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Shaunae Miller-Uibo

#By BRENT STUBBS

#Senior Sports Reporter

#bstubbs@tribunemedia.net

#With the Wanda Diamond League kicking off today in Doha, Qatar, quarter-miler Shaunae Miller- Uibo said she’s looking forward to running fast but, at the same time, she’s hoping to have some fun competing against her peers.

#Miller-Uibo, preparing to add the World Championship title to her ledger this summer, was addressing the media yesterday, along with Great Britain’s sprinter Dina Asher-Smith and Sweden’s Olympic and World Indoor pole vault champion Mondo Duplantis.

#Competing out of lane five where she will be sandwiched between Dominican Republic’s Marileidy Paulino in four and Jamaican Stephenie Ann McPherson in six, Miller-Uibo said she’s expecting to run well.

#“The main thing is I’m trying a new race model and I’m trying to find that perfect one before Eugene and we can go sub-48,” said Miller-Uibo, who already posted a season’s best of 49.91. “But for right now, it’s just testing things out and getting familiar with it.

#“But I’m expecting some fast times, but overall, I’m just looking forward to some good competition with the girls.”

#Miller-Uibo, coming off her first gold-medal performance at the World Indoors Championships in Belgrade, Serbia in March, is one of three Bahamian athletes competing in the first of the Diamond League series.

#She will be joined by World Indoors’ 100m hurdles silver medallist Devynne Charlton and 60m semifinalist Anthonique Strachan. “We opened and closed our season at the World Champs and think I can’t complain about walking away with the gold medal,” said Miller-Uibo when asked about her indoor campaign this year.

#As she prepares for this year’s season, Miller-Uibo was asked about her approach and she didn’t hesitate to point out that her coach, Lance Brauman, is taking it one step at a time.

#“The main thing is to make sure we train well and we’re making decisions as we go, but right now, the main goal for us in Eugene is to try and take home the title,” she lamented. “So we will see how it goes. But everything is going very well right now and we’re excited to see it.”

#At the last World Championships in Doha in 2019, Miller-Uibo lost out to Bahrain’s Salwa Eid Naser, who has since been suspended by World Athletics for two years for a doping violation. Miller-Uibo came back last year and won the delayed 2020 Olympic Games crown and will now go after the World Championship crown in Eugene in July.

#As she opened her season last year, Miller-Uibo did it with a victory in Eugene at the Hayward Field, which will host this year’s World Championships.

#She’s looking forward to making her appearance in Oregon.

#“It was the first time competing back there after the renovations and it’s a pretty quick track,” said Miller-Uibo about running in Oregon last year.

#“I’m expecting to see some pretty fast times at both the Diamond League and the World Championships, so I’m excited about it and I hope things go very well because the competition is going to be pretty fast.”

#When asked about her training session during the off-season, Miller-Uibo said they have been taking it easy.

#“Obviously, we were coming off an injury after Tokyo, and the coach took a little more time getting me back into the normal schedule with training,” she pointed out. “We stepped it up throughout and we picked up a few knick-knacks here and there but it’s a part of sports.

#“But we’ve been making our way through it and training has been going really well, we’re expecting great things this year and we will see what will come from it.”

#Looking at the landscape of track and field right now, Miller- Uibo said the women’s 400m has certainly become one of the hotly contested events for fans to watch.

#“Just to make the Olympic final last year you had to run sub-50, so it’s pretty hot,” Miller-Uibo said. “Everyone is stepping up their A-game and I’m expected to push forward. I think the ladies coming up right now are exceptional and I think the 400m is going to go very far very soon.”

#On competing at the Olympics without any spectators, Miller-Uibo said it was out of the ordinary, but she’s eager to see what the World Championships hold when they are expected to have the crowd back.

#“It was a little different. I’m someone who feeds off the crowd. That’s where I get my energy boost, so it did feel a little bit like training,” said Miller-Uibo about the difference in having fans in the stands at a meet.

#“I guess I was fortunate that my 400m was more the ending of the track schedule and I had a lot of

#the athletes come out and support, so I was able to hear a few people cheering. It was good, but it was definitely a different feeling. I’m looking forward to having the crowd come back.”

#The crowd is expected to be in the stands in Doha as Miller-Uibo competes with the other Bahamian competitors.

#Charlton, with her season’s best of 12.89, will run out of lane seven in the women’s 100m hurdles. She will be next to Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan (12.61) in six and American Gabriele Cunningham (13.06) in eight. American world record holder Kendra Harrison, with her season’s best of 12.56, is in lane four.

#And Strachan, who has a SB of 22.55, will run out of lane three in the women’s 200m.

#She will trail Asher- Smith, who is in lane four, American Gabrielle Thomas in five and Jamaican Shericka Jackson in six.

As of Friday, May 13, 2022

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Shaunae Miller-Uibo (File photo)

Steven Gardiner (File photo)

Jamal Wilson (File photo)

#By BRENT STUBBS

#Senior Sports Reporter

#bstubbs@tribunemedia.net

#WHILE Steven Gardiner prevailed in Ponce, Puerto Rico, Shaunae Miller-Uibo struggled in Doha, Qatar as the Bahamian reigning Olympic Games’ 400 metre champions took on some worthy opponents over the past two days.

#Gardiner, dropping down to the rarely ran 300m, was joined by high jumper Jamal Wilson and the duo were victorious at the Puerto Rico International Classic 2022, a World Athletics Continental Tour Silver Level Meeting on Thursday in Ponce.

#One day later at the start of the Wanda Diamond League in Doha, Miller-Uibo faded in the stretch for third place in the women’s 400m in 51.84 seconds. She couldn’t catch Dominican Republic’s Marileidy Paulino, who held on for the win in a season’s best of 51.20.

Marileidy Paulino of Dominican Republic celebrates after winning the women’s 400m race at the Qatar Diamond League athletics meet in Doha, Qatar, Friday. (AP Photo/Hussein Sayed)

#Paulino was the silver medalist behind Miller-Uibo as she secured her second consecutive gold medal in the women’s 400m at the delayed 2020 Olympic Games last August in Tokyo, Japan.

#Miller-UIibo, who had surged ahead of the pack on the back stretch, could only watch as Paulino took over on the home stretch. With Miller-Uibo running out of real estate to catch Paulino, she slowed down going through the finish line and was passed by Jamaican Stephanie Ann McPherson with her season’s best of 51.69 for second.

#Miller-Uibo, the World Athletics’ World Indoor Championship’s 400m champion in Belgrade, Serbia in March, was joined by two other members of Team Bahamas from the championships.

Devynne Charlton (File photo)

#Devynne Charlton, coming off her silver medal performance in the women’s 60m hurdles at the World indoors, ran 12.61 in Doha in the women’s 100m hurdles for fourth place in 12.61.

#American world record holder Kendra Harrison took the tape in 12.43. Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan was second and Jamaican Britany Anderson got third in a photo finish in 12.44.

Anthonique Strachan (File photo)

#And Anthonique Strachan, a semifinalist in the 560m at the World’s Indoors, ran 22.78 for fifth place in the women’s 200m as American Gabrielle Thomas posted a season’s best of 21.98 to erase fellow American Allyson Felix’s meet record of 21.98 that she established in 2015.

#Strachan’s MVP training partner in Jamaica, Shericka Jackson, was second in a season’s best of 22.07; Great Britain’s Dina Asher-Smith was third in her season’s best of 22.37 and American Tamara Clark was fourth in 22.72.

#Gardiner/Wilson in Puerto Rico

#Moving down to the 300m, Abaco native Steven Gardiner stretched out his 6-foot, 3-inch frame for an easy win in 31.52, well ahead of American Vernon Norwood, who picked up second in 31.81. Jamaican Nathan Allen was third in 32.04.

#In a field of five competitors, including two Bahamians, Jamal Wilson soared to victory with a leap of 7-feet, 3 ¼-inches or 2.22 metres in the men’s high jump. Donald Thomas finished at the other end of the spectrum in fifth place with 7-2 ¼ (2.19m).

As of Monday, December 13, 2021

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#By BRENT STUBBS

#Senior Sports Reporter

#bstubbs@tribunemedia.net

#THE National Sports Authority has a new board and Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture Mario Bowleg has mandated them to go out around the world and bring the “Sports in Paradise” brand to the various facilities under the jurisdiction for the 52 weeks of the year.

#Bowleg introduced the new board during a press conference on Friday in the foyer of the Thomas A Robinson National Stadium.

#Calling them a “new, energetic board,” Bowleg announced the members, which include Greg Burrows Sr as the chairman, Grafton Ifill Jr as the deputy, Director of Sports Timothy Munnings (statutory member) and NSA general manager Quinton Brennen (statutory member), along with Bahamas Basketball Federation representative Moses Johnson, basketball Hall of Famer Keith ‘Belzee’ Smith, volleyball Hall of Famer Margaret ‘Muggy’ Albury, Felice Albury and Nicole Pratt.

#“This board is made up of a diverse group of young men and women, who believe have the necessary resources and assets and mindset to take this National Sports Authority to the next level,” said Bowleg, of the board he said is made up of former bankers, businessmen and women and CPAs.

#“The whole idea in the lounge of Sports in Paradise is to ensure that these facilities are occupied within the 52 weeks of the year by bringing the various disciplines and events to our shores that would also impact us economically through sports tourism.”

#Without going into any details, Bowleg said having read the controversial report of the previous board where the auditor general Terrance Bastian discovered some irregularities that took place financially, he’s concerned about what transpired.

#But while he assured the public that where any legal action is warranted, the Bahamas Government will pursue that course for those guilty. He stated that as the leader of this board appointed by himself, he will take responsibility for any infractions.

#He also revealed that very shortly, he intends to release the names of those persons appointed to the Sports Advisory Board that will be mandated for sports policies and how to assist the various federations and associations.

#As it further relates to the NSA Board, Bowleg said they will not sit back and wait for events to come to them.

#“The mandate of this board is to go around the world and seek events and bring them back to this country,” said Bowleg, referring to the collegiate Final Four and the various professional league’s playoffs and championships where they will set up booths to sell the facilities to entice people to want to host their events in Sports in Paradise.

#Without letting the “cat out of the bag,” Bowleg said his ministry will also engage our elite athletes as sports ambassadors as well as persons in culture as culture ambassadors to assist in the promotion of the Bahamas.

#On Friday, the new board will get its first taste of competition when they oversee the seventh edition of the Bahamas Bowl football game between the Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders and the Toledo Rockets at 1pm Friday at the TAR National Stadium.

#The game, Bowleg reminded the public, is free of charge and will be carried live on ESPN.

#From July 7-11, the inaugural Babe Ruth Region Caribbean Championship and International Baseball Tournament will be staged here.

#Bowleg, however, said the new Andre Rodgers Baseball Stadium may not be ready, but they hope to have the two adjacent fields prepared for the event. “Myself and the Minister of Works, Alfred Sears, are scheduled to meet with the contractor next week to get an update and get a timeline on when the work will be finished,” Bowleg said.

#“There’s some funding that is owed to the contractor, which we hope to get sorted out. Once that is sorted out, we will see more work being done to get it completed in a timely manner.”

#Additionally, Bowling said his ministry has put in a bid to have the World Athletics’ World Relays returned to the Bahamas for the seventh edition in 2025.

#The first three editions took place here in 2014, 2015 and 2017 before losing the fourth bid in 2019 to Japan.

#This year’s fifth event was staged in Poland and China has already secured the hosting of the sixth edition in 2023.

#“We are in competition with other countries, but it’s our intent to have it return here,” Bowleg said.

#Burrows, in expressing his gratitude to Bowleg on behalf of his members for the opportunity to serve on the board, said there are events on the drawing board that they will be reviewing.

#With venues including boxing, softball, baseball, soccer, basketball, volleyball, athletics, swimming, tennis and hotrod under their portfolio right now, Burrows said they have to seek out and find the international events and other cultural and social events to take place here in the Bahamas.

#For those venues that are shared by sports and cultural and social events, Burrows said they will have to find a way to co-exist on a first-come, first-serve basis to ensure that they maximise the use of all of the facilities.

#Burrows, by the way, serves as the Babe Ruth Caribbean Region Commissioner. He is also the founder of the Freedom Farm Baseball League where many of the players in the under- 12 divisional championship and 15-and-under divisional invitational will be selected to represent the Bahamas.

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#By BRENT STUBBS

#Senior Sports Reporter

#bstubbs@tribunemedia.net

#THE National Sports Authority has a new board and Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture Mario Bowleg has mandated them to go out around the world and bring the “Sports in Paradise” brand to the various facilities under the jurisdiction for the 52 weeks of the year.

#Bowleg introduced the new board during a press conference on Friday in the foyer of the Thomas A Robinson National Stadium.

#Calling them a “new, energetic board,” Bowleg announced the members, which include Greg Burrows Sr as the chairman, Grafton Ifill Jr as the deputy, Director of Sports Timothy Munnings (statutory member) and NSA general manager Quinton Brennen (statutory member), along with Bahamas Basketball Federation representative Moses Johnson, basketball Hall of Famer Keith ‘Belzee’ Smith, volleyball Hall of Famer Margaret ‘Muggy’ Albury, Felice Albury and Nicole Pratt.

#“This board is made up of a diverse group of young men and women, who believe have the necessary resources and assets and mindset to take this National Sports Authority to the next level,” said Bowleg, of the board he said is made up of former bankers, businessmen and women and CPAs.

#“The whole idea in the lounge of Sports in Paradise is to ensure that these facilities are occupied within the 52 weeks of the year by bringing the various disciplines and events to our shores that would also impact us economically through sports tourism.”

#Without going into any details, Bowleg said having read the controversial report of the previous board where the auditor general Terrance Bastian discovered some irregularities that took place financially, he’s concerned about what transpired.

#But while he assured the public that where any legal action is warranted, the Bahamas Government will pursue that course for those guilty. He stated that as the leader of this board appointed by himself, he will take responsibility for any infractions.

#He also revealed that very shortly, he intends to release the names of those persons appointed to the Sports Advisory Board that will be mandated for sports policies and how to assist the various federations and associations.

#As it further relates to the NSA Board, Bowleg said they will not sit back and wait for events to come to them.

#“The mandate of this board is to go around the world and seek events and bring them back to this country,” said Bowleg, referring to the collegiate Final Four and the various professional league’s playoffs and championships where they will set up booths to sell the facilities to entice people to want to host their events in Sports in Paradise.

#Without letting the “cat out of the bag,” Bowleg said his ministry will also engage our elite athletes as sports ambassadors as well as persons in culture as culture ambassadors to assist in the promotion of the Bahamas.

#On Friday, the new board will get its first taste of competition when they oversee the seventh edition of the Bahamas Bowl football game between the Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders and the Toledo Rockets at 1pm Friday at the TAR National Stadium.

#The game, Bowleg reminded the public, is free of charge and will be carried live on ESPN.

#From July 7-11, the inaugural Babe Ruth Region Caribbean Championship and International Baseball Tournament will be staged here.

#Bowleg, however, said the new Andre Rodgers Baseball Stadium may not be ready, but they hope to have the two adjacent fields prepared for the event. “Myself and the Minister of Works, Alfred Sears, are scheduled to meet with the contractor next week to get an update and get a timeline on when the work will be finished,” Bowleg said.

#“There’s some funding that is owed to the contractor, which we hope to get sorted out. Once that is sorted out, we will see more work being done to get it completed in a timely manner.”

#Additionally, Bowling said his ministry has put in a bid to have the World Athletics’ World Relays returned to the Bahamas for the seventh edition in 2025.

#The first three editions took place here in 2014, 2015 and 2017 before losing the fourth bid in 2019 to Japan.

#This year’s fifth event was staged in Poland and China has already secured the hosting of the sixth edition in 2023.

#“We are in competition with other countries, but it’s our intent to have it return here,” Bowleg said.

#Burrows, in expressing his gratitude to Bowleg on behalf of his members for the opportunity to serve on the board, said there are events on the drawing board that they will be reviewing.

#With venues including boxing, softball, baseball, soccer, basketball, volleyball, athletics, swimming, tennis and hotrod under their portfolio right now, Burrows said they have to seek out and find the international events and other cultural and social events to take place here in the Bahamas.

#For those venues that are shared by sports and cultural and social events, Burrows said they will have to find a way to co-exist on a first-come, first-serve basis to ensure that they maximise the use of all of the facilities.

#Burrows, by the way, serves as the Babe Ruth Caribbean Region Commissioner. He is also the founder of the Freedom Farm Baseball League where many of the players in the under- 12 divisional championship and 15-and-under divisional invitational will be selected to represent the Bahamas.

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Not since Osbourne Moxey at the 2004 Olympics in Athens, Greece, has The Bahamas had someone compete in the men’s long jump at a global meet in athletics.

That is about to change this summer as former St. John’s College standout LaQuan Nairn booked his ticket for the 18th biennial World Athletics (WA) Championships in Eugene, Oregon in the United States (US), qualifying with a massive leap of 8.22 meters (m) – 26’ 11-3/4” – in April.

The qualifying standards for the athletics world championships are a bit more stringent this year as opposed to years past, but Nairn didn’t let that stop him from going out there and doing what he needed to do to ensure he competes in Eugene. He will become the fifth athlete from The Bahamas to compete in the men’s long jump at a senior global meet this summer, joining national record holder Craig Hepburn, Moxey, the late Joey Wells and former junior sensation Raymond Higgs.

Nairn won the long jump competition at the USA Track & Field (USATF) Golden Games Meet at Hilmer Lodge Stadium in Walnut, California, in April, with that 8.22m effort. He obliterated his previous personal best of 8.04m (26’ 4-1/2”) and catapulted himself into the number two position on The Bahamas’ all-time list, trailing just national record holder Hepburn.

Hepburn remains the only Bahamian to ever soar over 27 feet legally, setting the national record of 8.41m (27’ 7-1/4”) at the Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations’ (BAAA) National Championships in 1993. Nairn is now just a fraction under the 27 feet mark.

Earlier in April, Nairn won the men’s long jump competition at the John McDonnell Invitational in Fayetteville, Arkansas, leaping a wind-aided 8.12m (26’ 7-3/4”). Indoors, he has leapt as far as 8.18m (26’ 10”).

A total of seven Bahamians have now qualified for the world championships in Eugene, Oregon, this summer. They are Shaunae Miller-Uibo in the women’s 200 and 400m, Steven Gardiner in the men’s 400m, Devynne Charlton in the women’s 100m hurdles, Anthonique Strachan in the women’s 100 and 200m, TyNia Gaither also in the women’s 100 and 200m, Samson Colebrooke in the men’s 100m and Nairn in the men’s long jump.

For the first time in 20-plus years, ever since the eighth edition of the world outdoor championships in Edmonton, Canada, that event is headed to this side of the world. Postponed for an entire year due to the threat of the COVID-19 pandemic, the world championships are now set for July 15-24, in Eugene, what is known in the athletics family as Track Town, USA.

The world’s best stars in athletics will gather in Eugene for 10 days this summer to display their talents in the various disciplines at the newly renovated University of Oregon Hayward Field, which has a capacity of 30,000 and has hosted the 2021 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships and the 2020 US Track and Field Olympic Trials. So far, seven Bahamians will be among them. The event is being organized by USATF with technical assistance from World Athletics officials.

COVID-19 has certainly had its toll on sports in the region, but, like the Olympics of 2021, there has been no word of withdrawal of any of the major athletic powerhouses in the world from the championships.

Apart from the stringent qualifying standards, athletes can also qualify for the world championships by their WA rankings, by wildcard entry (reigning world champion or 2021 Diamond League Champion), or as the current area champion from his or her respective area championships.

The Bahamas has won at least two medals at each of the past three world championships – silver and bronze in 2015 in Beijing, China; silver and bronze again in London, England, in 2017; and gold and silver in Doha, Qatar, in 2019.

Gardiner is the reigning world champion in the men’s 400m from Doha, and Miller-Uibo is the 400m champion.

As mentioned, this is the first time the world championships are being held in the western hemisphere since the 2001 edition in Edmonton, Canada. Coincidentally, that was also the year The Bahamas had its biggest medal haul – three gold and a bronze for a total of four. On two other occasions, The Bahamas won three medals at a single world championships and two medals on three other occasions.

In the history of the meet, The Bahamas has won 25 total medals – eight gold, nine silver and eight bronze.

Bahamians take to the track in Doha; Miller-Uibo, Charlton and Strachan to compete

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Bahamian track and field athletes Shaunae Miller-Uibo, Devynne Charlton and Anthonique Strachan will kick off their 2022 Wanda Diamond League competition today, taking part in the Doha Diamond League competition at the Qatar Sports Club in Doha, Qatar.

Miller-Uibo will be running in the 400 meters (m), Charlton will compete in the 100m hurdles and Strachan will run in the 200m. All three women ran in the World Athletics Indoor Championships in March with Miller-Uibo winning the gold medal in the 400m, Charlton winning silver medal in the 60m hurdles and Strachan reaching the semifinals of the 60m dash.

Strachan, who is arguably in the best shape of her career, is coming off a season’s best time of 22.55 seconds in the 200m in Kingston, Jamaica, last weekend – her best time in eight years in that event. Earlier in the season, she ran a personal best of 10.99 seconds in the 100m – becoming just the seventh Bahamian in history to ever run under 11 seconds in the women’s 100m. Strachan was a guest on Guardian Radio’s ‘Talking Heads with Naughty’ on Wednesday and spoke about her performance over the weekend.

“I feel good overall. I am extremely confident in myself, and I want to see what I would be able to do in a big field,” Strachan said.

The Maximising Velocity and Power (MVP) Track and Field Club athlete will be running in a star-studded field today that will feature 2020 Olympic bronze medalist American Gabrielle Thomas. Also in that race is Strachan’s MVP teammate Jamaican Shericka Jackson, American Tamara Clark and Great Britain’s Dina Asher-Smith.

The women’s 200m is scheduled for 1:36 p.m. local time today, 6:36 a.m. in The Bahamas.

Miller-Uibo, the 2020 Tokyo Olympics 400m gold medalist, will hit the track to run her second 400m outdoor race this season after running 49.91 seconds in Clermont, Florida, last month. She enters the race as the favorite to win it. She will go up against 2020 Olympic 400m silver medalist Marileidy Paulino of the Dominican Republic. Also in the field are Jamaicans Stephenie Ann McPherson and Candice McLeod – the fourth and fifth place finishers from Tokyo, Japan, respectively.

That race is scheduled for 12:04 p.m. local time – 5:04 a.m. in The Bahamas.

Charlton ran two 100m hurdles races for the season with her season’s best of 12.89 seconds coming in April in Lexington, Kentucky. The national record holder in that event will line up against the 2020 Olympics 100m hurdles silver medalist American Kendra Harrison. Jamaicans Britany Anderson and 2020 Olympics bronze medalist Megan Tapper will also be in that race.

They will take to the track at 1:02 p.m. – 6:02 a.m. (ET) in The Bahamas.

The Wanda Diamond League is a season long competition that features the world’s top track and field athletes vying to become Diamond League Champions.

After this meet is over, athletes will head to Birmingham, England, on May 21, where the Commonwealth Games will be held, for the second meet on the Diamond League calendar. This year, athletes will compete on the Diamond League circuit in cities such as Eugene, Oregon; Rabat, Morocco; Paris, France; Lausanne, Switzerland; Brussels, Belgium; and Zurich, Switzerland just to name a few. The season wraps up September 7-8 in Zurich.

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Shaunae Miller-Uibo and Devynne Charlton.

ANTHONIQUE Strachan in action. (File photo)

#By BRENT STUBBS

#Senior Sports Reporter

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#World indoor champion Shaunae Miller-Uibo, silver medallist Devynne Charlton and semifinalist Anthonique Strachan are expected to compete in the first meeting of the World Athletics’ 2022 Wanda Diamond League in Doha, Qatar, on Friday.

#Miller-Uibo, the world indoor 400 metre champion in Belgrade, Serbia in March, will headline the list as she is entered to compete in the 400m alongside Jamaican Stephenie Ann McPherson and Dominican Republic’s Marileidy Paulino.

#Charlton, the silver medalist in the women’s 60m hurdles in Belgrade, is listed to compete in the 100m hurdles. American world record holder Kendra Harrison and Jamaican duo of Megan Tappin and Britany Anderson are among the list of participants.

#And Strachan, who is having a great outdoor season so far following her semifinal appearance in the women’s 60m in Belgrade, is listed to compete in the 200m with her Jamaican MVP Track Club training partner Shericka Jackson and Great Britain’s Dina Asher-Smith.

#The Wanda Diamond League is a showpiece event of track and field’s premier international one-day circuit and features the biggest stars of the sport.

#Athletes compete for points in 11 different Wanda Diamond League meetings throughout the season, with the most successful qualifying for a place in the final and a shot at the iconic Diamond Trophy, the most prestigious title in athletics beyond the major championships.

#Following Doha, the series will continue in Birmingham, England on May 21, Eugene, Oregon on May 28, Rabat, Morocco on June 5, Rome, Italy on June 9, Oslo, Norway on June 16, Paris, France on June 18, Stockholm, Sweden on June 30, Chorzow, Poland, to be announced, Monaco, on August 10, Lausanne, Switzerland on August 26 and Brussels, Belgium on September 2.

#While the finals are set for Zurich, Switzerland from September 7-8, World Athletics has also confirmed that the 2023 finals will be moving out of Europe for the first time in the series’ history, to the Prefontaine Classic in Eugene in 2023.

#Additionally, hosting rights for the two-day season finale – at which all 32 Diamond League champions are crowned – have been awarded to the Allianz Memorial van Damme meeting in Brussels for 2024 and 2026, and to Weltklasse Zurich for 2025 and 2027.

#The Wanda Diamond League is also being used as a prelude to World Athletics’ 2022 World Championship that will be staged in Eugene, Oregon, July 15-24. Miller-Uibo, Charlton and Strachan are expected to represent on Team Bahamas.

MIAMI Marlins’ Jazz Chisholm Jr, right, celebrates his three-run home run against the Arizona Diamondbacks with Marlins’ Jacob Stallings, middle, and Bryan De La Cruz, left, during the ninth inning of a baseball game last night in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D Franklin)

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MIAMI Marlins’ Jasrado “Jazz” Chisholm Jr watches the flight of his three-run home run against the Arizona Diamondbacks during the ninth inning Wednesday, May 11, 2022, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D Franklin)

#PHOENIX (AP) — Jacob Stallings hit a go-ahead single in the ninth, Jasrado “Jazz” Chisholm Jr followed with a three-run homer and the Miami Marlins used an eight-run final inning to beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 11-3 yesterday.

#Miami controlled most of the game until the eighth, when pinch hitter Jordan Luplow connected for a tying two-run homer against Marlins reliever Steven Okert.

#Miami responded quickly — and decisively — off Mark Melancon. Stallings came into the game hitting just .183 but came up big in the ninth, hitting a single that put the Marlins back in front.

#Chisholm then drove a low pitch out to left-centre, barely clearing the wall for a three-run blast that pushed Miami’s lead to 7-3.

#It has been a rough stretch for Melancon (0-4), the veteran closer who signed a $14 million, two-year deal with the Diamondbacks during the offseason. He has surrendered eight runs over his last three outings.

#Avisaíl García capped the ninth with another three-run shot off J.B. Wendelken. It was García’s second at-bat of the inning — he started the rally with a walk.

#Joey Wendle got the Marlins on the board in the first with a two-run shot down the right-field line that landed in the visitor’s bullpen.

#Miami tacked on another run in the second on an RBI single from Stallings.

#Luplow’s homer denied a win for Marlins starter Sandy Alcantara, who permitted one run and two hits over seven innings.

#D-backs rookie Alek Thomas hit his first career homer in the third, a solo shot over the 413-foot sign in centre, but that was the team’s only hit until the seventh. The Marlins avoided a three-game sweep and won for just the second time in their past 11 games.

#The D-backs had their three-game winning streak snapped.

#Arizona starter Merrill Kelly gave up three runs over five innings. The right-hander has been one of baseball’s best pitchers through the first five weeks of the season with a 1.22 ERA, but he struggled in his first two innings.

#FINALLY, BEER PREVAILS

#D-backs designated hitter Seth Beer snapped an 0-for- 37 streak with a single in the seventh.

#Beer got off to a great start this season — hitting a game-winning homer on opening day — but has been in a prolonged funk. It was his first hit since April 22.

#TRAINER’S ROOM

#Marlins: Wendle left in the third inning with right hamstring tightness.

#UP NEXT

#Marlins: Return home for a nine-game homestand starting Friday with a three-game series against the Brewers. The Marlins will start RHP Pablo Lopez (4-1, 1.00 ERA) in the first game. The Brewers will counter with RHP Corbin Burnes (1-2, 1.86 ERA).

#Diamondbacks: Open a three-game series against the Cubs on Friday. RHP Zach Davies (1-1, 3.34 ERA) will be on the mound for the first game. The visiting Cubs will start LHP Drew Smyly (1-3, 3.04 ERA).

Meet to serve as a CARIFTA and Commonwealth Games qualifier

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The Bahamas Triathlon Association (BTA) will host its national championships on Sunday, May 15 at Jaws Beach, and the first portion of the nationals, which encompasses swimming, gets underway at 6 a.m.

The meet is a CARIFTA and Commonwealth Games qualifying event. The 2022 CARIFTA Triathlon and Aquathlon Championships is slated for September 23-24 at Clearwater Beach, Southside, Bermuda. The Commonwealth Games will be held from July 28 to August 8 in Birmingham, England.

BTA President Dorian Roach said he is happy the national championships are returning – for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic forced a disruption in sports two years ago.

“We are excited because it is not only our national championships but it’s our second qualifier for the CARIFTA Games and the Commonwealth Games. We are going to have some competition in both the youth and the senior groups, and even among the younger athletes which may be the 

highlight of the day,” Roach said.

There is a sprint distance for the open division (16-years-old and above). That includes a 750 meters (m) swim, a 20 kilometers (km) bike ride and a 5km run. For the juniors (13-14 years), they will swim for 400m, bike ride for 10km and run for 2.5km. There are two age categories among the youth: 11-12-year-old athletes swimming for 200m, bike riding for 5km and running for 2km; and the 9-10 age category doing a 100m swim, a 5km ride and a 1km run. For the 8-and-under category, those participants will do a 50m swim and 1 km bike ride.

Up to yesterday, there were about 60 persons registered and organizers are expecting about 80 to 100 participants. The deadline to register is Thursday.

So far, there have been 21 CARIFTA qualifiers and there are nine spots left as the association looks to field a 30-member team. While in Bermuda, they will also be competing in the aquathlon, which is swimming and running, in addition to the triathlon. The CARIFTA boys and girls age groups are 11-12, 13-15, 16-19 and there is a new age group, under-21.

“Our only triathlon to date since COVID was the Potcakeman, so between that competition and this competition, we use combined points,” Roach said. “Persons who competed in the last triathlon got some points already, and now it is up to those folks who are on the border to qualify for CARIFTA and get some more points to make that team in this championship.

“For the Commonwealth Games, competitors are fighting for one spot. That spot will go to the winner in the open men’s category once that person is a Bahamian and has a Bahamian passport. For those who are eligible, the winner of that age group will be the qualifier for the Commonwealth Games,” Roach added.

Amid the pandemic, Roach said the clubs were able to train and the juniors were looking forward to CARIFTA competition.

“A lot of the children have been training and are looking forward to competition. After the Potcakeman, everyone is geared up to go. This competition is the last chance to make the CARIFTA team, but they have been training for two years. This has been their goal – to make the CARFITA team. It is the same drive for the older guys, to make the Commonwealth Games team,” Roach said.

Unlike other sports, Roach said there is not a lot of trash-talking among the competitors, but rather they support and encourage each other.

He said he is happy to see that sponsors came on board to support the championships and make it possible for the association to put on a first-class event.

 Home|Sports|Harvey heads to the Big South ConferenceSports

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Bahamian collegiate basketball player Ahmard Harvey has left the Coastal Carolina University Chanticleers program and is now headed to High Point, North Carolina, to play for the High Point University Panthers after using the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) transfer portal.

Harvey spent the last three years playing for the Chanticleers in the Sun Belt Conference of NCAA Division I basketball and will now be taking his talent to the Big South Conference in division one.

The Grand Bahama native made the announcement on social media this past weekend. Harvey joins Bahamians such as Sammy Hunter and Lathaniel Bastian who took the bold step for a change of scenery through the NCAA transfer portal.

The Panthers finished last season with a 14-18 win/loss record and were 7-9 in the Big South Conference. Their season ended with a 68-51 quarterfinal loss to Winthrop University in the Big South Tournament. While at High Point, Harvey will be playing for Panthers’ Head Coach G.G. Smith who has been there since 2017.

The 6’7” forward played in just seven games last season due to an injury and not being in Head Coach Cliff Ellis’ rotation some games. He averaged just 1.7 points and 1.3 rebounds per game. Harvey was able to score a season-high six points in two games. This highlight of his season was him playing here in New Providence at the Baha Mar Convention Center in the Baha Mar Hoops Nassau Championship. Although he played sparingly, just two minutes in one game and a minute in the other, he said he was happy to be home, seeing and spending time with his family members.

In his sophomore season, Harvey played in 21 games – his most in a season. He averaged 2.4 points and 2.1 rebounds per game and shot 55 percent from the field. In his freshman season, he was on the floor 17 times. He averaged 1.5 points and 1.5 rebounds per game that season.

Last season, the Chanticleers finished with a 19-14 win/loss record, 8-8 in the Sun Belt Conference.

Harvey played locally for Coach Darrell Sears at St. George’s Senior High School in Freeport, Grand Bahama. After playing there, he went on to complete his high school studies in Louisville, Kentucky, playing for the Aspire Basketball Academy.

In his final year at Aspire, Harvey averaged 13.7 points, 9.3 rebounds, 3.1 assists and 1.1 steals per game.