This weekend the
Bermuda Pacers Track Club in conjunction with Butterfield Bank, the title
sponsor will host the first Clevonte Lodge Bean Sprint Challenge.
This track meet is
dedicated to Clevonte Lodge Bean, a former Bermuda Pacers Track Club, and
Bermuda National Athletic Association athlete that sadly lost his life in an
accident in November 2020.
Lodge Bean
represented Bermuda at the Carifta Games, the USATA Junior Nationals
Championships, and the Junior Olympic.
He was a member of
the Bermuda Pacers Track Club for 10 years and he represented the club at many
Russell E. Blunt Eastcoast Invitational Track Meet in the United States.
During that time, he
won many age group awards at the event. The club plans to start the event with
a 400-meter lap of honor.
In addition to
hosting this event, the Pacers Track will also announce the recipients of its
2021-2022 Educational Scholarship awards.
This event is for
athletes between the ages of 3 to 19 years.
The event will be
held at the Flora Duffy South Field Stadium at the National Sports Center on
Saturday, April 22nd, 2023, starting at 12.00 noon. The entry deadline is
Thursday, April 20th, 2023, and the registration fee is $10. Parents can pick
up their race numbers starting at 10:00 am on the top level of the stadium.
Athletes can
register online at:- www.trackiereg.com/20230422
There is no entry on
race day.
Lodge Bean, was
predominantly a 200 and 400-meter runner, and the club feels that he was
destined for greatness.
The athletes
competing in this weekend's event will run in the following events.
3-year-old and
4-year-old boys and Girls can compete in the 25 and 50 meters.
5-year-old and
6-year-old boys and girls can compete in the 50 and 75 meters.
Athletes between the ages of 7 to 19 years can compete in
the 100, 200, and 400 meters.