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Get Coach Julian Robinson on that flight to London
Created on Sunday, 15 July 2012 23:59 |
Written by By Laurie Foster |
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Never before in the history of Jamaica's athletics has there been a male discus thrower on the team to the Olympics. (Marlene Lewis made it to Los Angeles in 1984) For London, 2012, there are two – Jason Morgan and 20 year old, Traves Smikle.
Morgan has made it through well documented challenges, highlighted by his many published pleas for financial support to assist in his preparation. For the most part, these have received very little response.
Smikle, as reported in interviews with his coach Julian Robinson, has had to fight off ''lack of implements, faulty implements, easily damaged, and no funds to replace, as well as difficulty in accessing the gym''.
They have delivered, nonetheless, and are on track to make us all very proud.
Coach Robinson, from his Calabar High School location – a long way short of ideal – has produced a double gold medalist at the World Youth and World Junior levels in Fedrick Dacres, and a bronze medalist in the same discipline at the World Youth Championships in Smikle.
These athletes have registered huge personal bests while coach Robinson was on hand to inspire them from trackside. Smikle, who is ranked 12th on the world lists, is being asked to proceed to the training camp in Birmingham and on to London without the upfront motivation that coach Robinson has provided, so admirably.
Against this background, trackalerts.com is urging, ''Get Julian Robinson on that flight to Birmingham and, subsequently, London''. He needs to be there in the nation's interest and that of the throwers, who are poised to do a whole lot more if pioneers, like coach Robinson, are encouraged.
Yes there are challenges that might seem, at first glance, to be obstacles in making this unprecedented move. Reportedly, there is a 10:1 official to athlete ratio(n) that cannot be breached. In addition, a coach would have already been selected to see to the needs of the throwers.
Notwithstanding this, a way has to be found to include coach Robinson. For his immense value and what he has already done, he has earned the right to make that trip. The administration has the authority and the power.
Do they have the will?
http://www.trackalerts.com/index.php/news/latest-stories/7367-get-coach-julian-robinson-on-that-flight-to-london
Created on Sunday, 15 July 2012 23:59 |
Written by By Laurie Foster |
|
Never before in the history of Jamaica's athletics has there been a male discus thrower on the team to the Olympics. (Marlene Lewis made it to Los Angeles in 1984) For London, 2012, there are two – Jason Morgan and 20 year old, Traves Smikle.
Morgan has made it through well documented challenges, highlighted by his many published pleas for financial support to assist in his preparation. For the most part, these have received very little response.
Smikle, as reported in interviews with his coach Julian Robinson, has had to fight off ''lack of implements, faulty implements, easily damaged, and no funds to replace, as well as difficulty in accessing the gym''.
They have delivered, nonetheless, and are on track to make us all very proud.
Coach Robinson, from his Calabar High School location – a long way short of ideal – has produced a double gold medalist at the World Youth and World Junior levels in Fedrick Dacres, and a bronze medalist in the same discipline at the World Youth Championships in Smikle.
These athletes have registered huge personal bests while coach Robinson was on hand to inspire them from trackside. Smikle, who is ranked 12th on the world lists, is being asked to proceed to the training camp in Birmingham and on to London without the upfront motivation that coach Robinson has provided, so admirably.
Against this background, trackalerts.com is urging, ''Get Julian Robinson on that flight to Birmingham and, subsequently, London''. He needs to be there in the nation's interest and that of the throwers, who are poised to do a whole lot more if pioneers, like coach Robinson, are encouraged.
Yes there are challenges that might seem, at first glance, to be obstacles in making this unprecedented move. Reportedly, there is a 10:1 official to athlete ratio(n) that cannot be breached. In addition, a coach would have already been selected to see to the needs of the throwers.
Notwithstanding this, a way has to be found to include coach Robinson. For his immense value and what he has already done, he has earned the right to make that trip. The administration has the authority and the power.
Do they have the will?
http://www.trackalerts.com/index.php/news/latest-stories/7367-get-coach-julian-robinson-on-that-flight-to-london
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