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Deputy Director of the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency, Lieutenant Colonel, Kester Craigg, presenting Charmaine Belgrave with the prize for t .
After two years of postponement due to the COVID 19 pandemic, 610 participants turned out for the 39th edition of the SportsMax Run Barbados Series which started at Barclay’s Park, St Andrew yesterday. It was the first time the event had been held on the east coast of the island. Kenyan Alex Ekesha won the Sand Dunes 10k Run with a time of 34 minutes 30 seconds. Completing the podium …
A scholarship was always the goal for Kayla Renwick, one of the top female triathlon athletes in Barbados and with years of hard work and dedication, that dream has been made a reality.The 18-year-old has been accepted into Wagner College in Staten Island, New York City where she will pursue a degree in Sports Administration and Business with a focus on sports law as well. A student of Harrison College where she is finishing off her CAPE studies, Renwick said her enrollment at Wagner College doesn’t only feel good but also shows that hard work does pay off. “I feel like every athlete has to put in a lot of work and with triathlon, because it is three sports in one, the work is three times as much. So, this shows that the hard work is paying off,” Renwick told Barbados TODAY.A journey that began at six years old when she first competed in triathlon has evolved into the foundation upon which Renwick will build her career and future.
Barbadian Adrian Sinckler is looking forward to yet another chapter of his officiating career when he travels to the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham late July.A top-ranked level two World Triathlon Technical official, Sinckler said he is happy and proud to be given such a great opportunity to travel and officiate in triathlon which is a discipline that comprises swimming, cycling and running.“I am very proud to be representing Barbados on the international stage. We are small but we have what it takes to get out there and do these things. I kind of stumbled into it because I always put my hand up that I will go for the training and it kind of led me to this,” Sinckler explained.As the sole level two technical official in Barbados, Sinckler has an extensive travel resume of officiating at major events. From Tokyo in the East to Costa Rica in the South, he one day hopes to see other Barbadians join him as a level two technical official. According to Sinckler, currently there are eig