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Christania Williams, one to watch
Sunday, 20 March 2011 10:57 BY LAURIE FOSTER
Christiana WilliamsWhen the 'Michael Dyke coached sensation', Christania Williams, sped to a hand timed 11.1 at the WATA/JC Track & Field Meet which officially opened the 2011 season on January 8, there was talk of "not true".
"The track is on a downward slope": "the times were manual": "she is not that fast", were some of the sentiments echoed across the new look campus of the host school; non-believers were having their say.
Saturday, March 19 at the Junior Carifta Trials was time to 'eat the pudding' and the proof surfaced that the country had another potentially special one in their ranks.
The short and plump, former Oracabessa High athlete, had false started at Champs 100 in the final of her short sprint event and a move was made to Edwin Allen High where she would have to sit out a year of ineligibility for the main high school competitions.
Her focus would have shifted to national duties and - with such an outstanding 11.39, and let us not forget she was hampered by a (– 1.3mps) wind, to take the under-20 final - she surely must be on course not only to win at Carifta Games in the tourist town of Montego Bay, but to claim the World Youth title in Lille, France in July.
Her trials time, set in mid-March - with four months of preparation to go for the IAAF World Youth Championships (WYC) - is identical to that posted in 2009 by Great Britain's Jodie Williams, who mined gold at the last staging in Bressanone, Italy in that year.
Historically it's only been bettered at that global event for under 18's by 11.31 and 11.38 by 2003 winner, Jessica Onyepunuka, USA and 2005 golden girl, Bianca Knight USA, respectively.
The shy 16 year old Williams, (born October, 1994) reminds of 1992 WJC 100m gold medalist, Nikole Mitchell, who made the 100m final at the World Champs in Stuttgart the following year while still being a junior.
Not only is there a remarkable resemblance in stature but this new prospect has sneaked upon the scene in much the same way as Mitchell surprised us from out of St. Mary High School in 1990, when she won a WJC 100m silver at age 16, that same year.
Given the right management, and all that that entails, Christania has the world at her feet. There are no guarantees of future success - given the vagaries of the sport - and the fact that the 2003 WYC 100m winner, Onyepunuka, still boasts that winning time as her PR, in the 6 years she has competed since, emphasizes more than anything else the point that is being made.
With that in mind, we can only hope that what was seen at the Stadium East track on Saturday is understood and put into it's proper perspective and that it is nurtured and developed, to find its legitimate stage on the tracks of the world, in the years to come.
http://trackalerts.com/index.php?opt...ries&Itemid=82
Christania Williams, one to watch
Sunday, 20 March 2011 10:57 BY LAURIE FOSTER
Christiana WilliamsWhen the 'Michael Dyke coached sensation', Christania Williams, sped to a hand timed 11.1 at the WATA/JC Track & Field Meet which officially opened the 2011 season on January 8, there was talk of "not true".
"The track is on a downward slope": "the times were manual": "she is not that fast", were some of the sentiments echoed across the new look campus of the host school; non-believers were having their say.
Saturday, March 19 at the Junior Carifta Trials was time to 'eat the pudding' and the proof surfaced that the country had another potentially special one in their ranks.
The short and plump, former Oracabessa High athlete, had false started at Champs 100 in the final of her short sprint event and a move was made to Edwin Allen High where she would have to sit out a year of ineligibility for the main high school competitions.
Her focus would have shifted to national duties and - with such an outstanding 11.39, and let us not forget she was hampered by a (– 1.3mps) wind, to take the under-20 final - she surely must be on course not only to win at Carifta Games in the tourist town of Montego Bay, but to claim the World Youth title in Lille, France in July.
Her trials time, set in mid-March - with four months of preparation to go for the IAAF World Youth Championships (WYC) - is identical to that posted in 2009 by Great Britain's Jodie Williams, who mined gold at the last staging in Bressanone, Italy in that year.
Historically it's only been bettered at that global event for under 18's by 11.31 and 11.38 by 2003 winner, Jessica Onyepunuka, USA and 2005 golden girl, Bianca Knight USA, respectively.
The shy 16 year old Williams, (born October, 1994) reminds of 1992 WJC 100m gold medalist, Nikole Mitchell, who made the 100m final at the World Champs in Stuttgart the following year while still being a junior.
Not only is there a remarkable resemblance in stature but this new prospect has sneaked upon the scene in much the same way as Mitchell surprised us from out of St. Mary High School in 1990, when she won a WJC 100m silver at age 16, that same year.
Given the right management, and all that that entails, Christania has the world at her feet. There are no guarantees of future success - given the vagaries of the sport - and the fact that the 2003 WYC 100m winner, Onyepunuka, still boasts that winning time as her PR, in the 6 years she has competed since, emphasizes more than anything else the point that is being made.
With that in mind, we can only hope that what was seen at the Stadium East track on Saturday is understood and put into it's proper perspective and that it is nurtured and developed, to find its legitimate stage on the tracks of the world, in the years to come.
http://trackalerts.com/index.php?opt...ries&Itemid=82
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