Press Release

CBBI Meet Promoter, , names Veronica Campbell- Brown, Kellie Wells, , , and Golden Knights: , Michael Matthieu, in listing of elite athletes for Elite Meet in April…many more to come!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

100 Elite Athletes to compete!

……….March 18th, 203. Nassau, Bahamas. It’s history in the making! The Chris Brown Bahamas Invitational will bring first time competition to and Veronica Campbell- Brown, Kellie Wells, Kirani James, Trevor Barry, and Golden Knights Demetrius Pinder, Michael Matthieu, Ramon Miller will feature among the list of Olympians to participate in this inaugural Chris Brown Bahamas Invitational. The event will be held at the Thomas Robinson National Stadium on April 13th. Major Title Sponsor Ministry of Tourism and Presenting Sponsor BTC are excited about the prospects of bringing attention to The Bahamas with the world class event.

The event has been dubbed “The Islands of The Bahamas Chris Brown Bahamas Invitational presented by BTC”. These exclusive Title and presenting sponsors have been joined with a cadre of other partners including the Ministry of Youth Sports & Culture, Western Union, The National Sports Authority, and the Bank of The Bahamas.

A total of approximately 100 athletes will participate in the Elite Meet. Meet Promoter, Chris Brown, indicated at a recent Press Conference that his colleague athletes are excited to compete in The Bahamas at this historic event. He further stated that he is receiving calls daily from athlete representatives and coaches to participate.

“Some of the race events have been closed and oversubscribed and so we have begun already to compile our listing of athletes for next year’s event.” BROWN, MEET PROMOTER

The Meet Promoter further indicated that the event will be an annual one and it is a meet that serves as an “opener” for several of the athletes that will compete. It is the first international meet bringing Olympians together for this New Year getting them prepared “World Outdoor Championships” to be held in , in August of this year. The Chris Brown Bahamas Invitational (CBBI) is an IAAF sanctioned meet and is expected to attract the attention and attendance of International press. Tickets will go on sale at the end of this week and will be available online at www.nsa-bahamas.com For more information visit us at www.bahamasinvitational.com

Veronica Campbell-Brown

Veronica Campbell at the 2011 World Championships

Personal information

Birth name Veronica Campbell

15 May 1982 (age 30) Born Clarks Town, Trelawny,

Residence Clermont, , USA

Height 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)[1]

Weight 61 kg (130 lb)[1]

Sport

Sport

Event(s) Sprints

College team

Medal record[hide] Women's Athletics Competitor for Jamaica

Olympic Games Gold 2004 200 m

Gold 2004 Athens 4×100 m relay

Gold 2008 200 m

Silver 2000 4×100 m relay

Silver 2012 4x100 m relay

Bronze 2004 Athens 100 m

Bronze 2012 London 100 m

World Championships

Gold 2011 200 m

Gold 2007 100 m

Silver 2005 100 m

Silver 2005 Helsinki 4×100 m relay

Silver 2007 Osaka 200 m

Silver 2007 Osaka 4×100 m relay

Silver 2009 200 m

Silver 2011 Daegu 100 m

Silver 2011 Daegu 4×100m relay

Commonwealth Games

Silver 2002 100 m

Silver 2002 Manchester 4×100 m relay

Silver 2006 200 m

World Indoor Championships

Gold 2010 60 m

Gold 2012 60 m

World Athletics Final

Gold 2004 100 m

Gold 2004 Monaco 200 m

Gold 2005 Monaco 100 m

Silver 2005 Monaco 200 m

World Junior Championships

Gold 2000 100 m

Gold 2000 Santiago 200 m

Silver 2000 Santiago 4×100 m relay CAC Junior Championships (Junior)

Gold 2000 San Juan 100 m

Gold 2000 San Juan 4×100 m relay CARIFTA Games (Junior)

Gold 2001 100 m Gold 2001 Bridgetown 200 m

Gold 2001 Bridgetown 4×100 m relay

Gold 2000 St. George's 200 m

Gold 2000 St. George's 4 × 100 m relay

Gold 1997 Bridgetown 4×100 m relay

Silver 2000 St. George's 100 m

Bronze 1999 Fort-de- 200 m

World Youth Championships

Gold 1999 Santiago 100 m

Gold 1999 Santiago 4×100 m relay CAC Junior Championships (Youth)

Gold 1998 George Town 100 m

Gold 1998 George Town 4 × 100 m relay

Gold 1996 4×100 m relay

Veronica Campbell-Brown C.D (born 15 May 1982) is a Jamaican athlete who specializes in the 100 and 200 meters.[2] A seven-time Olympic medalist, she is the reigning World champion over 200m. She is the second woman in history to win two consecutive Olympic 200 m events, after Bärbel Wöckel of at the 1976 and 1980 Olympics.[3] Campbell-Brown is one of only eight athletes to win world championships at the youth, junior, and senior level of an athletic event.

Early life

Campbell was born to Cecil Campbell and Pamella Bailey[4] in Clarks Town, Trelawny, Jamaica on 15 May 1982. She has nine brothers and sisters and attended Troy Primary and Vere Technical High School in Clarendon before pursuing higher education in the at the . Junior career

In 1999, she won two gold medals, the 100 m and 4 x 100 m relay at the inaugural IAAF World Youth Championships. The following year, she became the first female to win the sprint double at the IAAF World Junior Championships. She took the 100 m in 11.12 s (the current championship record) and the 200 m in 22.87 s. At the 2000 , she ran the second leg on the winning 4 x 100 m relay team. In 2001, she was awarded the Austin Sealy Trophy for the most outstanding athlete of the 2001 CARIFTA Games.[5][6] That year, she won 3 gold medals (100m, 200m, and 4x100m relay) in the junior (U-20) category.

College career Campbell attended Barton County Community College in Great Bend, Kansas, where she set several records and won many titles, including four national junior college titles in the 60, 100 and both indoors and outdoors. She set the current record for Barton County CC in the outdoor 100 m and 200 m. Campbell also excelled academically, earning an associates degree from Barton County in 2002 with a 3.8 grade average. She later attended the University of Arkansas, where she stood out as a sprint star in a programme dominated by long-distance runners. Professional career

Campbell-Brown ran at the 2000 Summer Olympics in the 4 x 100 m relay along with , Beverly McDonald, and sprint veteran and Olympic legend, . They finished second in the finals in a time of 42.13 behind neighbours, Bahamas, which gave 18 year old Campbell-Brown her first .

At the 2004 Olympics, Campbell first placed third in the 100 m and two days later won the 200 m, beating out of the United States. She later teamed up with , Tayna Lawrence, and to win the 4 x 100 m .

In August 2005, Campbell won the silver medal in the 100 m at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics as well as another silver medal in the 4 x 100 m relay (together with Daniele Browning, Aleen Bailey and Sherone Simpson).

At the 2007 World Championships, Campbell won three medals with a gold in the 100 m, a silver in the 200 m (second to Felix) and a silver in the 4 x 100 m relay.

At the 2008 Jamaican Olympic trials, she finished fourth in the 100 m, thereby missing the qualifying requirement to automatically make the Jamaican Olympic roster for that event. She clocked 10.88 s in the final, which is the second fastest time ever for a fourth place finish. She however bounced back to take the 200 m final in a personal best of 21.94 s. Failing to qualify for the 100 m, she only competed in the 200 m and the 4 x 100 m relay at the Olympic Games. At the opening ceremony of the 2008 Olympics, Veronica Campbell-Brown carried the Jamaican flag during the Athletes' Parade. She successfully defended her Olympic 200 m title in a new personal best time of 21.74 s. She competed at the 4 x 100 m relay together with Shelly-Ann Fraser, Sheri-Ann Brooks and Aleen Bailey. In the first round heats, Jamaica placed first in front of Russia, Germany and . The Jamaican teams' time of 42.24 s was the first time overall out of sixteen participating nations. With this result, Jamaica qualified for the final, replacing Brooks and Bailey with Sherone Simpson and . Jamaica did not finish the race due to a mistake in the baton exchange.[2]

At the end of the 2008 season, Campbell-Brown was selected the top 200 m runner in the world as well as the fourth best in the 100 m (following three other Jamaicans) by Track and Field News. She also finished eighth overall in voting for the magazine's Woman of the Year.[7]

She qualified for her third World Championships by winning the 200 m national title. She beat runners up Shelly Ann Fraser and with a time of 22.40 seconds in June 2009, although a toe injury had left her lacking full fitness.[8] At the 2009 World Championships Campbell-Brown was fourth in the 100 m final behind teammates Fraser and Stewart. She then won her second World 200 m silver behind American Allyson Felix. She closed the season at the Shanghai Golden Grand Prix, recording her fastest of the year (10.89) to take second behind , who became the second fastest ever with 10.64 seconds.[9] Although she was beaten by Jeter, Campbell-Brown was the fourth fastest 100 m sprinter overall that season.[10]

In 2010 she won her first World Indoor 60m in a time of 7.00. She later went on to run the fastes time for the 200m in 21.98 in New York. She also ran a 10.78 in Eugene Oregon beating Fraser Pryce and jeter .

In 2011 Veronica Campbell-Brown won the Jamaican athletic trials in both the 100 & 200 m and was one of the favorites for both gold medals at the world championships in Daegu. At the championships she won the silver medal in the women's 100 m in 10.98 behind Jeter, who won in 10.90. She later went on to win her first 200 m world title in a timer of 22.22, beating Jeter and Felix who were second and third respectively.

In 2012 she defended her 60m World Indoor Gold medal where she won in a time of 7.01. Later in June Veronica qualified for the 2012 Olympic games in London in both the 100m and the 200m. In the 100m she came third behind Shelly Ann Fraser Pryce, who ran a Jamaican record of 10.70 and Carmelita Jeter. In the 4x100m relay final, she and Jamaican team came second behind the U.S. team who won the event with a new world record of 40.82. Personal life

In 2007, Campbell married , a fellow Jamaican sprinter and University of Arkansas alumnus, changing her name to Campbell-Brown. They currently live and train in Clermont, Florida. She was appointed as a UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador in late 2009, and stated that she would use the role to promote gender equity in sport.[11] Achievements

Campbell-Brown's personal best of 10.76 s in the 100 m ranks her all-time top ten in the world (9th place) and fourth among Jamaican women. Her 200 m best (21.74 s) ranks her in the all- time top ten in the world. This time is the third best among Jamaican women. It is the second fastest time of the 21st century, and was the fastest since 's 21.62 s in Johannesburg 1998

Personal bests

Time Event Venue Date Remarks (seconds)

60 metres 7.00 Doha, 14 March 2010

Official World

100 yards 9.91+ Ostrava, 31 May 2011

Best 10.76 Ostrava, Czech Republic 31 May 2011

200 metres 21.74 Beijing, China 21 August 2008

Fayetteville, Arkansas, United 22 January

400 metres 52.24 States 2005

+ = en route to a longer distance

 All information from IAAF Profile[1]

Kellie Wells

Journeys & Victories No hurdle too high for Kellie Wells

AP Photo/Orlin WagnerA U.S. champion in the indoor and outdoor hurdles, Kellie Wells will return to racing later this month from a broken arm and aim for the Olympic trials in June.

As a kid, track practice was a safe space for Kellie Wells. A rising star at James River High School in Virginia, Wells loved running and, especially, clearing hurdles. But, with equal passion, she dreaded going home to face her abusive stepfather.

After years of silence, in 2010 Wells began talking publicly about consistent sexual abuse she said she'd suffered as a teenager, abuse she said eventually led to rape. She initially wrote about it on her blog.

"It took me two or three days to write the blog post, so I was comfortable with it," she said. "I thought about my mom. If someone had shared their experiences and helped, maybe the outcome would've been different for her."

Now 29, Wells is hoping is that she can use her rising stardom as the reigning U.S. women's indoor and outdoor champion to help other victims come forward with their stories, realize they are not alone and move on with their lives and achieve their dreams.

Wells is well on her way, with her focus fixed on London. Running away from it all

Wells discovered the sport that's become her livelihood while watching her older sister Tonni perform drills in their Richmond, Va., neighborhood. Tonni was approaching her teens, and Wells was six years her junior.

AP Photo/Bebeto MatthewsKellie Wells, who in 2010 began talking publicly about sexual abuse she said she'd suffered as a teenager, is developing a foundation to support women and children who have been abused.

"This is what I was meant to do," Wells said. "I had talent."

She said she also turned to track to avoid her stepfather. But daily practice wasn't enough for her to escape. Wells said the rape occurred when she was 16, and that all she could do was run -- out of the house and away from the man her mother had chosen to trust. When she confided in her mother, she said she was received with silence. She moved in with a friend to escape the abuse. Wells had had mere weeks to process what had happened when more cruelty struck her family. Her stepfather and mother were in a fatal car accident that Wells unknowingly drove past on her way home.

Instead of crumbling, Wells chose to focus on the most positive influence in her life: track and field. She thought about her mom. "She loved track and everything I did," Wells said.

She gathered strength from what she'd overcome to keep moving forward.

It also helped that James River High's head track coach, Vatel Dixon, was there to mentor Wells. They started working together during Wells' sophomore year.

"I was the only black male teacher in that building for a long time," he said.

Wells ran six events per meet, often scoring half the points the team needed to win. After multiple losing seasons, "we went from worst to first," said Dixon.

Wells' accomplishments, including earning the school's first state title, and her tenacity on the track paved the road to Hampton University, where she became an NCAA All-American and a MEAC champion.

The pressure of performing provided relief from the situation at home.

"But you should never be ashamed of where you come from," she said. "We all get to a good place. I hope my good place can help others find their good place." The comeback

Despite early success on the track, Wells' running career hasn't been without difficulties. She rose to the top of her sport, as a world-class hurdler, just one year after going pro in 2007. She approached the 100-meter hurdles at the 2008 Olympic trials in Eugene, Ore., with confidence. She won the quarterfinals. Her personal-best time of 12.58 seconds in the semifinals was her ticket to the finals. But she couldn't compete: Wells had suffered a torn hamstring.

"I felt it immediately after I crossed the line [in the semis]," she said. "It was an immense pain in my leg. I was perfectly healthy going into the trials. I thought, 'What is this?' as I went down, and then I couldn't get up."

“

Knowing how to deal with pressure has become part of me. I didn't realize I had that quality until I looked back on my life.

” -- Kellie Wells It took more than a year for the injury to heal. Her memories of struggling to walk and then run provide motivation.

"When I don't want to be out there, I tell myself that something could be forcing me to stop," she said. "I didn't start out as the fastest. I had to work to get here."

In June 2011, Wells returned to Oregon's Hayward Field, where she'd gone down three years earlier.

"I walked up to the track and I sat in the lane. I just sat there and I talked to it," she said.

Wells clocked 12.50 that day, once again defying the past.

"My races were the last two days of the meet," she said. "I had to watch everyone else make it first. But I went there to win and to go to [Daegu, , for the world championships]. And I did just that."

She earned national titles in the 100-meter hurdles and the 60-meter indoor hurdles that same year.

"Knowing how to deal with pressure has become part of me," Wells said. "I didn't realize I had that quality until I looked back on my life."

To help others cope, she's developing a foundation to support abused women and children. It doesn't have a name yet, but she plans to announce it on her website soon.

"I know that showing my positive side can make all the difference, especially when working with children," Wells said. "Talking about it has made a huge difference. I made a way out of no way. I want other women to become who they want to be, just like I'm becoming the woman I'm meant to be."

Wells' life has never been easy, so she takes it in stride. She broke an arm in early February, went through surgery and quickly got back to training. After missing much of the indoor racing season, she's more determined than ever. She'll return to racing at the end of this month and plans to run straight through the June 22 Olympic trials -- then lay it all on the line in London.

Recently, Wells returned to her high school and spoke to students about everything she's overcome on her way to the top. The kids were in awe, so Coach Dixon broke the ice with the first question: "When you make it to London 2012, can I get a ticket?"

Wells said she could never break a promise to him, so of course, he'd join her at the Olympics.

"She took to me because she didn't have that father figure and role model at home," he said.

Dixon and Wells established a bond that has only been strengthened over the past decade. She calls him on the phone each Father's Day. Through it all, Wells has become her own woman -- one who would make her mother proud.

"I talk to my mom all the time," she said. "She's always here -- I have her tattoos on me. I hope she's looking down and she's excited about what's coming up."

Rachel Cooperman will never be as fast as the athletes she covers, but she's happy to write about them, run alongside them and sometimes sprint to catch up to them for a good story. She's a freelance journalist in New York City.

USA Championships 2011 USA Indoor (7.79) and Outdoor (12.50) champion Two-time Outdoor Championships runner-up - 2010 (12.84); 2012 (12.77) 2008 USA Indoor Championships bronze medalist (8.02)

International Championships 2012 Olympic bronze medalist (12.48)

Awards and Honors Two-time All-American at Hampton University

About Kellie Wells won Olympic bronze in 2012 to add a fairytale ending to her heartbreaking injury at the 2008 Olympic Trials where she was unable to compete in the finals due to a hamstring tear. Wells made an impressive comeback in 2011 by winning her first outdoor and indoor national titles, and dominating the top marks lists. Wells’ winning time of 7.79 at the 2011 USA Indoor Championships was the No. 1 time in the world for the year, and at the time gave her the nine fastest times in the world.

Results 2012: 6th at Zagreb (13.44); 1st at Berlin (12.72); 3rd at Zurich (12.69); 3rd at Linz (12.83); 2nd at (12.76); 3rd at Olympic Games (12.48); 1st at London (12.57); 2nd at Olympic Trials (12.77); 1st at Clearmont (12.78); 2nd at Rome (12.67); 1st at Hengelo (12.81); 2nd at Daegu (12.66); 2nd at Doha (12.72); 3rd at U.S. Open 50mH (6.84) 2011: 3rd in Bruselles (12.77); 4th in Zurich (12.85); DNF at World Outdoors, placed 2nd in semifinal heat (12.79); 2nd at Monaco (12.58); 1st at Lignano (12.81); 4th at Birmingham (12.80); 1st at USA Outdoors (12.50); 2nd at New York Grand Prix (13.06); 1st at Gainesville (12.35w); 1st at USA Indoor (7.79); 1st at Birmingham (7.87); 1st at Dusseldorf (7.89) 2010: 6th at Luzern (12.960; 6th at Monaco (12.90); 6th at (12.93); 2nd at USA Outdoor (12.84); 7th at Oslo (13.00); 6th at USA Indoor Champs (7.98) 2009: 2nd at Florida Relays (13.01); limited competition 2008: 2nd in semi-finals of Olympic Trials (12.58); qualified for finals but unable to compete due to injury; 2nd at Moscow (12.81); 5th at Berlin (12.72); 3rd at USA Indoor (8.02); 2nd at Birmingham (8.05); 4th at Dusseldorf (8.00) 2007: 5th at Monaco (13.15); 1st at Lignano (13.16); 5th in semifinal heat at USA Outdoors (13.26); 1st at Bydogszcz (12.93); 9th at adidas Track Classic (13.17); 5th at USA Indoor (8.12); 3rd at Boston Indoor Games (8.11). 2006: 12th in semifinal heat of USA Outdoor (13.29); 6th at New York Grand Prix (13.25); 4th at MEAC Outdoor (13.97); 6th at NCAA Indoor (8.08); 1st at MEAC Indoor (8.08); 5th at (8.23) 2005: 5th at NCAA Indoor (8.12); 4th at USA Indoor (8.23); 5th at Millrose Games (8.14) 2004: 1st at MEAC Outdoor (13.77); 1st at MEAC Indoor (8.40)

USA/World Rankings and Personal Bests 2012: Indoor bests - 50mH, 6.84 (No. 3 in the USA, No. 4 in the world); Outdoor bests - 100mH, 12.48 (No. 2 in the USA by T&FN, No. 2 in the world, No. 3 in the world by T&FN) 2011: Indoor bests – 60mH, 7.79 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 1 in the world); Outdoor bests – 100mH, 12.50 (No. 3 in the USA, No. 4 in the world by T&FN) 2010: Indoor bests – 60mH, 7.98 (No. 8 in the USA, No. 18 in the world); Outdoor bests – 100mH, 12.84 (No. 9 in the USA, No. 23 in the world, ranked No. 6 in the USA by T&FN) 2009: Indoor bests – 60mH, 8.10 (No. 14 in the USA, No. 38 in the world); Outdoor bests – 100mH, 13.01 (No. 16 in the USA, No. 44 in the world) 2008: Indoor bests – 60mH, 8.00 (No. 6 in the USA, No. 19 in the world); Outdoor bests – 100mH, 12.58 (No. 5 in the USA, No. 10 in the world) 2007: Indoor bests – 60mH, 8.11; Outdoor bests – 100mH, 12.93 (No. 14 in the USA, No. 33 in the world) 2006: Indoor bests – 60mH, 8.08 (No. 13 in the USA, No. 38 in the world); Outdoor bests – 100mH, 13.25

Kirani James

Kirani James (born 1 September 1992) is a Grenadian sprinter who specializes in the 200 and . He is the reigning 400 metres world champion as well as the reigning Olympic champion, winning the 400 metres at London 2012.[1] This was 's first Olympic medal.[2]

Prodigious from a young age, he ran the fastest 400 m times ever by a 14-year-old and a 15-year- old. He won a series of gold medals at the CARIFTA Games and the and rose on the international stage with 400 m silver medals at the 2007 World Youth and 2008 World Junior Championships. James became the first athlete to run a 200/400 double at the 2009 World Youth Championships and was the 2010 World Junior Champion. He gained an athletic scholarship at the and won back-to-back NCAA Outdoor Championship titles in his first two years. James is the third fastest of all-time indoors (44.80 seconds) and ran a personal best of 43.94 at the 2012 Olympic Games. Career

Youth career

At the age of 14 James won the gold medal in the 400 m at the 2007 CARIFTA Games in the under 17 category with a time of 47.86 seconds. He went on to win a silver medals at the 2007 World Youth Championships with a time of 46.96 s a time which is the fastest run by a 14-year- old.

In April 2008 he defended his CARIFTA 400 m title, winning the 200 metres with a time of 21.38 s. In July that year he won silver medal at the 2008 World Junior Championships with a time of 45.70 s, which is his personal best nation youth and junior record and the fastest time ever run by a 15-year-old. In October he won the gold medal at the 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games with a new games record of 46.66 s.

James made his third CARIFTA Games appearance in 2009 and, in his under-20 debut, he defeated the defending 400 m champion and fellow Grenadian to win in a personal best of 45.45 s. This easily set a new championship record, beating 's six- year-old mark of 46.35 s.[3][4] In consequence, he was awarded the Austin Sealy Trophy for the most outstanding athlete of the games.[3][5]

James became the first youth athlete to complete a 200/400 metres double gold at the 2009 World Youth Championships in Athletics. Noting that he would be a junior athlete for a further two years, he focused on upcoming events, pinpointing the 2010 World Junior Championships in Athletics and the 2012 Summer Olympics as future goals.[6] Following this, he won the 400 m at the 2009 Pan American Junior Championships.[7] He was declared the 2009 Grenada Sportsman of the Year.[8]

College athletics

At least ten colleges in the United States had expressed strong interest in recruiting James for their track team, including Baylor, Alabama, South Carolina, Florida State, and Arizona State.[9] He accepted a scholarship offer from Alabama and in his first ever appearance on an indoor track he ran a 45.79 in the 400 meters, placing first and breaking the 10-year-old school record of 46.46 held by Cori Loving.[10]

James ran a new indoor personal best of 20.94 in the 200 m dash at the A&M Challenge at Gilliam Indoor Track Stadium in College Station, Texas on 13 February 2010.[11] He was runner- up at the NCAA Indoor Championships, finishing behind Torrin Lawrence. James lowered his 400 m personal best to 45.02 s at the 2010 CARIFTA Games, where he took a 200/400 m double,[12] and improved further to 45.01 in winning the SEC Championships 400 m title. He claimed the gold medal over 400 m at the 2010 World Junior Championships in Athletics, but stated he was only running for times and was not satisfied with his winning performance of 45.89 seconds.[13] He won the NCAA Outdoor Championship title in his first year of collegiate competition.[14]

James moved up to third on the all-time indoor lists in February 2011, recording 44.80 seconds to win at the SEC Indoor Championships. This left only Michael Johnson and as the faster athletes indoors, and also bettered LaShawn Merritt's previous world best junior time of 44.93 seconds.[15] He failed to reach the podium at the NCAA Indoor meet as he clashed with another athlete and fell mid-race.[16] He managed to repeat as the collegiate champion outdoors, however, as he edged ahead of by one hundredth of a second.[17] After the end of the college season, he made his professional debut at the meeting and established himself among the world's best with a personal best run of 44.61 seconds – a time which made him the fastest man that year.[18]

Professional career

At the 2011 World Championships in Daegu, South Korea, both James and fellow Grenadian runner Rondell Bartholomew made the finals of the 400m event. James won the event in a personal best of 44.60 seconds, becoming the youngest 400m world champion at the age of 18.[19][20] The medal is the first for Grenada in any event at the World championships in athletics.[20] Nine days later, James won the 400m at the 2011 IAAF Diamond League in Zürich with a new personal best of 44.36 seconds.

At the London 2012 Olympics, James won the 400m semi final 2, achieving a season best of 44.59 seconds. At the end of the race, James exchanged name tags with double-amputee runner as a sign of respect for him.[21]

On 6 August 2012, James won the 400m Olympic gold in a time of 43.94, a national record, earning Grenada its first Olympic medal. He was the first non-US runner to break the 44-second mark.[22] World record holder Michael Johnson said, following the race, that James stood a chance of beating his record if he was able to deal with the remaining flaws in his technique.[2] James described his win as "a huge step for our country in terms of stepping up to the plate in track and field, just going out there and putting us on the map."[22]

His domestic reception proved to be a euphoric one. Thousands lined the street in preparation of his return, and he was greeted with an emphatic and vociferous national pride.[23] Also upon his arrival the Prime Minister Tillman Thomas announced Mr. James would be bequeathed government bonds totaling up to EC500,000, a commemorative stamp be crafted in his honor, a new stadium be named for him, and that he would be appointed a tourism ambassador.[24]

In December 2012, James and Jamaica's Usain Bolt were named co-sportsmen of the year by Caribbean Journal.[25] Personal bests Time Event Venue Date Ref (seconds)

200 metres [26] 20.41 El Paso, Texas, United States 16 April 2011 (outdoor)

200 metres Albuquerque, New , United [27][28] 20.58 21 January 2011 (indoor) States 400 metres 43.94 London, 6 August 2012 (outdoor)

400 metres 27 February [29] 44.80 Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States (indoor) 2011

Achievements

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes Representing Grenada 22.10 (1.2 6th 200 m Providenciales, Turks and m/s) CARIFTA Games (U-17) Caicos Islands 2007 1st 400 m 47.86 World Youth Ostrava, Czech Republic 2nd 400 m 46.96 PB

Championships 21.38 (2.0 1st 200 m , Saint Kitts and m/s) CARIFTA Games (U-17) Nevis 1st 400 m 47.87 2008 World Junior , 2nd 400 m 45.70

Championships Commonwealth Youth , 1st 400 m 46.66

Games DQ (h) 200 m

1st 400 m 45.45 CR

4x100 m CARIFTA Games (U-20) Vieux Fort, DQ (h) relay 2009 4x400 m 3rd 3:11.93 relay 21.05 (-0.9 World Youth 1st 200 m Brixen, m/s)

Championships 1st 400 m 45.24

2010 CARIFTA Games (U-20) George Town, 1st 200 m 20.76 (0.8 m/s) 1st 400 m 45.02 CR

2011 Daegu, South Korea 1st 400 m 44.60

Championships World Indoor

Istanbul, 6th 400m 46.21

Championships 2012 43.94 PB,

2012 Summer Olympics London 1st 400m NR

Trevor Barry

Trevor Barry

Personal information

Born 14 June 1983 (age 29)

Sport

Country Bahamas

Sport Athletics

Event(s)

Medal record[hide]

World Championships

Bronze 2011 Daegu High jump

Commonwealth Games

Silver 2010 High jump

CAC Games

Silver 2010 Mayaguez High Jump

Silver 2006 Cartagena de High Jump

CAC Championships

Silver 2008 High Jump

Gold 2011 Mayaguez High Jump CARIFTA Games Junior (U20)

Silver 2001 Bridgetown High jump

Updated on 15 August 2012.

Trevor Barry (born 14 June 1983) is a male high jumper from the Bahamas. His personal best high jump is 2.32 metres, achieved in the final at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics in Daegu, South Korea on 1 September 2011.[1]

At the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games Barry won the silver medal in the high jump and finished sixth in the .[2] Competition record

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes Representing the Bahamas Bridgetown, High 2.08 2001 CARIFTA Games (U20) 2nd

Barbados jump m Central American and Bridgetown, High 1.95 2002 Caribbean Junior 9th

Barbados jump m Championships (U20) High 2.16 2nd Central American and Cartagena, jump m 2006 Caribbean Games Long 7.59 6th

jump m , High 2.21

2007 7th

Brazil jump m Central American and High 2.25

2008 Caribbean Cali, Colombia 2nd

jump m

Championships Central American and High 2.13

Caribbean , 4th

jump m 2009 Championships Berlin, High 2.24

World Championships 17th (q)

Germany jump m Central American and Mayagüez, High 2.28 2nd

Caribbean Games jump m 2010 High 2.29

Commonwealth Games Delhi, India 2nd

jump m Central American and Mayagüez, High 2.28 Caribbean 1st

Puerto Rico jump m 2011 Championships Daegu, South High 2.32

World Championships 3rd

Korea jump m World Indoor Istanbul, High 2.31 7th

Championships Turkey jump m 2012 London, High 2.21

Olympic Games United 16th (q)

jump m

Kingdom

THE GOLDEN KNIGHTS

Demetrius Pinder

Demetrius at the 2012 Olympics

Personal information

Nationality Bahamian

13 February 1989 (age 24) Born Grand Bahama, Bahamas Residence College Station, Texas

Sport

Sport Athletics

Event(s) 400 metres

College team Texas A&M University

Achievements and titles

200m: 20.23 (-1.1 m/s) 400m: 44.77 Personal best(s)

400m (Indoors): 45.33 (NR)

Medal record[hide] Men's athletics Representing the Bahamas

Olympic Games

Gold 2012 London 4x400 m relay World Indoor Championships

Silver 2012 Istanbul 400 m

Central American and Caribbean Games

Silver 2010 Mayaguez 4x400 m relay

NACAC U-23 Championships

Bronze 2010 Miramar 400 meters

Silver 2010 Miramar 4 x 400 meters CARIFTA Games Junior (U20)

Silver 2006 Les Abymes 4x400 m relay

Bronze 2008 Basseterre 4x400 m relay

Demetrius Pinder (born 13 February 1989) is a male track and field sprint athlete who competes in the 400 metres. His personal best for the event is 44.77 seconds. At the 2012 London Olympics he was a 400 m finalist and relay gold medallist. He was born in Grand Bahama and is based in Freeport.[1] In March 2011 he broke the 400 m indoor Bahamian national record of 45.78 previously held by Chris Brown with his 45.33 win at the 2011 NCAA Division I Indoor Championships. He won a 400 m silver medal in the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Istanbul. He placed seventh in the 400 m final at 2012 London Olympic Games. He also won gold at the 2012 London Olympics with the Bahamas 4x400 team beating medal favorites USA with a national record.

Personal bests

Event Time Venue Date 200 m 20.23 (-1.2 m/s) Miami, Florida 14 April 2012 400 m 44.77 Nassau, Bahamas 23 June 2012 400 m 45.33 (indoor) (NR) College Station, Texas 12 March 2011

Achievements

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes Representing Bahamas 7th 400 m 49.42 CARIFTA Games Les Abymes, 2006 4x400 (U-20) 2nd m 3:08.56 relay Providenciales, 21.71 CARIFTA Games 3rd (h) 200 m 2007 Turks and Caicos (3.3 m/s)

(U-20) Islands 5th 400 m 48.50 4th 400 m 47.59 CARIFTA Games Basseterre, Saint 2008 4x400 (U-20) Kitts and Nevis 3rd m 3:12.09 relay 3rd 400 m 45.90 NACAC U23 Miramar, United 4x400

Championships States 2nd m 3:02.91 relay 2010

9th (h) 400 m 46.29 Central American Mayagüez, and Caribbean 4x400

Puerto Rico 2nd m 3:01.8 Games relay Central American Mayagüez,

2011 2th (h) 200 m 20.70

and Caribbean Puerto Rico Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes Representing Bahamas

Championships

15th (sf) 400 m 45.87 World Daegu, South 4x400

Championships Korea 9th (h) m 3:01.54 relay World Indoor

2012 Istanbul, Turkey 2nd 400 m 45.34

Championships

References

1. ^ Demetrius Pinder. London2012. Retrieved on 2012-08-22.

 http://www.flashresults.com/2011_Meets/indoor/03-11-NCAADiv1/Results3-2.htm  http://www.athletic.net/TrackAndField/Athlete.aspx?AID=1770776  http://www.trackalerts.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4126:pind er-riley-williams-strike-gold-at-ncaa-d1-nationals&catid=3806:lead-stories&Itemid=82 [edit] External links

 TEXAS A&M PROFILE  IAAF PROFILE  TNF Bahamas/MileSplit Athlete Profile

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Olympic Champions in Men's 4×400 m relay

 1908: United States (Hamilton, Cartmell, Taylor, Sheppard)

 1912: United States (Sheppard, Lindberg, Meredith, Reidpath)

 1920: Great Britain (Griffiths, Lindsay, Ainsworth-Davis, Butler)

 1924: United States (Cochran, Helffrich, MacDonald, Stevenson)  1928: United States (Baird, Spencer, Alderman, Barbuti)

 1932: United States (Fuqua, Ablowich, Warner, Carr)

 1936: Great Britain (Wolff, Rampling, Roberts, Brown)

 1948: United States (Harnden, Bourland, Cochran, Whitfield)

 1952: Jamaica (Wint, Laing, McKenley, Rhoden)

 1956: United States (Jenkins, Jones, Mashburn, Courtney)

 1960: United States (Yerman, Young, G. Davis, O. Davis)

 1964: United States (Cassell, Larrabee, Williams, Carr)

 1968: United States (Matthews, Freeman, James, Evans)

 1972: Kenya (Asati, Nyamau, Ouko, Sang)

 1976: United States (Frazier, Brown, Newhouse, Parks)

 1980: Soviet Union (Valiulis, Linge, Chernetskiy, Markin)

 1984: United States (Nix, Armstead, Babers, McKay)

 1988: United States (Everett, Lewis, Robinzine, Reynolds, McKay, Valmon)

 1992: United States (Valmon, Watts, Johnson, Lewis, Hall, Jenkins)

 1996: United States (Smith, Harrison, Mills, Maybank, Rouser)

 2000: Nigeria (Chukwu, Monye, Bada, Udo-Obong, Awazie, Gadzama)

 2004: United States (Harris, Brew, Wariner, Williamson, Rock, Willie)

 2008: United States (Merritt, Taylor, Neville, Wariner, Clement, Witherspoon)

 2012: Bahamas (Brown, Pinder, Mathieu, Miller)

Michael Mathieu

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Michael Mathieu

Personal information Nationality Bahamian

24 June 1984 (age 28) Born Freeport, Grand Bahama

Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)

Sport

Sport Running

Event(s) Sprint

Medal record[hide] Men's athletics Competitor for the Bahamas

Olympic Games

Gold 2012 London 4×400 m relay

Silver 2008 Beijing 4×400 m relay

World Championships

Silver 2007 Osaka 4×400 m relay

Pan American Games

Gold 2007 Rio de Janeiro 4×400 m relay

Central American and Caribbean Games

Silver 2010 Mayaguez 4x400 m relay

CAC Championships

Gold 2011 Mayagüez 200 m

Gold 2011 Mayagüez 4×400 m relay

Silver 2008 Cali 400 m

Silver 2008 Cali 4×400 m relay

Pan American Junior Championships

Bronze 2003 Bridgetown 400 m CAC Junior Championships (U20)

Silver 2002 Bridgetown 4×400 m relay

Bronze 2002 Bridgetown 4×100 m relay

Michael Mathieu

(born 24 June 1984) is a Bahamian sprinter from Freeport, Grand Bahama who specializes in 200 metres and 400 metres. He was part of the Bahamian silver medal-winning team in the men's 4×400 metres relay at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, running second leg and recording a 44.0 split. He was also a part of second place relay team at the 2007 World Championships.

Individually, he has won medals at the Central American and Caribbean Championships, taking the 400 m silver medal in 2008 and the 200 m gold in 2011. His personal bests are 20.16 seconds for the 200 m and 45.06 for the 400 m (the former being the Bahamian record mark)

Career

Mathieu attended St George's High School in the Bahamas, graduating in 2001 as their "Most Outstanding Athlete". He gained a sports scholarship to attend Southwestern Christian College in Texas, United States.[1] As a junior athlete, he won two relay medals in the under-20 section of the 2002 CAC Junior Championships.[2] The following year he took the 400 m at the 2003 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships.[3] Moving up the age categories, he won a 400 m relay bronze medal at the 2006 NACAC Under-23 Championships in Athletics.

In 2004 he began studying economics at and started competing for the Texas Tech Red Raiders. In the 2005 indoor track and field season he was runner-up at the Big 12 Conference meet in the 400 m and 4×400 m relay. He earned All-American honours by reaching the NCAA indoor relay final, then achieved the same feat in the outdoor season. The 2006 indoor season was his last at Texas Tech: he set a 200 m personal best of 21.34 seconds and again reached the NCAA relay final.[1]

He reached the senior international level at the 2007 World Championships and became a fixture in the Bahamian national team from then onwards. He ran in the heats, both individually and in the relay, at the 2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships,[4] then won two silver medals in the events at the 2008 Central American and Caribbean Championships.[5] At the 2008 Summer Olympics he reached the semi-finals of the 400 m and took the relay silver medal with a time of 2:58.03 minutes.

At the 2009 CAC Championships he came sixth in the 400 m final. He was selected for the national team at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics, but disqualifications meant he was out of the first round of both events. He performed better at the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships, reaching the semi-finals, but the team failed to finish the relay. Outdoors, he was a silver medalist in the relay at the 2010 CAC Games and fourth in the relay at the .

In 2011, a switch to focus on the 200 m event saw him have a career breakthrough. He ran a personal best of 20.38 seconds to win at the national championships then claimed the gold medal in the event at the 2011 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics. He also won the relay, running with and Ramon Miller.[6] He represented Bahamas in the 200 m at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics, but failed to finish in his semi-final due to injury. He came close to medal at the 2011 Pan American Games, where he was fourth behind 's .[7] He opened his 2012 season in strong form. Competing on the Brazilian Athletics Tour, he ran a Bahamian record of 20.16 seconds for the 200 m and set a personal best in the 400 m with a run 45.06 seconds. He also equalled his 100 metres best with a time of 10.30 seconds.[8] He also won Gold at the 2012 London Olympics with the Bahamas 4x400 team beating medal favorites USA with a national record.

Ramon Miller

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Ramon Miller

Personal information

Born February 17, 1987 (age 26)

Height 1.7 m (5 ft 7 in)

Weight 67 kg (148 lb)

Sport

Country Bahamas Sport Athletics

Event(s) 4 × 400m Relay

Medal record[hide]

Olympic Games

Silver 2008 Beijing 4x400 m relay

Gold 2012 London 4x400 m relay

Commonwealth Games

Bronze 2010 Delhi 400 m

Pan American Games

Bronze 2011 400 m

CAC Championships

Silver 2011 Mayagüez 400 m

Gold 2011 Mayagüez 4×400 m relay

Silver 2008 Cali 4×400 m relay CAC Junior Championships (U20)

Bronze 2006 Port of 4x400 m relay CARIFTA Games Junior (U20)

Gold 2005 Bacolet, Tobago 800 m

Ramon Miller (born 17 February 1987) is a Bahamian sprinter.

Career

He was part of the Bahamas' silver-medal winning team in the men's 4x400m relay at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, after running in the heats.

Miller is currently enrolled at Dickinson State University where he won nine NAIA track and field national championships in his four-year career. Miller was named the most outstanding performer of his final NAIA national meet after winning the open 400-meter dash and helping the 4x200 and 4x400 relay teams win titles. Ramon won a Bronze Medal at the XIX Commonwealth Game, in Delhi India a year later he won a bronze medal at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara Mexico. He also won Gold at the 2012 London Olympics with the Bahamas 4x400 team beating medal favorites USA with a national record

Achievements

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes ,

2003 CARIFTA Games (U-17) 6th (h) 800 m 2:09.82 Bacolet, Trinidad and 1st 800 m 1:54.53

2005 CARIFTA Games (U-20) Tobago 8th 1500 m 4:13.41 4th 400 m 46.55 Central American and Caribbean Junior Port of Spain, 2006 4x400 m Championships (U-20) Trinidad and Tobago 3rd 3:09.09 relay