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By Neto Baptiste
Jamaica-based sprinter Darion Skerritt will be Antigua and Barbuda’s lone representative at this month’s World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan.
Skerritt, who trains with Swept Track Club in Kingston, will compete in the 200 meters event at the September 13th to 21st championships after receiving a universality or wildcard slot. The 24-year-old athlete, with a personal best of 20.67, accepted the gift after it was turned down by senior national sprinter Cejhae Greene who is still recovering from a hamstring injury.
Greene, who now trains in Jamaica, recently competed in the NACAC Senior Championships held in the Bahamas, clocking 10:35 seconds in semifinal 3 of the 100 meters event to bow out of the championships.
Antigua and Barbuda’s lone outright qualifier for the championships, women’s sprinter Joella Lloyd, also opted out due to a shin injury. Lloyd clocked 11.01 seconds in May this year which secured her qualification for the World Athletics Championships. This performance not only qualified her for the major international event but was also a new personal best and the new national record in the 100 meters.
Skerritt will be accompanied by coach Jamille Nelson who will also be the delegate to the 55th World Athletics Congress. President of the Antigua and Barbuda Athletic Association (ABAA) Everton Cornelius will also attend the congress.
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