The Virgin Islands Track & Field Federation (VITFF) announces that Eduardo Garcia competed well at the 2022 WA Outdoor Track & Field Championships. Eduardo competed on Sunday July 17 in the Marathon, 26.2 miles, where he finished with a Seasonal Best time of 2 hours 23 minutes and 16 seconds, which is about five minutes off of his personal best. Garcia finished the race in 53rd place in the World in a field of 62 athletes.
Garcia is grateful for the opportunity to represent the Virgin Islands and had this to say. “I started having cramps in my right hamstring 90 minutes into the race and had to fight for the last 8-9 miles. I gritted my teeth, put my head down, and ran with everything that I could give. I could hear the crowd yelling my country and my name. They could see I was struggling and encouraged me the rest of the way.”
The Virgin Islands Track & Field Federation is super proud of the manner in which Garcia represented us on the world stage of the 2022 WA Outdoor Track & Field Championships.
Full results are at: https://www.worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-championships/oregon22/
The Virgin Islands will be represented in early August by Michelle Smith at the World U20 Track & Field Championships in Cali, Columbia, held from August 1 – 6, 2022.
Malique Smith, Eddie Lovett, Maia Campbell and Yashira Rhymer-Stuart will be competing in the NACAC Senior Championships in Freeport, The Bahamas August 19 – 21, 2022.