NAAA Prepares Athletes for 2012 London Olympics
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NAAA Prepares Athletes for 2012 London Olympics To All Media From Trevor James NAAA PRO 752-5327 The National Association for Athletics Administrations is preparing top T&T Athletes for the 2012 London Olympics and is sending a contingent to compete at the 118th PENN Relays in Pennsylvania USA as part of the plan. The PENN Relays gets on the way this week where the Trinidad and Tobago 4x400 men will compete in the USA vs The World Men on Saturday. Trinidad and Tobago 4x100 women will come up against Bahamas, Jamaica and USA Red and Blue in the USA vs The World Women. In the USA vs The World Men 4x100, Trinidad and Tobago would compete with the likes of Jamaica, Bahamas, Canada Red and Canada Black and the USA Red and USA Blue teams. PENN Relays is known as the world's largest and oldest relay carnival and is held on Penn's home track, University of Pennsylvania at Franklin Field in Philadelphia every year. The USA vs The World Championships category will be held on Saturday 28th April 2012. The TT men 4x100 will start in action at 12:55pm to follow with the women 4x100 at 1:15pm and the men 4x400 at 2:30pm. All action can be seen live online. The team departs on Thursday 26th April 2012 on American Airlines Flight 1668 at 2:40pm. They will return on American Airlines Flight 1647 on Sunday 29th April 2012 at 1:25pm See full list next page ### National Association of Ato Boldon Stadium PO Box 605, Port of Spain Affiliated to IAAF and TTOC Athletics Administrations Balmain, Couva Tel 1-868-679-3276 of Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago Fax 1-868-636-7877 The Trinidad and Tobago PENN Relay Team 2012 WOMEN 4 X 100 M Michelle-Lee Ahye Reyare Thomas Aleesha Barber Semoy Hackett Kai Selvon MEN 4X100 M Richard Thompson Rondel Sorrillo Keston Bledman Marc Burns Emmanuel Callender MEN 4X400 M Lalonde Gordon Jarrin Solomon Machel Cedenio Jereem Richards Stann Waithe OFFICIALS Dexter Voisin - Team Manager Zephyrinus Nicholas - Massage Therapist Gunness Persad - Coach Ian Hypolite - Coach Anyl Gopeesingh - Doctor National Association of Ato Boldon Stadium PO Box 605, Port of Spain Affiliated to IAAF and TTOC Athletics Administrations Balmain, Couva Tel 1-868-679-3276 of Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago Fax 1-868-636-7877.