CAY HILL--Dynamics Sporting Club Foundation of St. Maarten won 46 medals at the 24th Annual Trupial -Auto City Classic in Curacao. The team competed in the three-day athletics event facing teams from Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad, Aruba, St. Eustatius and host Curacao.
Dynamics started strong winning gold in the first two events; the Under-9 4x60 and U-11 4x60. This was followed by third place in the U-13 4x100 relay.
In the U-11 4x200 St. Maarten dominated placing first and second. The athletes maintained their composure throughout the competition and managed to bring back home 20 gold, 15 silver, and 11 bronze medals.
“I am extremely proud of the athletes because they have displayed what they have learned throughout the season,” said coach Abdule Wattley. “The athletes have shown dedication, commitment, and discipline and those ingredients are the pillars to their success.”
The most outstanding male athlete for Dynamics was Carlos Brison age 7, and top female was Sebastiana Reyes age 8. Brison won four gold medals in the U-9 group. He was tops in 60m, 4x60m, 4x200 and 400m. Reyes in the U-9 earned three golds in Long Jump, 4x60-gold and Ball throw; one silver in 4x200 and a bronze in the 60m.
Other medal winners included Omari Gumbs: U-9 boys
4x60m-gold, 4x200-silver ; Luke Brook: U-9 boys 4x200-silver, 1k bronze, Long Jump-bronze, ball throw-silver; Kylan Peters: U-11 boys 4x60-gold, 4x200-gold; Deshanney Gayle: U-11 Girls 4x60-gold, 4x200-gold, 1k-bronze;
Shaniqua Mitchelle: U-11 Girls 60m-silver, 4x60-gold, 4x200-gold; Roshania Benjamin: U-13 Female 4x100-bronze, 2k-bronze; Zanzi Brook: U-13 Female
4x100-bronze; Chamiqueko Landefort: U-13 Boys 4x100-bronze, ball throw-gold, 60m-silver; Kyle Lake: U-13 Boys 4x100-bronze and Daulton Samuels: U-18 400m-silver.
Coach Wattley competed in the U-35 group and won two silver medals. One in javelin and one in discuss. He gave his medals to Annisha George and Nicalia Richardson as motivation for their hard work and effort they have displayed throughout the season and never gave up no matter what challenge they faced.
Dynamics’ season will resume in September.
