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17 January 2014	Yanick Hart Adjusting Well at the University of Florida 265 By [caption id="attachment_13246" align="alignleft" width="200" caption="Hart, Yanick Jan 2014 , Photo by Jim Burgess, UF Communications."][/caption] Twenty year old Yanick Hart is no stranger to the hurdles. Yanick, the Wolmer’s Boys School graduate, has the potential to become one of the next best sprint-hurdlers from Jamaica. With a personal best time of 13.52 seconds in the 110m hurdles, and after a stellar high school career both on the track and in the classroom, the eloquent hurdler has taken his talent to Gainesville at the University of Florid....
05 December 2014	NCAA sprint champion Remona Burchell targets faster times and more trophies 265 By [caption id="attachment_14574" align="alignleft" width="215" caption="Remona Burchell, Photo by Amelia J. Brackin ( Crimson Tide Media Relations)"][/caption] “I want to defend my titles, I want to PR again in all my events… I want to run faster, everybody wants to run faster. I just want to be the best,” said Remona Burchell (RB), the reigning NCAA indoor 60m and outdoor 100m champion. Remona, a senior at the University of Alabama, who has personal best times of 11.03 seconds in the 100m and a school record 7.11 s....
21 January 2015	Texas Raider Pledger Receives BIG12 Honors 265 By [caption id="attachment_13473" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="LeTristan Pledger - Texas Tech"][/caption] IRVING, Texas – Texas Tech junior Le’Tristan Pledger has been named the Big 12 Female Track & Field Athlete of the Week, after her performance at the Texas Tech Open. Pledger had a busy weekend for Tech. Her 55m hurdles mark of 7.60 was just .01 off her own school and facility record of 7.59, set last year. The time converts to 8.20 in the 60m hurdles, giving her the No. 4 mark in the nation and what would be the No. 10 mark in the world. She also ran the third leg on Tech’s 4 x 400m relay, which put u....