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Athletics association head wants more funding for elite athletes

Athletics association head wants more funding for elite athletes Spread the love President of the Antigua and Barbuda Athletics Association (ABAA) and former national athlete Everton Cornelius, believes there should be a national plan where funding for elite athletes is concerned. The official, who was responding to questions regarding the qualifying of athletes for the Tokyo Olympics slated for July 23 to August 8, said it will take a tremendous amount of funding to qualify a satisfactory amount of athletes for major games like the Olympics, adding that it could not be done solely on NOC and association resources. “We need to put money behind them if we are to truly have more than one or two athletes qualifying for these international competitions. It is something we need to have a plan for going forward and I am talking about a national plan and how we are going to be working with our athletes to get them qualified or else we would still have the one or two athletes that wi

Lloyd Breaks 28-year-old National Record; O Garro Records New Personal Best

Lloyd Breaks 28-year-old National Record; O’Garro Records New Personal Best Joella Lloyd has broken the Women’s National 100m record. Running at home at the Tennessee Challenge on Saturday, the Lady Vols standout recovered from a slow start to overtake fast starting compatriot, Maia McCoy, speeding cross the line in 11.19 seconds. Lloyd has now dethroned former National record holder and Director of Sports, Heather Samuel-Daley who set the 11.20 time in May 1993 – 9 years before Lloyd was born. “I was both surprised and relieved when I looked back at the clock. My previous personal time was 11.43 and I was amazed to see it drop by 0.24 seconds. I’ve been putting in a lot of effort in training so it was a relief to see it finally paying off,” Lloyd said.

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