Vincentian track star continues winning ways
800m run. Dill won the race in
1:52.88.
For the women, Amanda
Crawford, of Brooklyn, climbed
to 10th in the 400m national
rankings, with a time of 55.15 at
the USC Open, SAU said.
In the UCS Invitational in
Winston Salem, N.C., in March
2016, Parris, running for Claflin
University in Orangeburg, S.C.
broke the St. Vincent and the
Grenadines national record for
the 200m by clocking 21.36 sec.
in a race that involved five other
athletes.
The previous record was set
by Parris himself in late January
when he ran the 200m in 21.48
sec. for the Claflin Panthers, his
university’s athletic team, at the
Emory Crossplex Invitational in
Birmingham, Ala. In that event,
Parris simultaneously broke the
Emory Crossplex Invitational
record.
Later in 2016, Parris was again
in winner’s row at the Savannah
State Tiger Relays in Savannah,
Ga. The Claflin Panthers relay
team, of which Valentine Parris
was an integral member, won
the 4x800m relay in 8 min. 20
sec. Other members of the team
were Odou Hazel, Christopher
Hudson and Sixto Ramos.
Parris, who was born on April
17, 1995, was among the first
athletes to represent the Thomas
Saunders Secondary School
(TSSS) in St. Vincent and the
Grenadines in its initial bid in
the prestigious Penn Relays at
the University of Pennsylvania
in Philadelphia in 2011. He also
represented TSSS at the Penn
Relays a year later.
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H E R E A R E J U S T A S A M P L I N G O F T H E B R A N D S W E H A V E A V A I L A B L E
By Nelson A. King
Vincentian track star Brandon
Parris continues his winning
ways, with an impressive performance
for Saint Augustine’s
University (SAU) in Raleigh, N.C.
in the USC Open indoor track
and field meet in Columbia, S.C.,
on Feb. 16.
SAU said Parris, 23, “especially
stood out for the Falcons,” the
college’s track and field team.
He ran 21.38 in the 200m
dash and 47.52 in the 400m
dash to move up the NCAA Division
II national rankings, SAU
said.
It said Parris now ranks sixth
in the 200m and eighth in the
400m.
Barbadian Nathan Fergusson
also “ran well” for the Falcons,
SAU said. His time of 47.69 in
the 400 currently ties him for
13th in the nation, SAU said.
It said Fergusson ran 21.57
in the 200 to tie for 21st nationally.
“Both Parris and Fergusson
will likely qualify for the
national meet in their respective
events,” SAU said.
It said other notable performances
include Shaquille Dill,
of Pembroke, Bermuda in the
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St. Vincent and the Grenadines’
participation in the
Penn Relays is coordinated by
James Cordice, a former president
of the Philadelphia-based
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Organization of Pennsylvania
(SVGOP).
Parris, who was on an athletic
scholarship at Claflin University,
majoring in Sports Management
and Business Administration,
was St. Vincent and the
Grenadines’ National Under 14
and Under 15 Male Champ.
Among other events, he has
competed in, over the years,
are: The World Youth Champs,
(France, 2011); World Junior
Champs (Barcelona, 2012);
World Junior Champs (Eugene,
Oregon, 2014); Commonwealth
Games (Glasgow, Scotland,
2014); NACAC Senior Champs
(Costa Rica, 2015); and the
men’s 400 meters at the 2016
Summer Olympics in Rio de
Janeiro, Brazil.
Parris said it was at the
World Junior Championships
in Eugene, Oregon, where he
placed 6th in the preliminaries,
that the Claflin University coach
approached him, offering a track
and field scholarship.
In January last year, Parris
said he competed in the Eastern
Tennessee Invitational Meet,
winning his 400m-heat in 47.75
sec. and becoming the fastest
qualifier for the finals; he won
the finals in 48.34 sec. In the
200m, he won his heat in 21.4
sec., but did not compete in the
finals, because his coach wanted
him to save his energies for the
400m.
Brandon Valentine-Parris ran a 21.48 in the 200 meters en
route to setting the meet record at the Emory Crossplex
Invitational. Clafl in University
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