SPORTS SECTION E
Wednesday, June 10, 2026
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Top college athletes clash in NCAA Outdoors today By BRENT STUBBS Chief Sports Editor bstubbs@tribunemedia.net THE National Collegiate Athletic Association Outdoor Championships will bring the curtain down on a competitive collegiate track and field season with a number of Bahamians in the spotlight. The NCAA Division One Championships will be staged in Eugene, Oregon, from today through Saturday with the top competitors who advanced from the west and east regional finals two weeks ago colliding to determine the national champions. Today, the competition for the
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JAVONYA VALCOURT
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men will begin with The Bahamas having a pair of competitors contesting the javelin. Kaden Cartwright, a freshman at Mississippi State, will be the fifth of 12 in the flight one with his
seed mark of 68.78m, while national record holder Keyshawn Strachan will be the 10th competitor in flight two with his seed mark of (76.00m). The best nine competitors will make it to the final on Friday.
On Thursday, the women will be showcased with the marquee event for The Bahamas coming in the 400m with three competitors all completing their collegiate eligibility in their senior campaigns.
Collinique Farrington, representing Texas Tech, will run out of lane nine in the first of three heats of the semifinals. She has a seed time of 51.99 seconds. Heat two will feature the other two competitors with
Javonya Valcourt of Tennessee running in lane six with her seed time of 50.26. And Quincy Penn competing for Florida in lane eight with her seed time of 50.78. The top two in each heat, plus the next best three times, will advance to the final on Saturday. On the field, The Bahamas will have one competitor with Calea Jackson, a junior at Miami (Florida) competing as the 11th of 12 in the last of the two flights of the women's discus. The best nine competitors after the tie breaking will advance to the final on Saturday as well.
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Puerto Rico rolls over The Bahamas 10-0 in mercy rule victory in five innings By JONATHAN BURROWS Tribune Sports Reporter jburrows@ tribunemedia.net THE Bahamas Champs 14U team saw its bid for a PONY Caribbean and Latin America championship come to an end last night as Puerto Rico rolled to a 10-0 mercy rule victory in five innings at the Andre Rodgers National Baseball Stadium. After battling through the round robin stage and advancing to the championship game, Team Bahamas was held to just one hit while Puerto Rico pounded out 12 hits to secure the title and a berth to the PONY World Series.
Sprinter Camille Rutherford hoping to lead the charge By BRENT STUBBS Chief Sports Editor bstubbs@tribunemedia.net
Bahamas Champs 14U team ends up 4th place overall Puerto Rico wasted little time taking control. The visitors scored twice in the bottom of the first inning and never looked back, adding two more runs in the third before putting the game out of reach with a six-run fifth inning. James Feliciano led Puerto Rico’s offensive attack with a perfect 3-for-3 performance that included two home runs and four runs batted in. Eidan O’Farrill finished 2-for-2 with three runs scored, while Antony
WINDING UP: Bahamas Champs 14U team players in action during the PONY Caribbean and Latin America championship at the Andre Rodgers National Baseball Stadium. Photo: Chappell Whyms Jr Roman and Thiago Mortiva added two hits apiece. Puerto Rico head coach Edwin Ferebeity said he was proud of the way his team performed on the biggest stage. “I so proud. I am so proud,” Ferebeity said. “I so excited that these guys came to the field and worked hard. Now you see what’s going to happen.”
With the victory securing Puerto Rico’s place at the World Series, Ferebeity admitted the moment was difficult to put into words. “We’re so excited. I don’t know how I feel right now. It’s just excitement,” he said. Feliciano’s bat provided the biggest blow of the
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WHILE there are quite a number of quarter-milers in the pipeline, The Bahamas is also looking forward to the next core of sprinters to regain the country's legacy on the international scene. Camille Rutherford, one of those contenders, is making her case for national prominence. She is now sitting in second place on the 2026 performance list with a time of 11.22 seconds that she posted on May 31 at the Alumni Stadium in London, Canada. She trails Grand Bahamian collegian Shatalya Dorsett, who tops the list at 11.18 she ran on May 16 at the Jaguar Track in Mobile, Alabama. The top five competitors include versatile Anthaya Charlton, who ran 11.29 on May 24 in Bungertstadion, Rehlingen, Germany, followed by junior sensation Jazae Johnson, who clocked 11.30 at the CARIFTA
CAMILLE RUTHERFORD Games in St George's, Grenada, on April 4 and veteran Anthonique Strachan, who ran 11.36 on May 9 at the National Stadium in Kingston, Jamaica. All five competitors are expected to headline the list of sprinters entered in the Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations National Championships, scheduled for June 19-21 at the Thomas A Robinson Track and Field Stadium. Coming off her latest performance, Rutherford, the daughter of Chad and Demetrie Rutherford
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