NEW YORK, May 17, 2026 -
Grenadian track and field athletes produced an outstanding series of
performances across the United States this weekend, highlighted by three gold
medals, two national records, and several personal best performances.
There were impressive results at
the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Track and Field
Championships in New Mexico, as well as NCAA Division I Conference
Championships in Connecticut, Tennessee, Nebraska, and Alabama.
At the NJCAA Championships, where
several Grenadian athletes produced personal best performances, Suerena
Alexander of South Plains College emerged as the lone gold medallist after
capturing the Women’s Javelin Throw title with a new personal best and stadium
record of 49.57 metres. She also placed fifth in the Shot Put with a best
effort of 13.45m.
Devonni Ferguson of Indian Hills
Community College secured Grenada’s first silver medal after finishing second
in the Men’s 400 metres in 46.41 seconds. Ferguson had earlier produced a
personal best of 45.77 seconds in the preliminary round.
Joshem Sylvester of South Plains
College also registered a personal best of 46.16 seconds in the preliminary
round before placing fifth in the final in 47.00 seconds.
Jaylon Calder of Barton County
Community College collected another silver medal for Grenada after finishing
runner-up in the Men’s Discus Throw with a personal best mark of 53.72m. His
teammate, DeAndre Bristol, was fifth with a personal best throw of 49.48m.
Both Calder and Bristol also
competed in the Shot Put and produced personal best performances. Calder was
sixth with 16.29m, while Bristol finished 12th with 15.24m.
In the Men’s Javelin Throw,
Rayvohn Telesford of South Plains College recorded a personal best of 62.41m to
finish sixth. Bristol also competed in the event and placed 12th with another
personal best of 51.69m.
Shaquane Toussaint of Monroe
University also delivered strong performances in the Men’s 200 metres. He
clocked a personal best 20.26 seconds in the preliminary round and later
finished fifth in the final in 20.37 seconds.
Shantay Augustine of Iowa Western
Community College finished sixth in the Women’s 100m Hurdles in a personal best
time of 13.67 seconds. She also anchored her team to sixth place in the Women’s
4x100m relay in 46.47 seconds.
In NCAA Division I competition,
Jamora Alves of St John’s University emerged as one of the standout performers
of the weekend after capturing double gold at the Big East Championships in
Connecticut to secure the Most Outstanding Field Performer award.
Alves won the Women’s Shot Put
with a season’s best throw of 15.46m before returning on Saturday to break her
own Grenadian national record in the Women’s Discus Throw with a winning mark
of 55.89m.
Her performances secured
qualification to the 2026 NCAA Division I East Preliminary Round scheduled for
May 27-30 in Lexington, Kentucky.
At the Southeastern Conference
(SEC) Championships in Alabama, Kelsie Murrell-Ross of the University of
Georgia placed third in the Women’s Shot Put with 18.02m.
Jamara Patterson of Louisiana
Tech continued her impressive season at the Conference USA (CUSA) Championships
in Tennessee. After clocking 52.56 seconds in the Women’s 400m preliminary
round on Thursday, Patterson returned on Saturday to win the title in a
personal best and meet record time of 51.43 seconds.
She later secured a second gold
medal after running the second leg on Louisiana Tech’s victorious Women’s
4x400m relay team.
At the Big Ten Championships in
Lincoln, Nebraska, Nazzio John of Ohio State University registered fast sprint
times in wind-aided conditions.
John finished fourth in the Men’s
100 metres in 9.90 seconds (5.6 m/s) and later placed fourth in the Men’s 200
metres in 20.23 seconds (7.5 m/s). He also secured a bronze medal in the Men’s
4x100m relay as the Buckeyes clocked 38.72 seconds.
This marked the second
sub-10-second performance of John’s collegiate career. In 2023, while competing
for Butler Community College, he ran a wind-aided 9.96 seconds (4.3 m/s) at the
Region VI Championships in Kansas.
Meanwhile, at the same
championships in Nebraska, D’Angelo Brown of Indiana University established a
new Grenadian national record in the Men’s 800 metres with a time of 1:47.69,
surpassing the previous record of 1:48.28 held by Nathan Hood since 2022.
Several Grenadian athletes will
now turn their attention to the NCAA Division I East and West Preliminary
Rounds scheduled for May 27-30 in Lexington, Kentucky, and Fayetteville,
Arkansas, respectively.
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