The newly formed Trinity Performance Track Club had its first international meet over the weekend in Atlanta, Georgia, guided by head coach Ato Stephens whilst his wife Cydonie Mothersill competed in a development meet nearby.
Trinity competed in the USA Junior Olympics Georgia so all performances were certified by the athletics body IAAF over the two days of the meet. The other coach was Anthony Chin and manager Scimone Campbell.
As the group headed off on Friday at the Owen Roberts Airport, Stephens said: “All the kids will be competing in the standard sprints and jumps and if we can we will put together two relay teams. Next year we are going to build.
“The kids chose this trip. They had a choice between Atlanta and Barbados. Cydonie has family in Atlanta so it was convenient for her to go to another competition.”
The Trinity group included Tyler Lee who won the inter-scholastic 400 metres, sprinter Derrick Hellvestor and Louis Gordon who broke the inter-primary long and high jump records. The baby of the squad was Monique Gordon, Louis’s sister, who is only eight and the most senior was David Hamil, 27, who hopes to compete in the Pan American Games in October.
