The St. Croix Road Racing Committee, a division of the Virgin Islands Track and Field Federation, has been diligently working to breathe new life into road racing following the significant impact of the global pandemic in 2020.
Congratulations to Virgin Islands Track and Field Team member Rachel Conhoff, a graduate student at Indiana State University, who has achieved a remarkable feat by setting a new Virgin Islands record in the 3000m Steeplechase.
Nobody left Sunday's East End Road Race claiming it was a walk in the park. For the Elite riders, it meant tackling St. Croix's east end three times over, with two daunting climbs up to Point Udall.
On April 13, a team of 10 athletes from the St. Croix Track Club traveled to Puerto Rico to participate in the third qualification track and field event organized by the Association of Youth/Junior Athletics (AAJI) in Carolina, Puerto Rico.
Congratulations to Virgin Islands Track and Field Team member Rachel Conhoff, a graduate student at Indiana State University, who set a New Virgin Islands record in the 3000m Steeplechase.
Tennis players from around the world convened this past weekend at the Carambola tennis facility to participate in the territory's first-ever International Tennis Federation (ITF) tennis tournament, where St. Croix athletes took 12 of the titles among the 19 competing age groups.
The prestigious tournament will feature consecutive ITF (International Tennis Federation) Junior Tournaments, taking place May 4-10 and May 11-17, at The Buccaneer.
Twenty-five determined cyclists participated in the Pt. Udall Time Trial Challenge on Easter morning, braving the 3.6-mile course that started from the Divi Hotel and finished at the peak of Pt. Udall. The event was hosted by the Virgin Islands Cycling Federation.
Eleven boats in four classes enjoyed a downwind start at 11 a.m., under partly cloudy skies with winds 10 to 15 knots blowing unusually from the West Northwest.
The Elmo Plaskett Little League completed its eight weeks of baseball action. The games were relocated to the Rudy Krieger Ballpark in Estate Sion Farm on St. Croix.
The event, organized by the Virgin Islands Cycling Federation, featured a fairly flat 7-mile lap course starting and finishing at the Ha' Penny Beach entrance gates.
On March 16, the St. Croix Track Club took four athletes from ages 10 through 13 to attend the Association of Youth/Junior Athletics (AAJI) athletics league's first of two qualification track and field events, which was held in Cobo Rojo, Puerto Rico
On Sunday morning, a small cohort of multi-sport enthusiasts congregated at the Divi Casino parking lot for the annual DU Your Best Duathlon, organized by the Virgin Islands Triathlon Federation.
Smith shattered her own V.I. National U20 record, achieving a phenomenal time of 53.55. Swindell's time of 23.97 qualified her for the World Athletics U20 Championships that will be held on Aug. 27-31, in Lima, Peru.
In spite of the wet, windy morning last Sunday, the Virgin Islands Cycling Federation reported a good turnout for the Fresh Start Road Race, which started and finished at the former Great Pond Store on St Croix's south side.