THE SPRINTS should be electrifying this weekend.
That’s because the island’s fastest men, Levi Cadogan, Mario Burke and Burkheart Ellis, have all indicated they are in great shape and keen to meet the qualifying standards in the 100 metres for the Rio Olympics.
The three-day track and field National Championships race start tomorrow night with the preliminaries in the 100 and 400 metres, but it is the latter that will captivate fans.
Burke, 19, who has just completed his freshman year in Texas at Houston University under the guidance of all-time great Carl Lewis, told NATION SPORT that he was in it to win it.
“I am just training every day to get 100 per cent fit. I am doing a lot of physio work on my hamstring because it always gives me problems. I have already qualified for the World Juniors and now trying for the Olympics,” said Burke. (JC)
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