NEW YORK,
September 19, 2011 – Prime Minister Tillman Thomas, Foreign Affairs Minister Karl Hood,
New York City Council Member Jumaane Williams and other elected city officials
have confirmed their attendance at a ceremony here on Sunday to honour the
Grenada team which recently participated in the World Championships in
Athletics in Daegu, South Korea.
World Men’s 400 metres champion Kirani James,
400m finalist Rondell Bartholomew, Women’s 200m semi-finalist Janelle Redhead
and track and field coach Albert Joseph will arrive in New York on Saturday for
the ceremony.
Both James and Bartholomew have been going
through light training sessions this week while Redhead has returned to classes
at Wayland Baptist University in Texas.
Presentations from Congresswoman Yvette Clarke,
Council Member Williams, Caribbean Consular Corps in New York, other city officials
and New York-based Grenadian Alumni Associations will form part of an evening
of celebrations at the Wingate High School in Brooklyn.
Grenadian entertainers and poets will also
serenade the athletes and official who will be guests of the Consulate-General
of Grenada in New York.
A contingent of mainly Caribbean-American students
from Wingate High School will also attend the ceremony which begins at 5:00 p.m. and is free to the public.
When James won gold at the IAAF World
Championships in Athletics on August 30, 2011, he became the youngest 400m world
champion at the age of 18.
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