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

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.

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.