USVI Track and Field Athletes Continuing Stellar Collegiate Season
Young Virgin Islands athletes are setting territorial records and moving up the regional rankings as their 2023 collegiate season continues.
2023-05-16 12:55:51 - VI News Staff
Members of the Virgin Islands Track and Field team had an excellent week, with winning performances from Sofia Swindell, Omari Bennett and Michelle Smith, as well as a new Virgin Islands National Record from Rachel Conoff, who ran 4:32.19 in the 1500m at the Centennial Conference Championships in Pennsylvania. Her record-setting time secured 2nd place in that event. Ms.Conoff also participated in the 4x800m relay, contributing to a 2nd place finish in that event and setting a new record for Ursinus College, where she is a senior, in the process.
Sofia Swindell competed in the Mid-Atlantic Prep League Championships on Saturday, coming away with a clutch of three gold medals and one silver. Ms. Swindell led the pack in the 100m hurdles, recording a personal best time of 12.43 in that event. She dispensed with the 100m hurdles in a time of 14.84 and she won the triple jump with another personal best performance - 38 feet and 6.75 inches. Ms. Swindell’s silver medal came in the long jump, where she leapt 17 feet and 2 inches to secure second place.