Coach Peter Pratt gives tips to budding Triple Jumpers
At extreme left, Jennifer Madu, Peter Pratt, Antonio Saunders, Lathone Collie-Minns, Latario Collie-Minns, Talbert Mckinney, Devin Field, Chris Brown, Carla Forbes, Molly Shapiro, Jamieson Pratt, and Mike Burns.
Photos Courtesy of Derick Smith
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Nassau, Bahamas -
The National Scholastic Sports Foundation
held a “Performance Triple Jump” camp in The Bahamas over the Christmas
holidays.
The goal of the foundation, whose C.E.O.
is Joy Kamani, is to provide athletes with the best technical and training
methods available to manage their development to the international level
jumpers who may eventually represent The United States in the Olympics
and World Championships.
The foundation is headquartered in
Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Cedric Walker is the Chef de Mission.
Peter Pratt and Antonio Saunders of
Jumpers Inc. were the instructors for the camp.
Pratt is the first Bahamian to win
a medal in the Carifta Games. His specialty is the Triple Jump. Pratt
won the NCAA Division II Triple Jump Championships in 1976 for Mankato
State University.
He is the coach of twins Latario Collie-Minns
and Lathone Collie-Minns.
Latario won the Gold medal in this
year’s IAAF World Youth Championships while Lathone won the Bronze
medal.
From Left to right: Peter Pratt of Jumper’s Inc, Cedrick Walker, Chef de’ Mission of National Scholastic Sports Foundation, Joy Kamani, C.E.O., and Antonio Saunders of Jumper’s Inc.
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Both Latario and Lathone participated
in the camp.
Pratt was selected due to his success
in coaching the event.
The Bahamas has had great success in
the Triple Jump.
Frank Rutherford won several NCAA Division
I Championships before he won the IAAF World Indoor Championships Bronze
medal in 1987 and the Barcelona Olympic Bronze medal in 1992.
Bahamian Steve Hanna won back to back
NCAA Division I Championships in the eighties and Eugene Greene, the
1988 Bronze medal in the World Junior Championships.
Leevan Sands won the Bronze medal in
the 2003 Paris World Championships and the Bronze medal in the 2008
Beijing Olympic Games.