Track Ledger

Category : College


27 February 2012	Bermuda’s Aaron Evans is Back on Track. 265 By [caption id="attachment_1073" align="alignright" width="199" caption="Aaron Evans ahead of the field in May 2010. Photo by Jake McDonald - I Light Media"][/caption] By O'Neil A. Reid Bermuda’s Aaron Evans captured the men’s 800m title in a season best 1.48.22 seconds at the SEC Conference Championship held in Lexington, Kentucky this past weekend [February 24-26]. Evans who had a 2012 season best 1.47.88 seconds in the 2-lap events told the University of Georgia website “Finally, after three years I won after being so cl....
05 March 2012	Barbados’s Kierre Beckles in Midst of Record Breaking Season 265 By By O'Neil A. Reid “That was kinda a shocker because the school indoor track is not the best, and for me to run that time [7.55 seconds], it is great,” said Kierre Beckles, in response to breaking the school record in the 55m hurdles at the Gamecock Invitational on February 18. Kierre, a senior at the University of South Carolina (Gamecocks) who hails from Barbados, has broken the school records in both the 55m (7.55 seconds) and 60m (8.11 seconds) in the past few weeks. Last weekend (Febr....
01 April 2012	Auburn’s Kai Selvon Has Sights Set on London 265 By “My wish is to make the Olympic team for Trinidad and I am ready to do so,” declared Kai Selvon, the talented sprinter for the Auburn University Tigers. Kai’s (pronounced Kie) goals are very realistic as she has just completed a successful indoor campaign in which she captured the Southeastern Conference (SEC) women’s 60m indoor title and was placed 7th in the NCAA 60m finals in 7.29 seconds. [caption id="attachment_1230" align="alignright" width="282" caption="Kai at the 2012 NCAA Indoor Championship photo by Todd Van Ernst, Auburn Athletics"]
02 October 2012	Errol Nolan set to have record-breaking 2013 season 265 By [caption id="attachment_6100" align="alignleft" width="241" caption="Errol Nolan - Photo courtesy of the University of Houston Athletic Dept"][/caption] “I was one of the slowest people on my team until my senior year in high school when I started to take it [track] seriously,” said 21 year old Errol Nolan, now a senior at the University of Houston. Nolan continues “Then I dropped about 3 seconds off my personal best in high school and ran 47.82 seconds in the 400m to become regional champion.” For Nolan, the scholarship offers came pouring in and he chose to attend the University of Houston(UH), where things have since been progressing forw....
28 October 2012	Kemoy Campbell Earns SEC Cross Country Honors 265 By Twenty-one year old Kemoy Campbell was named to the 2012 First-Team All SEC Men’s Cross Country team be virtue of his 4th place finished at the Southeastern Conference (SEC) Cross Country Championship held at the Percy Warner Park in Nashville Tennessee on Friday October 26. Campbell, a native of Jamaica completing for the University of Arkansas Razorbacks, completed the 8K course in 23 minutes, 55.38 seconds. Campbell’s 4th place performance along with fellow teammates Solomon Haile (23:47.27) and Eric Hernandez (23:52.16) for 2nd and 3rd place respectively, was instrumen....