Aniya Nurse is knocking on the door of one of the oldest records in the Barbados Secondary Schools Athletic Championships (BSSAC).
Nurse, a former student of the Alleyne School who now represents the St Michael School, thought she had finally broken the elusive Under-20 girls’ 100m record of 11.64 seconds, set by Ellerslie School’s Yolande Straughn back in 1985, on the opening day of action in the Dasani Frank Blackman and Sada Williams zone.
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For the entire 2026 season, Nurse has been consistently running in the 11.5 region, improving her personal best to 11.53 seconds.
In the 200m on Friday’s second and final day, she comfortably advanced with the fastest time of 24.03 which was also a zonal record.
Nurse has also set her sights on winning a medal at next month’s CARIFTA Games.
Her goal is to go to the World Under-20 Championships and one day become an Olympian or world champion.
Meanwhile, the Lodge School’s Jahkye Brewster has been the standout sprinter among the Under-20 boys.
Training under the tutelage of Glen Williams and Juquan Beckles at Extreme Velocity, he has steadily improved throughout the season. That progress was seen at the recently concluded AAB National Junior Championships, where he clocked a new personal best of 10.56 seconds in the 100 metres.
Brewster was in cruise control during his 100m and 200m races, winning both in 10.77 and 22.00 respectively, to advance with the fastest times in the zone.
Last year at the CARIFTA Games he narrowly missed out on both sprint finals, but was able to help Barbados to a bronze medal in the Under-17 boys’ 4x400m relay.
During an interview with Barbados TODAY Brewster said he had one goal in mind.
His goal is at CARIFTA is to break the 200m record. Beyond this, he wants to become a pro athlete and make the Olympics.
