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From:TheBahamasWeekly.com Sports SINGAPORE - On August 21st, 200m runner Tynia Gaither of Freeport Grand Bahama, won the Silver medal at the Inaugural Youth Olympics in Singapore, making history for The Bahamas! Gaither, who will enter grade 12 at Osceola High School in Florida, ran 23.68sec from lane six, having run 24.09sec to win her first round heat. Nigeria’s Florence Ndikura Nwake won the Gold medal with a 23.46sec run. The Bronze medal was captured by Olivia Expone of the USA in 23.75sec. Gaither was born on March 16th, 1993 and shares a birthday with track and field legend Tommy Robinson, Dr. Timothy Barret, triple jump great, and sprinter Hugh Bullard (deceased), who competed in the 1960 Olympics. Her mother is Ms. Sabrina Johnson and she attends Cornerstone Baptist Church.
Gaither was her school’s Athlete of The Year as well as an Honour Roll Student for 2008, 2009, and 2010. She was also selected as an All-Bahamian Scholar Athlete for 2010. Raquel Williams finished seventh in the B final of the Shot Put with a heave of 11.86m. Her series was 11.15m, 11.79m, and 11.86m. She fouled her final throw. In the first round Williams finished in fifteenth place with a throw of 11.59 On Monday morning (Nassau time) Stephen Newbold will participate in the B final of the 400m hurdles and Lathone Collie-Minns in the B final of the Triple Jump. This will be the final day for Track and Field. Newbold, who ran 54.40sec in the first round, will run out of lane three. His personal best is 52.75sec done in winning the Under-17 event at the Carifta Games. Collie-Minns has a personal best of 15.35m. He is this year’s Carifta Games Champion in the Under 17 Division. Lathone jumped 14.66m in the first round for tenth place. He will be the fifth jumper in the B final.
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