With three national indoor records under her belt and four NCAA
All America Honours to her credit during her senior year, Chantel Malone was crowned the 2011 Sol BVI Senior Female Athlete of The Year during the BVI Athletics Association’s third annual Athletes Awards Recognition Gala, held at Drakes Point at Fort Burt on Dec. 28.
Ms. Malone, who was the 2009 and 2010 Sol BVI Junior Athlete of the Year, completed her eligibility at the University of Texas. During the season she broke Ashley Kelly’s 400 metre national indoor record, after running 53.23 seconds, then improved on her Long Jump standard with a leap of 6.65 metres and extended her own Triple Jump mark to 13.45 metres.
There was no senior male award presented for the second successive year.
Shenique Frett, who qualified for the IAAF World Youth Championships in the 100, 200 and 400 metre, copped the Most Outstanding Under-20 Girls award and the Sol BVI Junior Female Athlete of the Year.
Tarique Moses who also bagged Most Outstanding Under-17 Boys Track Athlete honours—repeated as the Sol Junior Male Athlete of the Year. During the season, he broke Steve Augustine’s 17-year old National Youth and Scholastic 800-metre record after running 1 minute and 59.03 seconds.
Carifta Games Under-17 Girls 100-metre bronze medalist Nelda Huggins and 400 metre Carifta Games fourth place finisher and Leeward Islands 200 metre champion Tarika Moses, shared the Sol BVI Youth Female Athlete of the Year award.
In the closest race of all the awards presented on the night, Kedrick Matthew collected the Sol BVI Youth Male Athlete of the Year Award, getting the nod over Kyron McMaster. Mr. Matthew was a CAC Age Group Championships silver medalist and won three medals at the Leeward Islands Youth Championships including 800 metre gold. Mr. McMaster was also a CAC Age Group Championships silver medalist, and won three medals at the Leeward Islands Youth Championships, but two of his medals were bronze.
Rose Phillips King Adams and Theda Bucknor Forbes, received the BVI Athletics Foundation Lifetime Achievement Awards for their respective services to the association in the early days. Ms. Adams was the territory’s leading athlete of the 1970s and also served as association secretary through 2002.
Ms. Forbes was a coach, an administrator, and member of the first Carifta Games team in that included Ms. Adams, in 1976.
Coaches who have served for a minimum of five years, were also recognised for their services by the BVI Athletics Foundation. Awards were also doled out in two new categories. Deshawn Douglas won the Colonial Insurance Comeback Male Athlete of the Year, while Sprint Tech Coach Willis “Chucky” Todman picked up the inaugural BVI Athletics Association Coach of the Year Award.
Lenford Levy, Director of the IAAF Regional Development Center in San Juan, Puerto Rico, was the guest speaker.
BVI Athletics Association 2011 award recipients are as follows:
Sol BVI 2011Athletes of the Year
Senior Female: Chantel Malone
Junior Female: Shenique Frett
Junior Male: Tarique Moses
Youth Female: Nelda Huggins and Tarika Moses
Youth Male: Kedrick Matthew
Sol National Record Breakers
Chantel Malone: 400 metres indoor national record, 53.23 seconds, February 11, 2011, Albuquerque
Chantel Malone: Long Jump Indoor National Record, 6.65m (21’10) January 28, 2011, Fayetteville
Chantel Malone:Triple Jump National Indoor Record, 13.45 metres March 12, 2011, College Station.
Karene King: 200 metres indoor national record, 24.02 seconds, February 11, 2011
4 x 100 metres Relay National Junior Record: (Brandon Andrew, J’Maal Alexander, Royce David, Shaquoy Stephens, 42.92) March 25, 2011.
Tarique Moses: 800 metres National Youth Record, 1 Minute, 59.03 seconds, April 25, 2011, Montego Bay.
Lakeisha Warner: 800 metres National Youth Record, 2 minutes, 19.50 seconds, April 24, 2011, Montego Bay
J’Maal Alexander: 200 Meters, National Jr. Record, 21.69 seconds, Basseterre.
Kanishque Todman: Heptathlon National Record, 4,046 points, July 22-23, 2011.
Zebalon McLean: Half Marathon National Record, 1 hour 34 Minutes and 45 seconds, November 19, 2011.
Lifetime Achievement Awards
Theda Bucknor-Forbes, Rose Phillips King Adams
Most Outstanding Combined Events Female Athlete
Chantel Malone
Most Outstanding Combined Events Male Athlete
Keron Stoute
Most Outstanding Women’s Open Track Athlete
Ashley Kelly
Most Outstanding Men’s Open Field Athlete
Keron Stoute
Most Outstanding Women’s Open Field Athlete
Chantel Malone
Most Outstanding Boys Under-20 Track Athlete
J’Maal Alexander
Most Outstanding Girls Under-20 Track Athlete
Shenique Frett
Most Outstanding Boys Under-20 Field Athlete
Jevonte Croal
Most Outstanding Girls Under-20 Field Athlete
Kanishque Todman
Most Outstanding Boys Under-17 Track Athlete
Tarique Moses
Most Outstanding Girls Under-17 Track Athlete
Taylor Hill
Most Outstanding Boys Under-15 Track Athlete
Deshawn Douglas
Most Outstanding Girls Under-15 Track Athlete
Nelda Huggins/Tarika Moses
Most Outstanding Boys Under-15 Field Athlete
Kyron McMaster
Most Outstanding Girls Under-15 Field Athlete
Kala Penn
Most Outstanding Boys Under 13 Field Athlete
Kedrick Matthew
Most Outstanding Girls Under 13 Field Athlete
Arianna Hayde
Most Outstanding Boys Under-13 Track Athlete
Kedrick Matthew
Most Outstanding Girls Under-13 Track Athlete
Kiara Huggins
Most Outstanding Boys Under-11 Track Athlete
Chaz Fahie
Most Outstanding Girls Under-11 Track Athlete
Kiara Adams
Most Outstanding Boys Under 11 Field Athlete
Chaz Fahie
Most Outstanding Girls Under 11 Field Athlete
Zaniah Corea
Blenheim Trust Road Racing Awards
Road Race Series: Men: Zebalon McLean. Emrol Amsterdam and Adrian Dale Women: Meriel Steadman, Claire Louise Whiley and Kay Reddy
College Race Series Cross Country Awards
Open Men and Open Women: Khiry Creque and Meriel Steadman
Most improved Athletes
Men: Deshawn Douglas Women:Lakeisha Warner
Colonial Insurance Comeback Athletes of the Year
Deshawn Douglas
Coach of the Year
Willis “Chucky” Todman