Topic: track
Cayman sprinter on track for second year at SPIRE Academy
For the past year, Imala Smith-Edwards, 15, a Caymanian track-and-field athlete, has found a new home and a new perspective at Spire Academy in Geneva, Ohio.
Caymanian sprinters continue impressive run at Ed Murphey Classic
Just 10 days after excelling at the Barbados Grand Prix, Davonte Howell and Rasheem Brown carried their momentum over to the Ed Murphey Classic in Memphis, Tennessee.
2020 CARIFTA Games postponed
The 2020 CARIFTA Games, scheduled to take place in Bermuda this April, has been postponed, due to the coronavirus outbreak.
Cayman’s college athletes round-up
Texas A&M’s men’s track-and-field team placed third overall at the Southeastern Conference indoor championships thanks to the assistance of freshman Jamal Walton.
Brown breaks own 60m hurdles record
Cayman’s Rasheem Brown set a new indoor 60 metre hurdles record for his school, Milligan College in Tennessee, at the 2020 Camel City Invitational...
Morgan takes gold at college relays
Caymanian Pearl Morgan recently competed at the Principia College Relays in Elsah, Illinois, where she earned one first-place finish and a pair of second-place...
CIAA takes off with its first CARIFTA prep meet
Cayman’s track and field athletes set off Saturday morning at the Truman Bodden Sports Complex for the Cayman Islands Athletics Association’s first CARIFTA prep...
‘Odd Meet’ opens Cayman track season
The track season took off with an ‘Odd Meet’ on Saturday morning at the Truman Bodden Sports Complex that had spectators on the edge...
Cayman’s track coach trains US baseball player
Riverdale Country School baseball player Andrew Shlomm spent his Christmas holidays in the Cayman Islands working on his sprinting with the islands’ national track...
Stephens case: Teen feared removal from track team
A 14-year-old girl who alleged a Cayman Islands track coach indecently assaulted her feared she would be removed from the track team if she did not comply with certain requests of a sexual nature, according to statements in U.S. federal court records.
Extradition of Cayman track coach sought
A formal request for the extradition of a Cayman Islands track coach on indecent assault charges was sent to the U.S. Department of State last month, according to documents made public in the American federal courts system.
Extradition sought for indecent assault suspect
A provisional arrest request has been made by the British government to U.S. authorities seeking the return of Ato Modibo Stephens to the Cayman Islands on charges of indecent assault with an underage female.
In 100m, Hyman doesn’t make semis
Cayman sprinter Kemar Hyman’s 100m time of 10.34 seconds on Saturday fell short of qualifying for the semifinals Sunday at the Olympic Games in Rio.
Five Cayman athletes ready for Rio
Swimming siblings Geoffrey and Lara Butler have been selected to represent the Cayman Islands at the Summer Olympics, rounding out a five-athlete team that will compete in Rio de Janeiro next month on the biggest stage in sport.
East End athlete meets Bolt in Jamaica
A young athlete from East End recently had the chance to meet track and field star Usain Bolt in Jamaica.
Lightning Bolt strikes again in Cayman
Bolt-mania took over the Cayman Islands this weekend as the world’s fastest man wowed the crowd at the Truman Bodden Sports Complex.
Bolt victorious but ‘race rusty’ in opener
Sprint king Usain Bolt left the Cayman Islands admitting he was a little “race rusty” but confident he will be back to his fluent best as he takes another step toward Olympic immortality.
EDITORIAL — Usain Bolt: On the fast track this weekend
For a few seconds on Saturday night, the eyes of the world will be on the Cayman Islands as sprint superstar Usain Bolt lines up for the 100m dash, the showpiece race of the Cayman Invitational track meet.
Bolt from the blue
The world’s fastest man Usain Bolt touched down in the Cayman Islands Thursday, ready for his first race of the season as he warms up for the Rio Olympics.
Cayman track star ready to test himself against Bolt at Invitational
As a six-year-old outsprinting his friends in playground races at George Town Primary School, Kemar Hyman knew he was fast.
New track opens
Hopes are high that a new public track at Bodden Town Primary School will benefit students and local athletes, and provide a convenient, safe and easily accessible area for the community to exercise.
Sprint king Usain Bolt to headline Cayman invitational
The fastest man in history, Usain Bolt, will be competing at the Cayman Invitational track meet in May, organizers announced Tuesday.
