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Uibos announce pregnancy; Gardiner, Charlton experience action

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Bahamian speed queen Shaunae Miller-Uibo, who has won all of the global titles in athletics, and husband Olympian Maicel Uibo shocked the world on Saturday, announcing that they are expecting their first child. Miller-Uibo posted it on Instagram as the couple celebrated their sixth-year wedding anniversary in Exuma.

‘New Year, New Blessing,” Miller-Uibo posted along with pictures of her baby bump. “We can’t wait to meet our little bundle of joy. Happy 6th Anniversary,” she exclaimed.

With that news, it’s pretty much confirmed that the defending World Athletics Outdoor Championships women’s 400 meters (m) champion will not be defending her title at this year’s edition that will be held in Budapest, Hungary, in August. In fact, it’s likely she won’t be in action at all.

As for the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics, there is a possibility that she will be back on the track by that time. Miller-Uibo is coming off a brilliant year on the track with the highlight being able to capture the world outdoor title in a time of 49.11 seconds. She also captured the world indoor title, winning in a time of 50.31 seconds.

The Bahamian national record in the 200 and 400m closed her 2022 season with a gold medal run in the 400m at the 2022 North American, Central American and Caribbean Athletic Association (NACAC) Championships at the Grand Bahama Sports Complex in Freeport, Grand Bahama, in August. Miller-Uibo clocked 49.40 seconds in that race.

Bahamian professional track and field athletes Devynne Charlton and Steven Gardiner were in action this past weekend with Charlton winning her race and Gardiner returning to action for the first time since June 2022 to finish third in his race.

Charlton was in action at the 2023 New Balance Indoor Grand Prix where she clocked a season’s best of 7.87 seconds to cross the finish line first in the 60m hurdles. Running at the meet in Boston, Massachusetts, on Saturday, she was able to hold off American Sharika Nelvis and Australian Celeste Mucci who finished second and third, respectively.

The Bahamian Olympian had a great start as she got out of the blocks quickly and was the first one over the first hurdle. She maintained a steady pace and powered her way to victory.

Charlton’s time was six one-hundredths of a second off her personal best and national record time of 7.81 seconds that she clocked to win a silver medal at the World Athletics Indoor Championships last year.

Nelvis, a world indoors and outdoors championships finalist last year, clocked 7.93 seconds for second. Mucci powered her way to a personal best time of 7.95 seconds.

Gardiner was on the track at the South Carolina Invitational inside the Carolina Indoor Track & Field Complex in Columbia, South Carolina, on Friday. Running in the men’s 300m, Gardiner clocked 33.03 seconds out of lane five in heat three.

Winning the event was American Michael Cherry in 32.66 seconds. Great Britain’s Matthew Hudson-Smith finished with the second fastest time when he crossed the finish line in 32.72 seconds.

The last time Gardiner was in action was on June 24 at the Bahamas Association of Athletics Association (BAAA) National Track and Field Championships. He easily won the men’s 400m in a time of 45.22 seconds. Less than a month later, he announced that he would miss the rest of the season with a UTE (ultrashort echo time) tendon inflammation, thereby not defending his world championships 400m title.

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Bahamian professional basketball player with the Phoenix Suns DeAndre Ayton had a dominating performance for his team over the weekend as he recorded a double-double twice in helping the Suns take down the Boston Celtics and the Detroit Pistons on the road.

Ayton and the Suns took care of the Celtics, 106-94, at the TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts, on Friday night, and then picked up a 116-100 victory over the Pistons at the Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, Michigan, on Saturday night.

Against the Celtics, Ayton, 24, fell five assists short of a triple-double with 14 points, 10 rebounds and five assists. He did all of this and had a blocked shot in 35 minutes on the floor, and shot 7-for-13 from the field.

Against the Pistons, Ayton finished with 31 points for the second time this season and had 16 rebounds. It was the first time in his career that he finished with at least 30 points and 15 rebounds in a game.

The big man had the hot hand for his team, missing just two shots in 31 minutes on the floor. He finished 13-for-15 from the field, shooting 86.7 percent. He was also able to connect on 5-of-6 shots from the charity stripe. Ayton added two assists and a blocked shot. On Saturday, Ayton and the Suns played in front of new Suns owner Mat Ishbia who was sitting courtside.

“The pressure … thought I had on a tie on the court. Ok, fix your tie,” Ayton told reporters afterwards. “It was fun. It was good to put on a performance.”

As for his 30-plus points and 15-plus rebounds performance, the big man said there is more where that came from.

“I’m going to get it again. Get 30 (points) and 20 (rebounds), but all that stuff, 30 and extra, that’s just things that I’m required to do … taking care of business,” he said.

Ayton had a good start to the game on Saturday night, dropping in eight points on 3-for-5 shots from the field and he also pulled down five rebounds in the first quarter. He continued to produce in the second quarter as he made all four of his shot attempts and went 3-for-4 from the charity stripe. Most of his shots came from assists from Chris Paul, finding him in the paint.

At the end of the first half, Ayton already had a double-double with 19 points and 10 rebounds, helping his Suns take a 58-49 lead. The first overall pick in the 2018 National Basketball Association (NBA) Draft added 12 more points on 6-for-6 shooting and added six rebounds in the second half, helping the Suns pick up their 29th victory of the season.

Paul finished with 14 assists in this contest, with five of them coming from Ayton – the most to any of the Suns players.

Ayton is averaging 18 points and 10.2 rebounds per contest in the 46 games he has played in this season. He is shooting 58 percent from the field.

The Suns will continue their five-game Eastern Conference road trip when they take on the Brooklyn Nets at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, tomorrow. That game tips off at 7.30 p.m. on TNT.

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 Home|Sports|Lady Techs deny Mingoes a spot in the postseasonSports

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The University of The Bahamas (UB) Mingoes women’s volleyball team was denied a spot in the New Providence Volleyball Association (NPVA) postseason after losing to the Lady Technicians in a play-in game at the Anatol Rodgers Gymnasium on Tuesday night. The Mingoes lost in five sets, 25-23, 22-25, 24-26, 25-22 and 15-11.

Both volleyball teams had identical win/loss records, finishing tied for fourth in the standings, and the winner of the play-in game advanced to the playoffs.

“We still have some growing to do,” said Mingoes Head Coach Raymond Wilson. “Our game has grown a lot and they have gotten a lot better. However, choices kills us but that’s what you get with a young team. We are still developing and will make a lot of mistakes. We really were campaigning on making it to the playoffs but that’s behind us now. So, we’ll just go back to the drawing board and prepare for next season.”

The Lady Techs started strong in the first set. The Mingoes managed to stay close but maintain consistent momentum. The Lady Techs rattled off eight straight points at one point and ended up winning the set, 25-23.

The Mingoes bounced back to take the second set, 25-22, due to strong play in the middle, tying the match at a set apiece.

In the third set, the Mingoes took control, eventually winning that set, 26-24, to go up two sets to one.

The Lady Techs responded, taking the fourth set, 25-22, and forcing a decisive fifth set.

The Mingoes came out flat in the fifth set, and were down 11-3 at one point. They reeled off seven straight points to get within a single point at 11-10. The Lady Techs regrouped, sealing the match by winning four of the final five points. They prevailed 15-11 in that fifth set and took the match three sets to two.

“We played very hard tonight and we were able to keep it close at times,” Wilson said.

It was a close match throughout as none of the five sets were decided by more than four points.

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BAHAMIAN baseball star Jazz Chisholm Jr, of the Miami Marlins, is getting global recognition – after being chosen as the face of the MLB The Show video game. Chisholm said the move was “almost just like winning the MVP”.

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#MIAMI (AP) — Jazz Chisholm Jr, the Miami Marlins’ euro-stepping, home-run blasting all-star, has goals beyond his impressive stats. With every stolen base and acrobatic catch, Chisholm hopes to have an impact on the next generation of players.

#“I had Ken Griffey Jr, who was a real idol to a lot of guys all over,” Chisholm said in a video interview with The Associated Press. “Not just to baseball fans. He was an idol to basketball players, football players, guys in every sport, and that’s how I want to be too. Not just known as a baseball player but just known as an athlete that everybody can look up to.”

#Chisholm, 24, is well on his way to having that kind of influence after he was revealed yesterday as the cover athlete for Sony’s MLB The Show 2023 video game. “As a kid, I always wanted to be on the cover of MLB the Show,” Chisholm said. “So it means almost just like winning the MVP in a sense. You get to live out your childhood dream.”

#Chisholm, an avid video game player, has played The Show since David Ortiz’s 2006 cover on the first edition. Chisholm is the first Marlins player to appear on a cover of the American version of the game, but he joins a host of athletes across Miami sports on major video game covers.

#Shaquille O’Neal has appeared on two main NBA 2K covers for the Heat, joining LeBron James who appeared on one for Miami. O’Neal and Dwayne Wade each appeared on one legend edition cover as well. Wei-Yin Chen, who pitched for the Marlins from 2016-2019, was The Show’s cover athlete for the Taiwanese version in 2016 and 2017 with the Marlins. The NHL 97 video game cover featured goaltender John Vanbiesbrouck, who played for the Panthers from 1993-1998.

#Chisholm is known as much for his style — from his colourful hair to his chains and sunglasses — as his electric speed and powerful arm on the field. That combination has made him a fan favourite.

#“I’m sure the kids are gonna love it,” Chisholm said.

#“Every time I look around seeing kids with blue hair, wearing the jersey. I feel like this is gonna be good for the culture.”

#Chisholm, entering his fourth MLB season, has a career .243 batting average and .449 slugging percentage. He was sidelined last June with lower back problems, and tests later revealed that he had a stress fracture, which caused him to miss the rest of the 2022 season.

#Chisholm, who was voted to his first All-Star game, was leading the team in home runs and RBIs before the injury, hitting .254 with 14 home runs, 45 RBIs and 12 stolen bases in 60 games.

#Only Jesus Aguilar finished the 2022 season with more homers for the Marlins, hitting 15 in 113 games.

#Born in Nassau, Bahamas, Chisholm became the seventh Bahamian players to reach the majors when he debuted in 2020.

#“The power I bring to the game. The size that I am, the speed, the defence,” he said.

#“I’ll watch my highlights and I just love and enjoy everything I do. And I’m gonna do it with a smile because I’m having so much fun.”

#Chisholm said he’s excited to play a season fully healthy, adding that he thinks Miami could make a playoff push if everyone stays healthy.

#Amid a series of offseason moves, Marlins general manager Kim Ng said the team plans to move Chisholm from middle infield, where he’s played his entire MLB career, to centre field after Miami acquired reigning American League batting champion Luis Arraez from Minnesota to play second base.

#“Jazz is a very unique athlete. He’s very dynamic,” Ng said earlier this month. “He’s got great range, great speed. He’s got a lot of the things that you look for when you’re thinking about centre field.”

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RENEGADES football club.

BAHA Mar Juniors football club.

DYNAMOS football club.

#THE Bahamas Men’s Soccer League returned to action after the Christmas break with the completion of the quarterfinal rounds of the Hummel Cup 2023 over the weekend at the Roscow AL Davies Field at the Baillou Hills Sporting Complex.

#Seventeen FC vs Future Stars FC

#In the first match of a very exciting day, Seventeen FC took down the youthful squad of the Future Stars FC 3-1. Seventeen got a brace (2 goals) from Fleurimond St Franc and another from Das Markens, to close of the match. Shadlin Joseph scored on a penalty kick to score the lone goal for the stars.

#Match 2:

#UB Mingoes vs Renegades FC

#The UB Mingoes returned to winning form after suffering consecutive setbacks at the hands of the Dynamos FC. One just before the Christmas break and another resulting in an early exit from the Hummel Cup via penalty shootout. The Mingoes coaches got to see their newest recruit in action as midseason transfer, Evelt Julmis, made his maiden appearance. In the end, the Mingoes got a brace of goals (2) from Ronaldo Greene and an extra goal from J Johnson to silence a testy Renegades squad. Tempers flared in this match at the 34’ after a bit of reckless play. Both squads got into a shoving match, but the referee cooled off the tempers with a flurry of yellow cards. UB won the match as well as the yellow cards battle 7-2.

#Match 3:

#Baha Jr vs Dynamos FC

#In the final match of the day, forward Brandon Adderley, returning to fitness, scored a hat trick (2 goals) and partnered with winger Adrian Douglas Rolle, to put away an ambitious Baha Jr Squad 4-0.

#Young goalkeeper, Ahmaad Smith was stellar in goal as he kept a clean sheet. Action returns on Wednesday.

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#By BRENT STUBBS

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#THE FAC first annual Bert Bell Memorial Swim Meet took place over the weekend with quite a few competitors attaining the qualifying standards for the 2023 CARIFTA Games in Curacao in April.

#David Singh of the Barracuda Swim Club clocked 2:56.31 to win the boys 11-12 200m breaststroke, surpassing the CARIFTA standard of 3:05.01. He also did it in the 50m backstroke in 35.59 to surpass the standard of 33.92.

#Trace Russell of Mako Swim Club clocked 1:19.52 to beat out Singh, who did 1:21.64 as they both surpassed the qualifying standard of 1:24.55. Singh also won the 50m freestyle in 28.53 to surpass the standard of 28.59.

#Russell also beat out Singh in the 50m breaststroke as they surpassed the standard of 37.57. Russell won in 35.45 and Singh was second in 36.72.

#Saleste Gibson led two other qualifiers in the girls 11-12 50m butterfly with her victory in 31.77. Team-mate Christin-Alyssa Clarke got second in 32.72 and Violet Saralegui of Lyford Cay Swim Club was third in 32.74. They all went under the standard of 32.80.

#Gibson also did the standard of 29.60 in the 50m freestyle, surpassing the standard of 30.18. Gibson also did 1:13.93 to surpass the qualifying standard of 1:15.88 in the 100m butterfly. Alissa Ferguson won the girls 11-12 100m backstroke in 1:16.65 and Gibson was second in 1:18.85 as they both surpassed the standard of 1:19.01.

#Donald Saunders of LIT clocked 27.57 to win the boys 13-14 50m butterfly to surpass the standard of 28.35. Saunders also did it in the 50m backstroke in 30.84, surpassing the standard of 30.84.

#Two competitors surpassed the standard of 35.35 in the girls 11-12 50m backstroke. Christin-Alyssa Clarke got another qualifying time in 34.93 with Alissa Ferguson of the Barracuda Swim Club did 35.11.

#The top individual winners from the meet were as follows:

#Girls’ 8-and-under – Kirsten Rolle of Blue Waves Swim Club was the winner with 36, followed by runner-up Astwood Hanna of Mako Aquatic Club with 31.

#Boys 8-and-under – Cole Albury of Barracuda Swim Club was the winner with 59. Benjamin Cartwright of the Black Marlins Swim Club was the runner-up with 30.

#Girls 9-10 – Kaleah Seymour of the Freeport Aquatic Club was the winner with 45. Morgan Simms of the Barracuda Swim Club was the runner-up with 35.

#Boys 9-10 – Dexter Russell of Freeport Aquatic Club was the winner with 54. Kyle Murray of Black Marlins Swim Club was the runner-up with 35.

#Girls 11-12 – Saleste Gibson of Barracuda Swim Club was the winner with 52. Jaylah Threadgill of Lyford Cay Club was the runner-up with 38.

#Boys 11-12 – David Singh of Barracuda Swim Club was the winner with 59. Alexander Murray of Black Marlins Swim Club was the runner-up with 50.

#Girls 13-14 – Alanna Murray of Black Marlins Swim Club was the winner with 61. Runner-up was Seannae Norville-Smith of Mako Aquatics Club with 36.

#Boys 13-14 – Malcolm Menzies of Black Marlins Swim Club was the winner with 55. Runner-up was Orison Moss of Black Marlins Swim Club with 41.

#Girls 15-16 – Elina Fiaux of Lyford Swim Club was the winner with 44. Runner-up was Kyana Higgs of Barracuda Swim Club with 36.

#Boys 15-16 – Cherkadin Wells of Mako Aquatics Club was the winner with 33. Runner-up was Nkume Ijeoma of Alpha Aquatics with 29.50.

#Girls 17-and-over – Delaney Mizell of Lyford Swim Club was the winner with 54. Runner-up was Grace Farrington of Barracuda Swim Club with 30.

#Boys 17-and-over – Andrian Brown of Alpha Aquatics was the winner with 33.

#Runner-up was Hodari Prince of Barracuda’s Swim Club with 32.

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#By BRENT STUBBS

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#THE New Providence Public Primary School Sports Association’s 2023 Mini Basketball Tournament got underway yesterday at the Kendal Isaacs Gymnasium with some exciting games being played by the girls’ teams.

#Those teams will be back in action today starting at 9am at the Kendal Isaacs Gymnasium as they vie for a chance to compete in the playoffs on Friday.

#The boys’ teams will be in action on Wednesday and Thursday to determine who advances to the playoffs and final on Friday as well.

#Carlton E Francis, whose past coach Sherman Smith is being honoured posthumously in the tournament after he passed away in 2020, routed Albury Sayles 20-6 in one of the games played. In their other game, they doubled up Thelma Gibson 10-5.

#In other games, Garvin Tynes held off TG Glover 15-6; Thelma Gibson blanked Sadie Curtis 6-0; Garvin Tynes doubled up Sadie Curtis 6-3; Albury Sayles got by TG Glover 8-2; Albury Sayles held off Garvin Tynes 7-4; EP Roberts held off Uriah McPhee 7-3; CW Sawyer beat Centreville Primary 8-5; Eva Hilton shut out Palmdale 10-0; CW Sawyer prevailed 9-5 over Uriah McPhee; Eva Hilton got by EP Roberts 8-2; Albury Sayles pulled off a 7-4 decision over Garvin Tynes and Palmdale nipped Centreville 4-2. After the first day of competition, the majority of the players were pleased with their team’s performances, whether they won or loss.

#“The tournament is going well for the girls,” said Palmdale’s coach Ashley Oembler. “We had some ups and downs, but for the most part, the girls tried their best. We just have to learn to execute our passes and we will be much better.”

#Shirlene Moss, coach of Centreville Primary, said they are winless so far, but she’s looking for things to turn around today.

#“The kids had fun and that’s the idea and it’s paramount to why we are playing mini-basketball,” Moss said. “We enjoyed the games. As we got into the second game, I saw some improvement and so that is encouraging because every game we play, we hope to get better.”

#Kemsey Sylvestre, now a coach at Albury Sayles, said it’s a learning process for him and his players.

#“I can’t look for much. I just want to have some fun,” he said. “I was sitting on the bench with them and encouraging them, Tomorrow (today), I’m expecting them to come back out and continue to enjoy themselves. I can’t put much pressure on them because some of them haven’t played since the start of COVID-19.”

#Crystal Eneas, who coaches Garvin Tynes along with Janice Williams, said they will only get better before the tournament is done.

#“I think the girls played very well considering that we are focusing on the fundamentals of the game that we took them through in practice,” Eneas said. “I told them to have confidence and go in there and have fun and everything else will flow.”

#Today’s action will be a little more intense as teams start jostling for the final four spots in the playoffs.

#The tournament was officially opened by Tim Munnings, the former director of sports in the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture. Munnings, now with the Ministry of Health, encouraged the players to go out there and follow the instructions of their coaches and give it their best shot.

#A team from the Ministry of Health was on hand and will be there for the duration of the tournament, providing some medical assistance to the players.

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#By BRENT STUBBS

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#The third annual Red-Line Athletics Oaktree Sonja Knowles Track Classic over the weekend at the Thomas A Robinson Track and Field Stadium was termed a tremendous success with quite a number of athletes attaining the qualifying standards for the CARIFTA Games.

#All of the qualifying performances, however, have to be ratified by the Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations, but Red-Line Athletics’ head coach Tito Moss said they are just delighted that the athletes got to produce some of the outstanding performances at the two-day meet that ran from Saturday to Sunday.

#Moss, who also serves as the vice president of operations for the BAAA, said the meet lived up to its advanced billing.

#“We had excellent results in the short sprints,” Moss said. “We had a boy, Adam Musgrove, who qualified in the under-20 boys 200m and in the under-20 girls, Amari Pratt.

#“We probably would have had some qualifiers in the 100, save and a part from the wind on Saturday, but we also had three qualifiers in the under-17 girls 400m hurdles.

#“We had some near qualifiers in the under-17 and under-20 girls 800m and we had a new qualifier in the under-17 girls shot put. So I think the meet produced about seven or eight new qualifiers. So we’re excited about the calibre of the meet and what it produced.”

#Named in honour of Knowles, the immediate past principal of St Augustine’s College and an advert track and field supporter, Moss said the meet continues to grow by leaps and bounds.

#“It was challenging this year because of the LOC (Local Organising Committee) for CARIFTA sucked up all of the sponsorship money so to host the meet this year was the most difficult out of the three,” Moss revealed.

#“I would have loved to see the LOC come together and partner with the five meet promoters and even if just providing some support, because we are producing the athletes that they will be showcasing at CARIFTA.

#“So I would have loved to see the presence of the LOC at all of the club meets because there are only meets this year. All of us hosting one of these meets are finding it difficult to host because corporate money is going to the LOC for CARIFTA. But we took it on the chin and put everything in place to ensure that we still had a very successful meet.”

#Despite what transpired this year in sponsorship, Moss said they were still able to provide more opportunities for the athletes to compete in, including the relays where just about every division had at least two events.

#Shayann Demeritte of Swift Athletics clocked 12.07, followed by Darvinque Dean in 12.18 in the under-17 girls 100m. Dean also took the 400m hurdles in 1:01.45 with her team-mate Bayli Major getting second in 1:04.18 as they both did the qualifying standard.

#Major also qualified in the triple jump with her winning leap of 11.59m.

#Zoe Adderley of Fast Forward was the runner-up with 11.41m.

#Ishmael Rolle of Swift Athletics won in 10.82 to dip under the qualifying time, but it was wind-aided.

#His team-mate Rolinny Labranche was the runner-up in 10.97.

#Andrew Brown, competing unattached, won in a time of 21.45 to go under the qualifying time.

#Ishmael Rolle was the runner-up in 22.21.

#Brown also did the standard in the 400m in 49.41 with Branden Mackey of Bahamas Speed Dynamics as the runner-up in 52.97.

#In the under-20 girls 100m, the top three finishers all would have qualified, but their times were also wind-aided. They include Jamiah Nabbie of Fast Forward Athletics in 11.67, Shatalya Dorsett of Kenyan Knights in 11.73 and Amari Pratt of Star Elite Athletics in 11.76.

#Pratt also did the qualifying time in the 200m with her victory in 24.36.

#Nya Wright of Red- Line Athletics was the runner-up in 24.58.

#The under-20 boys 100m also had the three top finishers – Carlos Brown Jr of Swift Athletics winning in 10.19, followed by Adam Musgrove of Bahamas Speed Dynamics in 10.21 and Jeremiah Adderley of DTSP Wolfpack in 10.54 – dip under the qualifying standards, but the times were also wind-aided.

#Musgrove, however, came through in the 200m in 21.23 for a qualifying time.

#On the field, Terrell McCoy of Triple Threat, was a qualifier in the under-17 girls’ shot put with a heave of 12.93m. Danielle Nixon of Blue Chips Athletics was the runner-up with 11.41m.

#In the open division, Tamara Myers of Leap of Faith won the 100m in 11.80 and took the long jump with a leap of 6.41m.

#Brenicko Nixon of Swift Athletics won the men’s 100m in 11.33; Auston Clarke of Bahamas Speed Dynamics took the 200m in 22.39 and the 400m in 50.83 with Kenzie Knowles of Swift Athletics taking the 800m in 1:59.88.

#Jyles Etienne of Leap of Faith was the winner of the men’s high jump with 2.00m with team-mate Ryan Ingraham settling for second with 1.95m.

#Rakem Sweeting of Red-Line Athletics won the long jump event with a leap of 6.53m.

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GREGORY McKay poses with his cousin Alancha Thompdon (left) and his mother Anishka Taylor (right), who celebrated her birthday on Tuesday.

#By BRENT STUBBS

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#AFTER winning their last two games, Gregory McKay feels like his Limestone University Saints men’s basketball team is starting to turn things around heading into the playoffs.

#The Saints pulled off a 102-78 victory over Carolina on Wednesday, January 25 at home in the Timken Center and they followed that with a 69-59 decision over Tusculum on Saturday on the road in Greeneville, Tennessee to improve their win-loss record to 9-11.

#In their win against Carolina, McKay posted a double-double with 15 points and 14 rebounds. He also had seven assists and a pair of steals and blocked shot.

#On Saturday, the 6-foot, 6-inch, 195-pound forward had 11 points with four rebounds and a block.

#“In both of those games, I felt I contributed very well. I did what my coaches told me to do,” McKay said.

#“But I think we all, as a team, did our part to come out with the win.”

#The Saints, coached by Kyle Perry, will be back in action tonight when they take on Lenoir-Rhyne at 7:30pm in Hickory, South Carolina before they face Coker on Saturday at home in Timken Center.

#“So far, it’s been an up and down season, but I’m just trying to control what I can control and I am allowing God to take care of the rest,” he pointed out. “But I’m in the gym every day trying to get better. “We only have a couple of games left, so hopefully we can figure it all out and make a final run to get into the playoffs. We definitely should have had more wins. We let a couple of games slip away from us, but hopefully we can turn things around and get us into the playoffs.”

#In addition to the pair of games on tap this week, the Saints have six more games to conclude the regular season that will climax with their senior boys on February 25 when they host Wingate at home.

#“Obviously from here on in, we just need to take care of the wins,” McKay said. “We just need to come up with some big wins on the road and take care of home and we should be good.”

#The Saints, hopefully, will get a shot at the South Atlantic Conference Tournament (SAC) at the culmination of the season.

#The 21-year-old McKay, majoring in business administration/general business, wished his mother Aniskha Taylor a happy birthday on Tuesday.

#He said he was delighted that she came to watch him play a couple of games.

#McKay said he would like nothing better than to give her a present with two more victories this week.

#“I just want to thank my family for the continuous support,” said McKay, who previously attended HO Nash before he left for the United States to attend Piper High School. There, he was named to the All-Star Broward County during his senior campaign.

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#CARLTON E Francis and CW Sawyer finished undefeated in their five games played as the two days of the round robin segment of the New Providence Public Primary School Sports Association’s Mini Basketball Tournament closed out yesterday at the Kendal Isaacs Gymnasium.

#As they move on to the playoffs on Friday, Carlton E Francis, playing in recognition of this year’s honorary, the late coach Sherman Smith, who passed away in 2022, Carlton E Francis will take the top spot and will be joined by Albury Sayles, who finished at 4-1, for second spot.

#CW Sawyer will come out of pool B with Palmdale Primary, who advanced with a 3-2 record, the same as Centreville.

#However, Palmdale got the second spot by virtue of beating Centreville in their head-to-head match-up.

#The top two teams will meet in their pool championships to determine their spots in the semi-finals, followed by the consolation third place and championship games.

• Here’s the scores posted yesterday to determine the final positions:

#Pool A – TG Glover def. Sadie Curtis 1-0; Carlton E Francis def. Garvin Tynes 25-6; Albury Sayles def. Sadie Curtis 2-1; Garvin Tynes def. Thelma Gibson 2-1; Carlton E. Francis def. TG Glover 22-5; Thelma Gibson def. TG Glover 9-5 and Carlton E. Francis def. Sadie Curtis 19-2.

#Pool B – Uriah McPhee def. Eva Hilton 6-4; Centreville def. EP Roberts 6-1; CW Sawyer def. Palmdale 17-3; CW Sawyer def. Eva Hilton 8-2; Palmdale def. EP Roberts 13-5; Centreville def. Uriah McPhee 5-4; CW Sawyer def. EP Roberts 13-4 and Centreville def. Eva Hilton 5-0.

#• Here’s the final standings at the end of the two days of regulation:

#Pool A

#Carlton E Francis 5-0

#Albury Sayles 4-1

#Garvin Tynes 3-2

#Thelma Gibson 2-3

#TG Glover 1-4

#Sadie Curtis 0-5

#Pool B

#CW Sawyer 5-0

#Palmdale 3-2

#Centreville 3-2

#Eva Hilton 2-3

#EP Roberts 1-4

#Uriah McPhee 1-4

#Starting today at 9am, the boys competition will begin and wrap up on Thursday to determine the top teams to move on to the playoffs on Friday.

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