Virgin Islands Olympic Committee

USVI Women’s under 20 Soccer Squad Dominates Turks and Caicos in Impressive Series Win

October 26, 2015April 10, 2016 VIOC

The USVI women’s U-20 national soccer team hosted Turks and Caicos for an international series which resulted in two consecutive clean sheets for the USVI.

The USVI women earned two victories over Turks and Caicos defeating them 1-0 in Friday’s match then 2-0 on the following day.

“I was proud of how we withstood the other team’s aggressive play. The defense was outstanding and the team was very focused,” said head coach Eustace Bailey.

Zola Kaza put USVI up early, scoring the only goal of the first match by attacking from the right side of the field in the 16^th minute. In the second half, both sides were unable to score due to solid efforts by the two solid goalkeepers.

Bailey credited the defense, especially the strong play of Tia Hughes and goal keeper Levania Lawrence. “The team showed great improvement since our last match versus Antigua and Barbuda,” said Bailey. “Technically we were much better.”

On the following day, USVI’s Zola Kaza remained aggressive scoring two quick goals at the 10^th and 16^th minute marks. The team’s defense was remained sturdy preventing Turks and Caicos from creating any opportunities.

“Zola is the brain of the team, technically and tactically she was our best player and was good on both offense and defense. She really led us this series,” said Bailey.

Zola Kaza scored all three goals for the USVI squad. She was named the most valuable player.

For more information, contact the USVI Soccer Association office at (340)-719-9707 or via email at usvisoccer@gmail.com.

Cy Thompson has sailed his way into the 2016 Olympic Games

October 2, 2015April 10, 2016 VIOC

Coming off his Canadian Olympic Regatta win, Cy Thompson has sailed his way into the 2016 Olympic Games. The 26 year old St. Thomas native is no stranger to determination and prowess, he spent 1 month training with the Canadian Sailing team in Ontario. With a total of 15 scheduled races over 5 days, Cy’s preparation primed him for a solid start, “I stayed consistent throughout the regatta, did the math going into the last day and knew I just had to beat my closest competitor in one of the 3 races,” he said. Even with the setback of having his boat damaged before the race, Cy finished 38th which made him eligible to represent the Virgin Islands in the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and gives him another shot at gold. Cy sailed for Team ISV in the London 2012 Summer Games.

Juan Robles on VITFF Grant to train at high altitude in Colombia

August 15, 2015April 10, 2016 VIOC

Juan Robles (in dark uniform) the top long distance road runner in the Virgin Islands and track coach at the St. Croix Central High School has been awarded a training grant for high altitude training in Colombia, South America for the summer. He joined some of his college teammates when he was a student/athlete at Turabo University in Puerto Rico at one of the Olympic Training Centers in Colombia situated at over 6,000 feet and ideal for long distance training.

The VITFF granted Juan a training grant for the purpose of both assisting with further developing his running capability and for making it possible for him to gain valuable technical and philosophical training in the theoretical and practical aspects of high altitude training for use in his capacity as a coach of distance and long distance runners (Juan received his IAAF Level I Coaching Certification last year).

While in Colombia, Juan was granted permission (a requirement of host country’s national track and field federation) of VITFF to compete in the Palmira Half-Marathon (at over 3,000 feet) where he ran the race in 1:13.41 for eighth overall and in his best time since he was a college runner and the best time for a V.I. runners in the past several years.

Robles has won the V.I. Half-Marathon champion for the past five years. His best time in the race was 1:14 when he was running for Turabo Univ. back in 2010. His 1:13 is the best time run by a Virgin Islander since the days of George Jules, Calvin Dallas, Marlon Williams, Wallace Williams. Danny Dickinson has the V.I. record for the half-marathon run in the 90’s when he ran a 1:10 on a St. Croix Course. The fastest half-marathon ever run in the Virgin Islands was 1:06 by Douglas Wakihuri in 1998 when V.I.Pace Runners organized the race from Beeston Hill to Fort Frederik to recognized the Emancipation of Enslaved Africans in the West Indies which took place at the finish line of the race.

2015 Pan Am Games

July 10, 2015April 10, 2016 VIOC

TORONTO -Sailor Cy Thompson of St. Thomas carried the U.S. Virgin Islands flag on Friday night, leading the delegation of 18 athletes at the opening ceremony for the Pan Am Games in Toronto.

The USVI , dressed in blue and white, were one of 41 delegations in the Parade of Nations before 45,000 spectators at the sold-out Rogers Centre.

The ceremony, which was produced by Cirque du Soleil, was capped when recently retired NBA leg end Steve Nash, one of the most internationally recognized Canadian athletes of all time, ignited a bow l to transfer the flame to the Games cauldron located at the foot of the CN Tower.

More than 6,000 athletes are participating in the

Games that run through July 26. Story and Photo by Matt Schoch/Virgin Islands Daily News

2015 Toronto Team

July 10, 2015April 10, 2016 VIOC

2015 Virgin Islands Olympic Month Events

June 1, 2015June 15, 2016 VIOC

On 23 June, Olympic Day is celebrated all around the world. Hundreds of thousands of people – young and old – get moving and participate in sporting and cultural activities, such as runs, exhibitions, music and educational seminars. Over the last two decades, the event has helped to spread the Olympic ideals to every corner of the world.

Olympic Day was introduced in 1948 to commemorate the birth of the modern Olympic Games on 23 June 1894 at the Sorbonne in Paris. The goal was to promote participation in sport across the globe regardless of age, gender or athletic ability.

Over the last 20 years, Olympic Day has been associated with Olympic Day Runs all over the world. From 45 participating National Olympic Committees (NOCs) in the first edition in 1987, today the large majority of the 205 NOCs our joining in.

Events

Week 1

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1. Beach Clean Up

Date: June 7th
Time: 9:00am
Location: Brewers Beach
Water & plastic gloves will be provided.

2. Beach Wrestling Clinic

Date: June 7th
Time: 10am
Location: Brewers Beach
Virgin Islands Wrestling Federation will demonstrate basic moves, strategies and techniques used in beach wrestling. Wear shorts and a t-shirt. – Contact: Shamsie Slaughter 340-690-8632
3. East End Road Race, including Point Udall

Date: Sunday, June 7, 2015 at 7am
Registration: Race Day 6:15am to 6:45am
Location: Castaway’s Bar & Restaurant on St. Croix’s North Side Rd.
Categories: Elite, Expert, Sport, Masters, Women.
Contact: Theresa Harper 340-513-2707

Week 2

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1. VIVF Underage Beach Volleyball Tournament

Date: June 14th
Time: 9:00am
Location: St. Croix
The tournament is open to all male and females in the territory. Three(3) age groups U17, U19 and U21.
Registration: vivolleyballfederation@yahoo.com

Week 3

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1. International Optimist Regatta

Date: 19th -21st
Time: All Day
Location: St. Thomas Yacht Club
Registration: Online STYC.net*
Contact: Margo Lynch 340-775-6320

2. St. Croix Olympic Day Run 1 Mile

Date: June 20th
Time: 4:00 pm
Location: St. Croix
Registration: Calling 340-643-4557 or day of event.
Open to all ages.
Diplomas will be given to finishers.

St. Thomas Olympic Day Run 1 Mile

Date: June 21st
Time: TBA
Location: St. Thomas
Registration: Call 340-643-4557 or register on the day of the event.
Open to all ages.
Diplomas will be given to all finishers.

Week 4

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1. Kings of the Court

Event: 3on3 Kings of the Court
Date: 26th – 27th June
Time: All Day
Location: St. Croix Ed Complex Gym
Registration: Call 340-642-2857

Eduardo Garcia now top V.I. Long Distance Runner…Wins SEC 10K Championship…

May 26, 2015April 10, 2016 VIOC

The Virgin Islands Track and Field Federation announced today that Eduardo Garcia won the Southeastern Conference Championship in the 10,000 meters at Mississippi State University in Starkville, Mississippi recently. His time was 29:49.92. He is the first Virgin Islands long distance runner to win a major NCAA championship at the distance and the V.I. national record holder for the distance at 29:36.26.

Garcia made his debut as a V.I. National Track and Field Team Member in last year’s CAC Games in Vera Cruz, Mexico and had the best ever V.I. performance by a Virgin Islander in the 10k with a strong fourth place finish behind the dominant Central Americans and just one spot out of the medals. The junior at NCAA powerhouse the University of Florida impressed his coach Mike Holloway with his performance… “It’s an unbelievable accomplishment for Eddie (Garcia). You’re talking about a guy that really comes to work every day and does what we ask of him. But that was still a big surprise for everyone. Words can’t explain how proud I am of him…

On getting stronger as the race progressed:

“Garcia said “Our race plan was to keep myself in position the entire way. Also, we’ve been doing a lot of speed work, Jimmy (Clark) and I, so we both knew that if it came down to the finish then we’d be alright.”

On the final two laps of the race:

“With just those couple of laps left, I was just trying to score as many points as I could for the Gators, you know? This is the SEC Championships and I just ran with my heart during the end of the race. It was just all heart.”

Garcia is the second V.I. Track and Field National Team member to excel at Univ. of Florida at the championship level joining Eddie Lovett 110m hurdles as SEC Conference Champion. He is gearing up for the NCAA Regional Championships coming up this weekend and ideally the NCAA Championships to follow. His next competition for the Virgin Islands National Track and Field Team will be The Pan American Games in Toronto in July.

Wallace Williams, General Secretary VITFF on Garcia’s performance at Starkville…”the track in Starkville is good to the Virgin Islands. Several years ago, I had the opportunity to see our Billy Bohlke run personal best there in the SEC Championships when he was a senior and top distance runner at LSU. Eduardo is in fine company, only a few Florida Univ. distance runners have achieved what Eduardo did there, he can count himself among that group which includes the great Olympian and Florida Alum, Frank Shorter, among others. We are happy for Eduardo, we are proud of him.”

THE 27TH PARADISE 5K

May 6, 2015 VIOC

The running of the 27th edition of The V.I.Pace Runners Paradise 5K gave local and visiting runners what they wanted, a tour of the toughest part of the run.

leg in the 70.3 Half-Ironman and a chance to run with each other. Juan Robles made a busy weekend of it as he took the lead from the start and never trailed and finished first with a time of 16:42. Billy Bohlke, doing it because he loves it, was second in 19:03; Tony Jolly was third in 19:46.

The female race was much closer as St. Croix’s Rachel battled Claudia Beristan of Mexico for the title, Beristan held on to win over the St.Crox Track Club/Country Day Good Hope runner by a mere six seconds, 23:10 to 23:16. Stacy Menyez of Des Plains, Illinois was third in 27:35.

The group of aproximately three dozen an international field saw the top ten males and females awarded race medals and race certificates. Each runner received a retro V.I.Pace Runners t-shirt. It included a contingent of Internation Triathlon Union officials on island to conduct a triathlon coaching course hosted by the Virgin Islands Triathlon Federation.

Place Name Age S City St Club Time Pace

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1	JUAN Robles	26	M	St. Croix			16:42	5:24
2	BILLY Bohlke	30	M	St. Croix			19:03	6:09
3	TONY Jolly	43	M				19:46	6:23
4	RODRIGO Milazzo	42	M	Portugal			21:10	6:50
5	RANDALL Nielsen	42	M	St. Croix			22:02	7:07
6	ROBB Kulzynski	29	M	St. Croix			22:08	7:09
7	CLAUDIA Beristan	48	F	Mexico			23:10	7:29
8	RACHEL Connof	15	F	St. Croix			23:16	7:31
9	COLBY moran	13	M	St. Croix			23:23	7:33
10	TJ Vandehey	30	M	St. Croix			23:33	7:36
11	ADEN Stevens	16	M	St. Croix			23:36	7:37
12	HASANI Lynch	14	M	St. Croix			24:23	7:52
13	DREW Wall	34	M	St. Croix			24:31	7:55
14	ISAIH Stevens	14	M	St. Croix			24:57	8:03
15	MASON Lambert	8	M	St. Croix			25:21	8:11
16	KADEN Gleason	7	M	St. Croix			25:44	8:19
17	JAY Gleason	40	M	St. Croix			25:45	8:19
18	CHRISTOPHER Haug	31	M	St. Croix			27:29	8:52
19	JOSE FERINA Alfonso	54	M	Puerto Rico			27:31	8:53
20	STACY Menyez	27	F	Des Plains,		Ill	27:35	8:54
21	REGINA Stevens	40	F	St. Croix			27:42	8:57
22	JOHN Hourihan	59	M	St. Croix			29:04	9:23
23	MAYEH Russell	14	F	St. Croix			29:05	9:23
24	DENIS Honeychurch	68	M				30:46	9:56
25	NED Jacobs	63	M	St. Croix			32:21	10:27
26	KEVIN Moran	41	M	St. Croix			32:24	10:28
27 KARA Donnelly 36 F Cayman Islands 35:02 11:19
28	ROSLYN Turner	62	F	St.	Croix		35:06	11:20
29	KIRRA Lambert	8	F	St.	Croix		37:28	12:06
30	MEGAN Lambert	33	F	St.	Croix		37:29	12:06
31	JAYDEN Lazama	9	M	St.	Croix		38:07	12:18

32 JENNIFER Sturm	31 F St. Croix	38:09	12:19
33 REY Lutz	62 M St. Croix	38:44	12:30

AWARD LIST FOR RACE THE 27TH PARADISE 5K

Distance: 3.1 Miles…Rolling Course…

Segment of Ironman 70.3 Run Course April 30, 2015

The Buccaneer Resort Christiansted, St. Croix, Virgin Islands USA Organized by: The Virgin Islands Pace Runners

Sanctioned by: The Virgin Islands Track and Field Federation

********** MALE OVERALL RESULTS FOR 5K RACE ***********

1	JUAN Robles	26	St.	Croix	16:42	16:42	16:42
2	BILLY Bohlke	30	St.	Croix	19:03	19:03	19:03
3	TONY Jolly	43			19:46	19:46	19:46
4 RODRIGO Milazzo 42 Portugal 21:10 21:10 21:10
5	RANDALL Nielsen	42	St.	Croix	22:02	22:02	22:02
6	ROBB Kulzynski	29	St.	Croix	22:08	22:08	22:08
7	COLBY moran	13	St.	Croix	23:23	23:23	23:23
8	TJ Vandehey	30	St.	Croix	23:33	23:33	23:33
9	ADEN Stevens	16	St.	Croix	23:36	23:36	23:36
10	HASANI Lynch	14	St.	Croix	24:23	24:23	24:23
11	DREW Wall	34	St.	Croix	24:31	24:31	24:31
12	ISAIH Stevens	14	St.	Croix	24:57	24:57	24:57
13	MASON Lambert	8	St.	Croix	25:21	25:21	25:21
14	KADEN Gleason	7	St.	Croix	25:44	25:44	25:44
15	JAY Gleason	40	St.	Croix	25:45	25:45	25:45
16	CHRISTOPHER Haug	31	St.	Croix	27:29	27:29	27:29
17 JOSE FERINA Alfonso 54 Puerto Rico 27:31 27:31 27:31
18	JOHN Hourihan	59	St.	Croix	29:04	29:04	29:04
19	DENIS Honeychurch	68			30:46	30:46	30:46
20	NED Jacobs	63	St.	Croix	32:21	32:21	32:21
21	KEVIN Moran	41	St.	Croix	32:24	32:24	32:24
22	JAYDEN Lazama	9	St.	Croix	38:07	38:07	38:07
23	REY Lutz	62	St.	Croix	38:44	38:44	38:44

********** FEMALE OVERALL RESULTS FOR 5K RACE ***********

1 CLAUDIA Beristan 48 Mexico 23:10 23:10 23:10

2	RACHEL Connof	15	St.	Croix		23:16	23:16	23:16
3	STACY Menyez	27	Des	Plains,	Ill	27:35	27:35	27:35
4	REGINA Stevens	40	St.	Croix		27:42	27:42	27:42
5	MAYEH Russell	14	St.	Croix		29:05	29:05	29:05

6 KARA Donnelly 36 Cayman Islands 35:02 35:02 35:02

7 ROSLYN Turner 62 St. Croix 35:06 35:06 35:06

8 KIRRA Lambert 8 St. Croix 37:28 37:28 37:28

9 MEGAN Lambert 33 St. Croix 37:29 37:29 37:29

10 JENNIFER Sturm 31 St. Croix 38:09 38:09 38:09 MALE AGE GROUP: 1 – 9

1 15 MASON Lambert 25:21 8 St. Croix 25:21 25:21

2 16 KADEN Gleason 25:44 7 St. Croix 25:44 25:44

3 31 JAYDEN Lazama 38:07 9 St. Croix 38:07 38:07

FEMALE AGE GROUP: 1 – 9

1 29 KIRRA Lambert 37:28 8 St. Croix 37:28 37:28

FEMALE AGE GROUP: 10 – 19

1 8 RACHEL Connof 23:16 15 St. Croix 23:16 23:16

2 MALE AGE		23 MAYEH Russell GROUP: 10 – 19				29:05	14	St.	Croix	29:05	29:05
1		9	COLBY moran			23:23	13	St.	Croix	23:23	23:23
2		11	ADEN Stevens			23:36	16	St.	Croix	23:36	23:36
3		12	HASANI Lynch			24:23	14	St.	Croix	24:23	24:23
4		14	ISAIH Stevens			24:57	14	St.	Croix	24:57	24:57
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 20 – 29
1 20 STACY Menyez MALE AGE GROUP: 20 – 29 1 1 JUAN Robles						27:35 16:42	27 26	Des Plains, Ill St. Croix		27:35 16:42	27:35 16:42
2 6 ROBB Kulzynski FEMALE AGE GROUP: 30 – 39 1 27 KARA Donnelly						22:08 35:02	29 36	St. Croix Cayman Islands		22:08 35:02	22:08 35:02
2 30 MEGAN Lambert						37:29	33	St. Croix		37:29	37:29
3 32 JENNIFER Sturm						38:09	31	St. Croix		38:09	38:09
MALE AGE GROUP: 30 – 39
1	2 BILLY Bohlke					19:03	30	St.	Croix	19:03	19:03
2	10 TJ Vandehey					23:33	30	St.	Croix	23:33	23:33
3	13 DREW Wall					24:31	34	St.	Croix	24:31	24:31
4 FEMALE	18 CHRISTOPHER AGE GROUP: 40 –				Haug 49	27:29	31	St.	Croix	27:29	27:29
1		7 CLAUDIA Beristan				23:10	48	Mexico		23:10	23:10
2 MALE AGE 1		21 REGINA Stevens GROUP: 40 – 49 3 TONY Jolly				27:42 19:46	40 43	St. Croix		27:42 19:46	27:42 19:46
2		4 RODRIGO Milazzo				21:10	42	Portugal		21:10	21:10
3		5 RANDALL Nielsen				22:02	42	St. Croix		22:02	22:02
4		17 JAY Gleason				25:45	40	St. Croix		25:45	25:45
5		26 KEVIN Moran				32:24	41	St. Croix		32:24	32:24
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 50 – 59
MALE AGE 1		GROUP: 19 JOSE		50 – 59 FERINA Alfonso		27:31	54	Puerto Rico		27:31	27:31
2		22 JOHN		Hourihan		29:04	59	St. Croix		29:04	29:04

FEMALE AGE GROUP: 60 – 99

1 28 ROSLYN Turner 35:06 62 St. Croix 35:06 35:06

MALE AGE GROUP: 60 – 99

1	24	DENIS Honeychurch	30:46	68			30:46	30:46
2	25	NED Jacobs	32:21	63	St.	Croix	32:21	32:21
3	33	REY Lutz	38:44	62	St.	Croix	38:44	38:44

17th Children Run Christiansted “Live and In Color”

May 1, 2015 VIOC

The start of the 17th Children Run Christiansted “Live and In Color”

With a total of 228 official finishers and over 50 unofficial participants, boys and girls 13 and under. Number 99 Valence Modeste of the St. Croix Track Club successfully defended his title, took the lead early on and held it down King St. to the finish at the Scale House of the Christiansted National Historic Site, his time was 1 minute 23 seconds for the 530meter race. Mikaela Smith also of the St. Croix Track Club defended her title as well and finished first for females and second overall, her time was 1:31.

The youngest male in the race was 1 year old Omar Mutidi 5:42 and the youngest female was 1 year old Isabelle Smith with a time of 5:15.

Participants in the event had guest celebrated founder of the Last Poets…the father of rap, David Nelson as the honorary starter for the race. Participants also have a chance to win a prize by doing the online quiz about the history of the St. Croix Triathlon, the Children Run Christiansted and the Christiansted National Historic Site.

THE 17TH ANNUAL CHILDREN RUN CHRISTIANSTED

Sunday Market Square to Christiansted National Historic Site

530 Meters

CHRISTIANSTED, St. Croix, Virgin Islands May 1, 2015

Hosted by Christiansted Restaurant and Merchants Association and The National Park Service…Triathlon Jump-Up Organized by: The Virgin Islands Pace Runners

Sanctioned by: The Virgin Islands Track and Field Federation

Place Div No. Name City St Age S Run

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1	1	99	VALANCE Modeste	St. Croix Trac	13	M	1:23
2	1	101	MIKAELA Smith	St. Croix Trac	13	F	1:31
3	2	297	JUSENIA Tuitt	Hounds & Foxes	13	F	1:39
4	1	96	MAKARI Mathew	St. Croix	11	M	1:40
5	2	25	ASHTON Patalidis	Good Hope Coun	13	M	1:41
6	2	91	NASH Ramsdell	St. Croix Trac	12	M	1:41
7	1	230	PAIGE Combie	Hounds & Foxes	12	F	1:43
8	3	264	MIKEY Dizon-Bauman	Good Hope Coun	11	M	1:49
9	2	100	MICHELLE Smith	St. Croix Trac	8	F	1:52
10	4	206	Masse Hatcher	St. Mary’s	8	M	1:53
11	5	7	REICE Richards	Good Hope Coun	10	M	1:54
12	3	84	JORDON Frederick	Free Will Bap	13	M	1:55
13	6	85	MASON Lambert	Good Hope Coun	8	M	1:56
14	3	43	T’ANNA Lake	Hounds & Foxes	10	F	1:57
15	4	58	GRACIE Sperber	Good Hope Coun	11	F	2:00
16	7	49	ZAHNIYAN Forde	Eulalie Rivera	10	M	2:01
17	8	9	RONEL Schjang	Good Hope Coun	9	M	2:03
18	5	37	KIARRA lambert	Good Hope Coun	8	F	2:03
19	9	45	LAKE Sanford	Good Hope Coun	12	M	2:04
20	10	208	DERANTE Larsen		8	M	2:06
21	3	46	OLIVIA Hanley	Good Hope Coun	13	F	2:06
22	11	44	TYLER Jones	AZ Academy	8	M	2:06
23	12	10	ETHAN Bourque	St. Croix	9	M	2:06
24	13	76	JAHNEIM Samuel	Eulalie Rivera	10	M	2:07
25	14	39	NATHAN Langley	Good Hope Coun	8	M	2:07
26	15	103	JACKSON Archambault	Good Hope Coun	8	M	2:08
27	6	262	J’NEOLISE Green	Hounds & Foxes	8	F	2:09

See full results at Virgin Islands Pace

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The start of the 17th Children Run Christiansted “Live and In Color”

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