St. Croix Track Club, Inc.

Coach Mireille Smith was the only Mustang in the Women's Race on June 7th. Coach Smith finished in 2nd place with a time of 12:01 behind Ruth Ann from St. Thomas.

The Virgin Islands participated in the Leeward Island Youth Championship, which was held in Basseterre, St. Kitts on May 30 and 31. A team of 12 athletes and 3 officials represented the Virgin Islands in this 2 day competition. The Virgin Island's only medal was won by St. Croix Track Club's Malique Smith who came in 2nd in the 800m Under 13 boys in a time of 2:29.31. The Virgin Islands athletes competed well in this competition which was dominated by St. Kitts who ended up winning the competition with a total of 51 medals, followed by BVI with 35 medals.

Our athletes qualified for the finals by finishing in the top 8 in the semis a total of 21 times. Yudelca Acevedo 6th in U11 High Jump, Shanice Cazaubon 5th U13 Cricketball Throw, Krystahl Gordon 4th U11 100m, 5th U11 200m, 5th U11 Long Jump and 7th U11 High Jump, Rodney Griffin 4th U13 100m, 5th U13 200m, and 7th U13 High Jump, Othania Johannes 8th U13 High Jump, Kayla King 6th U15 100m, Malique Smith 2nd U13 800m, 4th U13 400m, 4th U13 High Jump, 7th U13 Long Jump, Mikaela Smith 5th U11 800m, Krysanne Wattley 7th U13 High Jump, Vielka White 5th U15 High Jump, and 6th U15 Shot Put. In the 4*100m the team of Annika Benders, Mikaela Smith, Yudelka Acevedo and Krystahl Gordon finished 4th in the U11 Category, and the team of Krysanne Wattley, Othania Johannes, Deneah Carr, and Shanice Cazaubon finished 5th in the U13 category.

The Virgin Islands competed well allthough we only had less than half the amount of athletes compared to the other teams. The VI Track and Field Federation wants to thank the parents of the athletes and St. Croix Track Club for sponsering this event.

For results of the VI athletes please visit the website For full results check http://www.sknaaa.com/results/LeewardIslandsYouth2009/, and for video of the Leeward Island races go to http://www.youtube.com/mosss777

In the 2 mile Memorial Day race Mustang Ninfa Barnard finished 1st for the females in a time of 10:51. Mireille Smith came in 2nd place for the females with a time of 11:36. Malique Smith finished 5th for the males with a time of 11:26.

The Mustangs will be competing this weekend in Tortola in the CAC Age Group Warm-Up Meet hosted by the BVI Track and Field Federation. This track meet is appointed the official qualifier by the VITFF for the CAC Age Group Championships which will be held in Nassau Bahamas in June. The Championship is for athletes in the age groups 11/12 and 13/14 years old. The first group will compete in 5 events and the second group in 7 events. Points will be scored in each events and totaled to determine the winner in each age group.

Please come back for results.

St. Croix Track Club had 14 Mustangs competing in the 2nd Qualification Track and Field Meet for the AAJI ages 13 and under at Cupey in Puerto Rico on Saturday May 2nd. 36 Teams participated, 33 from Puerto Rico and 3 international teams, with a total of 840 athletes.

In the girls division the Mustangs finished 5th overall with 42 points and in the boys division they finished 11th with 18 points. The Mustangs came home with a total of 4 medals. Stefanie Matthew (from Eulalie Rivera) won a gold in Long Jump with 3.11m / 10' 2.5" and a bronze in the 50m 8.41 sec. in the 8-9 age group. Rodney Griffin (from Eulalie Rivera) won a silver medal in the 50m in 7.61 sec. and Othania Johannes (from Sunny Isle Baptist) won a bronze medal in the high jump with 1.15m / 3' 9.25" both competed in the 10-11 age group.

Other results:

8-9 age group: (girls) Stefanie Matthew long jump 1st 3.11m / 10' 2.5" - 50m 3rd 8.41 sec., Mikaela Smith 600m 4th 2:11.13 - long jump 7th 2.47m / 8' 1.25", Annika Benders 50m 4th 8.44 sec. - 600m 7th 2:20.70, (boys) Valance Modeste 50m 9th 8.81 sec. - long jump 2.80m / 9' 2.25"

10-11 age group: (girls) Krystahl Gordon 50m 4th 7.81 sec., Shanice Cazaubon 26th 8.36 sec., Othania Johannes high jump 3rd 1.15m / 3' 9.25" - 28th 8.40 sec., Deneah Carr 35th 8.55 sec. - long jump 20th 2.77m / 9' 1.25", Yudelka Acevedo 38th 8.62 sec. - long jump 11th 3.05m / 10' 0.25", (boys) Rodney Griffin 2nd 50m 7.61 sec. - long jump 7th 3.60m / 11' 9.75

12-13 age group: (girls) Jaden Jackson 100m 14th 14.55 - long jump 2.89m / 9' 5.75", Krysanne Wattley 100m 34th 15.44 - long jump 14th 3.09m / 10' 1.75", Kayla King shot put 8th 5.61m / 18' 5", (boys) Malique Smith 1200m 7th 3:57.18 - long jump 5th 4.27m / 14' 0.25

For full results check http://aajidepr.ya.st/