Guam Track and Field Association (GTFA) recently elected its board of directors for the term 2021 through 2025. GTFA held its annual general meeting and elections on August 21, 2021 and subsequently, on August 29, 2021, the elected board of directors selected its executive board officers. Derek Mandell returns as president and Joseph Taitano retains…
Rellie Kaputin – PNG Long Jumper – Athletics Tokyo Olympian and Papua New Guinean long jumper, Rellie Kaputin talks about her road to the Games and reflects on some of the challenges that she faced along the way. Kaputin, entered the Games as the lowest ranked competitor in the long jump event but jumped 6.4Ms…
Congratulations Nathan Crumpton of America Samoa 🇦🇸 Nathan will be carrying the flag at the closing ceremony for ASA. Nathan competed in the 100m. Nathan Crumpton, a 35-year-old sprinter representing American Samoa. These days, he’s more accustomed to taking 15-to-17 steps, not triple that amount down the track. He also trains for the winter sport…
During the week, the Solomon Islands Athletics Federation conducted an Oceania Basic Athletics Scheme Course to empower coaches and teachers to conduct Athletics sessions in their respective communities and schools. The Oceania Basic Athletics Scheme (OBAS) is a coaches course to meet the needs of athletics volunteers. The course introduces the basic principles of coaching…
Sprinter Leroy Kamau has completed his competition programme in the United States and now heads the PNG Ranking list for 2021 in both the 100m and 200m, with clockings of 10.71secs and 21.48secs respectively.Following a period of three weeks in Kansas with his PNG teammates settling into the USA, Kamau moved to California in May…
Olympic Day 2021 Celebration at the National Track with almost 300 participants for the 1 mile and the mini carnival event. The event proudly sponsored by the Palau National Olympic Committee and organized by the #oneteam – Palau Track and Field Association. Day included Giveaways – Olympic Day t shirts Olympic day cups, and free…
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