New US track meet for Jamaican high schools

NEW YORK, New York:

TRI-STATE AREA athletes eager to match strides with Jamaican and Caribbean counterparts will have an opportunity to do so on Saturday, April 19, at the first staging of the New York Next-Gen Invitational Relays, at the Memorial Stadium in Mount Vernon, New York.

Already generating quite a buzz, the concept is the brainchild of Shawn Falconer, NYC entrepreneur and a Jamaica College alum, better known in football circles for his involvement in the promotion and staging of the annual alumni football festival in the Bronx.

While the event is being promoted as a ‘stand alone’ meeting, the timing is strategic, coming only a week before the Penn Relays Carnival, in Philadelphia, PA, and will provide Tri-State area athletes, in particular, an opportunity to sharpen their relay technique, before heading south on the 1-95 corridor for the big, weekend dance in Philly, the city of ‘Brotherly Love’.

“The invitation is open and is being extended on a first-come, basis,” noted Falconer, one of five principals, heading up Next Gen Events Corporation, the production outfit that is responsible for the logistics associated with the one-day relays event.

Along with the traditional relays which will be ‘open’ to the best runners irrespective of age from each school, there will also be competition in a number of individual or ‘flat’ events, including the 100 metres, the 110-metre hurdles, as well as the 400 and 800 metres.

Schools will be limited to a maximum of three (3) athletes per individual event and one relay team per event.

As for the scoring system, the top three finishers in the individual events will receive the traditional gold, silver and bronze medals. Medals will be presented only to relay winners.

Schools will have until March 31, to register.

Admission will cost US$40.

Registration contact

Email: infor@nextgen-nyc.com

Phone: 206-418-6705