An afternoon with Olympic legend Herb McKenley
There may not be enough room here to list the accomplishments of track & field legend Herbert Henry McKenley. There is no more room on the walls, or space on the desk of his study to display the trophies, citations, and medals he has won in his 85 years.
As the Sunday Observer sat with the fabulous ‘Herb’ in the living room of his University Crescent home, he handed us the jacket cover of a documentary on his life produced by the CPTC.
Order of Jamaica; Commander of Distinction; Doctor of Laws (with honours); world-class athlete; world-class coach; the first man in recorded history to run the 400 metres in under 46 seconds in a flat race and under 45 seconds on a relay leg.
The only man to have won medals in all three sprints in the same major games; only man in the 20th Century to have Olympic medals in the 100m and 400m, it said.
That feature was produced in 2002, before Jamaica’s most notable athlete was conferred with the country’s third highest honour – the Order of Merit – for distinguished service in athletics locally and internationally and before Roosevelt Avenue was renamed Herb McKenley Drive in his honour. Read more
Calabar through to Walker Cup Semi Finals
Second-half goals from Keneil Hyde and Cleyon Brown carried Calabar High School to a hard-fought 2-1 win over St Andrew Technical High School (STATHS) in the Walker Cup quarter-finals, a win they dedicated to their recently passed coach, David ‘Wagga’ Hunt, at the Prison Oval yesterday. Hyde put the green-and-black clad side ahead in the 54th minute, and Brown added the second three minutes later. hevon Charlton netted for STATHS from the penalty spot in the 77th.
Earlier, in the another quarter-final, Excelsior pumped seven unanswered goals past Camperdown. Calabar’s team manager, Homer Morgan, said after a busy and emotional week in which the team played four matches and lost their coach, they did well to win.
“We tried our best to come here and play for coach today… Never say die, that was a motto he left with the boys,” Morgan told reporters.
“The boys were cramping up because they had a busy week last week, where we played about four matches. But we told them that Mr Hunt was a person who would tell them that no matter what is happening they have to be focused.
“So we showed them that, and as you see today they came out and all of them wanted to win this one for the coach,” he stated.
He continued that the team will not need any more motivation for the rest of the season. “They are highly motivated. The Calabar fraternity would also like to take the opportunity to tell his family the we are there with you. And right now Mr Hunt is an honorary Old Boy of Calabar and today we dedicate this match to him,” he added. Read more
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