The Virgin Islands Track & Field Federation
 

NEWS/NOTES

...To be eligible to represent the Virgin Islands on a National Team requires that athletes, coaches, officials, volunteers complete the VITFF annual Registration form (see below)...Laverne Jones sets national record in World Indoor...Championships...Moscow...60m...7.22...Laverne Jones advanced to the semi-finals in the World Championships 200m in Helsinki and to the finals in the World Unversity Games in Ismir, Turkey...Anecia Williams, Bronze Medal 1500 CARIFTA... Adrian Durant advanced to semi-finals in 200m NCAA National Championships...Tyfia Lee, Gold Medal CAC University Games and for All-America honors...Billy Bohlke, First Place in the OECS 10K, Nevis and First Place in the Little Rock Half-Marathon and First Place military finisheer in the Lincoln Marathon...to the Leeward Islands Youth and Leeward Islands Junior Teams...

Results: Leeward Islands Junior Championships 2006--Antigua
Results: Leeward Islands Youth Championships 2006--Nevis
Results: World Indoor Championships 2006--Moscow

NACAC Under 23 Championships
Standards for Pan American Games
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil--July 23-29,
2007


 NACAC Under 23 Championships
Standards for IAAF World Championships
Osaka, Japan--August 25-September 2, 2007



V.I.Cross-Country Championships Juniors



Laverne Jones won the Silver Medal in 100m and took 4th in the 200m
at the CAC Games in Cartagena...the best performance for
a V.I. Track and Field athlete since 1998..
.


Allison Peter of the V.I. Express Track Club, won three gold medals in the Leeward Islands Youth Championships in Track and Field held in Nevis, WI...Andrea Wynter of the Hounds and Foxes TC won a Silver in the Shot Put and Khalid Williams of the Cheetah's TC won a bronze medal in the Cricket Ball Throw...

 
Aneicia Williams joins a list of medal winners with a Bronze Medal in the 1500m at CARIFTA 2006 in Guadeloupe (left) she is having a successful cross-country season as a freshman at Long Island University (right).

 
The annual 3Kings Mile is scheduled for 1/7/06 Amalie Lockhart
pushes the pace here a few years ago...


Participants in the annual Virgin Islands Cross-Country Championships
in St. Croix, November 11, 2005

 
Lisah Hamilton took first place in the Runner's World Half-Marathon in Allentown, Pennsylvania April 24 with a time 1:21 and will run the Grandma's Marathon in June as an Olympic qualifier...


Laverne Jones, University of Oklahoma All-American 60 & 200m Indoor......Jones won the 100m at the Michael Johnson Classic 4/17/04 with a 11.29  w...she ran a personal best in the 200m with a time of 23.16...she has now qualified for the 100m, 200m & 400m NCAA Regional meet.


Adrian Durant, Sophomore at the University of South Carolina, set and indoor 200m national record for the V.I. in the World Indoor
Championships last year. 


Billy Bohlke (right) Wins Pensacola 15K
...wins Blue Angel Marathon in 2:32,
his debut in the event...

...wins 22nd Annual National Library Week 5K in 15:34
race record time...Paradise 5K to be last tune-up for
Nebraska Marathon, Olympic qualifier...

The Cipriani Phillip
Sprint Classic

Information click here


Senior Athlete Performances:
Laverne Jones, Sprints
Tyfia Lee, Sprints, North Carolina Central University
Sanny Eugene, Middle Distance, University of Louisville
Nichelle Gibbs, Middle Distance, Morgan State University
Ruth Ann David, Long Distance
Adrian Durant, Sprints, University of South Carolina
 Lisa Hamilton, Long Distance
Sherma Aurelien, Middle Distance, Triple Jump
 
Kadie Joseph, Sprints
 Billy Bohlke, U.S. Air Force, Long Distance
George Willocks, Long Jump, Sprints
Aniecia Williams, Middle Distance, Long Island University
Darriien Giddings, Cowley Community College, Sprints, Decathlon
Stewart Hypolite, Cowley Community College, Sprints, Decathlon
Rubin Irwin, Sprints
Kay Lewis, Sprints, North Carolina Central University
Rachel Witty, Long Distance
Lionel Lowblock, Sprints, University of the Virgin Islands
 Evilese Gomez, Cowley Community College
Theresa Harper, Long Distance

Julio Felix, Sprints, High Level Performance Center, Jamaica
Valma Bass, Sprints
Calvin Dallas, Long Distance
 Regina Rendaza, Distance
Marques Brathwaite, Jumps, Middle Distance, Mount Mercy College


IAAF Athletics' World Plan


 Olympic Scholarships for Athletes "Beijing 2008"
Click here for details


How to become a member of
The Virgin Islands National Team

To become a member of a Virgin Islands National Track and Field Team is an honor and a privilege  which lives forever.  The steps required include: Register annually with the Federation.  All athletes and coaches must register to become eligible for selection to a team provided the requirements for residency are met.  Once this is achieved, the standards for qualification must be met.  With exception of  local and most regional competition, qualifying standards are set by the international governing bodies including: the International Amateur Athletic Federation and the International Olympic Committee.  These standards will be listed on this web site as they are established.

 Click here for:
North America, Central America and Caribbean Rankings...

For annual Federation Registration
Form click here


For Code of Conduct Form Click Here

2007 List of Prohibited Drugs--click here

Click here to view of previous Web Page...


 http://www.iaaf.org/
The International Association of Athletic Federations

 http://www.nacac.sportcentric.com/
The North America, Central America &
Caribbean Athletic Confederation

http://www.athlecac.org
 The Central America & Caribbean Athletic Confederation


Regional Development Center San Juan

The Leeward Islands Athletic Association



The International Olympic Committee


The Virgin Islands Olympic Committee

The Virgin Islands Track and Field Federation

408 Strand St., Frederiksted,

St.Croix, Virgin Island 00840

340-772-0412 President: Ronald Russell

340-772-0212 Fax.Pres.

isv@mf.iaaf.org

 340-777-0258 Secretary: Wallace Williams

340-773-5327 Fax.Sec.

wallacewilliams@msn.com

 

2007 Competition Schedule

Local/Regional (Tentative)
January Martin Luther King Relays--
Cheetah's TC
St.Thomas
January MLK/V.I. T&F Championships--Cheetah's TC St. Thomas
January Coaches Track and Field Meet
15 & Under
St. Croix
February  Agri-Fair Track & Field Relay Competition--V.I. Express TC    St. Croix
February Mario Thomas Invitational St.Thomas
February All Comers Meet--Middle Distance St. Croix
March CARIFTA Trials St. Croix
March All Comers Meet--Sprints St. Croix
March CARIFTA Trials St. Thomas
May  Elementary School T&F Champs St.Croix
May  Cipriani Phillip Sprint Classic
Virgin Islands National Championships
St. Johns, Antigua
May World Athletics Day  St.Croix/St.Thomas
May  Whitsuntide Games St. George's (GRN)
June Leeward Islands Youth Championships Nevis, WI
June Leeward Islands Junior Championships Antigua, WI

CALENDAR OF EVENTS FOR NACAC AREA 2005

3 December  CAC Half Marathon Cup Kingston, JAM
9-18 December VIII Central American Games Guatemala, GUA

CALENDAR OF EVENTS FOR NACAC AREA 2006

10-12 March World Indoor Championships     Moscow, RUS
11 March NACAC Cross Country Championships Clermont,FL USA
19-25 March   Commonwealth Games Melbourne, AUS
1-2 April World Cross Country Championships Fukuoka, JPN
14-16 April Carifta Games Guadeloupe, FWI
29 April Meeting Conseil General Martinique, FWI
1 May (p) Grand Prix Orange Guadeloupe, FWI
5 MAy Jamaica Invitational Kingston, JAM
12 May (p) San Cristobal Invitational Sto. Domingo, DOM
13-14 May World Race Walking Cup La Coruña, ESP
19 May (p) Carolina Classic Carolina, PUR
21 May Galatletica Banamex Monterey Monterrey, MEX
Tbd NACAC Combined Events Championships San Juan, PUR
26-28 May Iberoamerican Championships Ponce, PUR
Tbd Reebok Grand Prix New York City, NY
19 or 26 May adidas Track Classic Carson, CA
3 June Prefontaine Classic eugene, OR
11 June US Open Palo Alto, CA
Tbd Harry Jerome Track Classic Burnaby, CAN
8-10 June NCAA Division I Championships Sacramento, CA
22-25 June  USA Championships Indianapolis, IN
7-9 July NACAC U-23 Championships Santo Domingo, DOM
14-16 July CAC Junior Championships Port-of-Spain, TRI
25-30 July Central American and Caribbean Games Cartagena, COL
15-20 August World Junior Championships Beijing, CHN
9-10 September World Athletics Final Stuttgat, GER
16-17 September World Cup in Athletics Athens, GRE
8 Oct World Road Running Championships Debrecen, HUN
3 December CAC Half marathon Championships Negril, JAM

CALENDAR OF EVENTS FOR NACAC AREA 2007 (TENTATIVE)

CALENDAR OF EVENTS FOR NACAC AREA
AS OF OCTOBER 26, 2006 
Date
Event
Venue
February 2
Milrose Games
New York City, NY (USA)
February 24
Camp Centroamericano Cross
Belize City, BZE
March 10
Race Walking Challenge
Tlanepantia de Baz, MEX
March 10
NACAC Cross Country Champs
Clermont, FL (USA)
March 17-18
Camp Centroamericano Marcha
Ciudad de Guatemala, GUA
March 24
World Cross Country Champs
Monbassa, KEN
April 7-9
Carifta Games
Grand Turk, TKS
April 21-22
Pan American Race Walk Cup
Rio de Janeiro, BRA
April 28
Penn Relays (4x100, 4x400)
Philadelphia, PA (USA)
April 28
Meeting du Conseil General
Fort-de-France, Martinique
May 1
Gran Prix Region de Guadeloupe
Pointe-a-Pitre, Guadeloupe
May 5
Banamex
Xalapa, Veracruz, MEX
May 11-13
Camp Centroamericano Juvenil
San Salvador, ESA
May 12
Félix Sánchez Invitational
Santo Domingo, DOM
May 19
adidas Invitational
Los Angeles, CA (USA)
May 19
Ponce Gran Prix
Ponce, PUR
May 26-27
NACAC Combined Events Champs
tbd
June 2
Reebok Invitational
New York City, NY (USA)
June 6
Victoria Track Classic
Victoria, CAN
June 7-9
NCAA Division I Champs
Sacramento, CA (USA)
June 8-10
Camp Centroamericano Mayor
San Jose, CRC
June 10
Prefontaine Classic
Eugene, OR (USA)
June 21-24
USA Championships
Indianapolis, IN (USA)
June 26
High Performance Meet #1
Sherbrooke, Quebec
June 29-July 1
High Performance Meet #2
Ottawa, Ontario
July 6
Aileen Meagher International
Halifax, Nova Scotia
July 6-7
CAC Age Group Champs
San Salvador, ESA
July 6-8
Pan American Junior Champs
Fortaleza, BRA
July 8
Toronto Track Festival
Toronto, Ontario
July 11-15
World Youth Champs
Ostrava, CZE
July 13-15
NACAC Senior Champs
San Salvador, ESA
July 23-29
Pan American Games (athletics)
Rio de Janeiro, BRA
July 28
NACAC Mountain Running Champs
Conmore, CAN
August 8-19
Universiade ‘07
Bangkok, THA
August 25-Sept. 2
World Athletics Champs
Osaka, JAP
September 15
Gran Premio CA de Atletismo
Managua, NCA
September 22-23
World Athletics Final
Stuttgart, GER
October 14
World Road Running Champs
Ludine, IT
October 18-20
Camp Centroamericano Infantil
San Pedro Sula, HON

Distance Racing--Road Racing--Cross-Country
in the Virgin Islands is organized by: The Virgin Islands Pace Runners in St.Croix and by: STAR, (The St.Thomas Association of Road Runners in St.Thomas, click here complete calander and results...