition, I expect the athletes to compete at a very high level and enjoy the experience.”

Meanwhile, one of the Pacers products, Miles Outerbridge, hit the Carifta qualifying standard in the 100 metres on Thursday.

Outerbridge clocked 10.61sec, the fastest time at the Villages Invitational. His time was within the 10.80 required by the Bermuda National Athletics Association.

The 17-year-old, who agonisingly came close to a medal in the under-20 boys 200 at the Games in Trinidad last year, has already met the standard over that distance. He stopped the clock at 21.24 at the VA Showcase in Virginia last month, then followed that with 21.36 at the Legends of Alachua County Invitational.

Arima Turner and Amaris Munya were also in action at the Villages Charter School. Turner’s time of 25.66 placed her third, but she needs to clock 24.68 to qualify for Carifta, while she recorded 12.17 in the 100 and needs to run 12.05 to qualify.

Munya secured third in the 800 in 2min 29sec, which fell short of the Carifta qualifying time of 2:16.