Track and Field Virgin Islanders Compete State-Side and Internationally

Virgin Islands Track and Field Team member Malique Smith continued his outdoor track and field season at the NACAC New Life Invitational in Freeport, Bahamas, on May 13. Smith placed 5th in the final of the 400m hurdles with a personal record of 51.31. This performance moved him up in the Central American and Caribbean Ranking to 18th place.

Smith’s next race will be in Nashville, Tenn., in the Music City Track Carnival on June 3 and June 4.

Virgin Islands National Team member Sofia Swindell, a sophomore at Lawrenceville High School in New Jersey, competed in the Mid-Atlantic Prep League Championships on May 13 in Lawrenceville, N.J. She competed in the 100m, 100m hurdles, long jump and triple jump, winning three gold medals and a silver medal. In the prelims of the 100m, Swindell ran a 12.50 and followed that up with a first-place win and a personal record of 12.43 in the final.

Swindell won the 100m hurdles in a time of 14.84 and she won the triple jump with a personal record of 38 feet and 6.75 inches. She also finished 2nd in the long jump with a jump of 17 feet and 2 inches.

She will compete next at the Poreda Invite in Lawrenceville, N.J. on May 17.