Roxanne Schurton Shines at Champs, Wins Silver for Faith

Roxanne Schurton Shines at Champs, Wins Silver for Faith

By Trevesa Ashman and Michael Schurton
Sports Champs Senior Editors


August 18, 2010, Kingston, Jamaica

Roxanne Schurton registered a memorable performance to win silver in the women’s 100m at the Word Time Ministries of Jamaica 10th Annual Sports Championships, held at St. Andrew High School, St. Andrew, Jamaica, Saturday, June 26, 2010

The event created fever pitch excitement which was billed as the Match of the Members, 100m women’s. Roxanne Schurton of Team Faith bolted from the blocks and posted a great run to clock 14:22 seconds. Roxanne Schurton who led the race for the most part up to the last 90 meters bravely held on for a well earned silver medal.

Marathon runner Kim Kerry-Ann Thompson of team Hope who clocked 14:19 seconds just managed to strike gold. Thompson pulled ahead of Schurton who kept her cool despite hearing the footsteps of Thompson in the closing stages of the race. Trevesa DaSilva- Ashman also of Team Faith stopped the clock at 14:59 seconds and earned well deserved bronze medals.

The match up of the three members representing their respective universities was like a mini intercollegiate meet. It was three the hard way featuring University of Technology, University College of the Caribbean and University of the West Indies.

In the end the Old Hope Road based University College of the Caribbean took top honours and won gold courtesy of Marathon runner Kim Kerry-Ann Thompson. University of Technology students and the Hope Road community celebrated the determined silver medal run by Roxanne Schurton. Schurton looked quite comfortable in her run and executed well. However, she ran out of real estate as the UCC’S distance runner found another gear and powered away passing Schurton in the last 10 meters. University of the West Indies represented by Trevesa DaSilva Ashman took home the bronze to Mona. DaSilva-Ashman did no disappoint and proved that she was not afraid to test faith and her skills against the season’s top favourites Schurton and Thompson.

This was the first time Thompson was competing at Sports Championships. She was gracing the tracks as an athlete, but has been involved in Sport Championships since 2004 as a sponsor. However both Schurton and DaSilva-Ashman have won multi gold, silver and bronze medals in both the track and field events of the meet.

Roxanne Schurton the former Ardenne High school student is currently ranked number four in the medal accumulation tally from 2003 when she first competed in Sports Champs. Schurton has a total of 16 medals, 3 gold, 8 silver and 5 bronze. She has won silver medals in the Class 2 women’s 100m, 4x100m, and bronze in the 50m and 4x100 leadership relays. She mined double gold medals in the field events in football and volley ball and silver in both cheerleading competition and volleyball. She was team captain for cheerleading competition and volleyball, and assistant Team Leader for Team Faith. Schurton has won almost every Quality awards for Sports Champs, including Courage Award, Best Effort, Team Spirit Award, Most Outstanding team Member for Team Faith, Most Improved Athlete and Most Outstanding Volunteer.

Trevesa DaSilva-Ashman is ranked number 14 medal accumulation tally from 2002. Trevesa’s medal tally is 7 medals, 5 silver and two bronze, but have missed gold in both the field and track events. She is a silver and bronze medalist in women’s 100m and 100m sack race. She had won silver medals in the 4x100m leadership relay and both volley ball and cheerleading competition. Trevesa is a former Team leader for both Team Faith and Team Hope. Like Schurton DaSilva-Ashman has won several Quality awards for Sports Champs, including, Team Spirit Award, Most Outstanding team Member for Team Faith, Most Outstanding team Member for the Champs and Most Outstanding Volunteer.

In the Match of the Members, men’s 100m, Michael McLeish (Faith) of MPIXEL made no mistake in the Match of the Members. McLeish cruised to victory in 14:34 seconds ahead of Richard Lawrence (Hope) of JUTC who settled for silver in a time of 14:42 seconds. Lawrence is a double gold medalist in the both the men’s 100m leadership race and the 4x100 Leadership relay and now silver medalist in the men’s 100m, Match of the Members. Michael McLeish has won a of four medals in the field events, two gold and two silver. These events are football (silver), basket ball (silver), cheerleading (gold) and netball (gold).

Team Faith deservedly was crowned champions with 2380 points. Faith recorded a medal haul of 14 gold, 8 silver and 10 bronze medals. Faith also mined another 8 gold medals in the quality awards, a total of 23 gold medals. Team Hope former fives time champions placed second with 2175 points, and secured 11 gold, 15 silver and 11 bronze. The season’s defending champions Team Love plummeted to last position with 1415 points. Team Love tried desperately hard but could only managed a record low medal tally. Love won 3 gold, 6 silver and 7 bronze medals.

Athletes from several primary, junior high, community groups, colleges and universities gave brilliant performances thrilling the brave spectators who came to witness the historic event. Rohan Walker’s scintillating record breaking performances was instrumental in Team Faith’s historic win at Sports Champs 2010. He won emphatic victories in the Class 2 and Class 3 100m, 200m, 400, and the Class 2 and Class 3, 4x100 relays.

Faith’s superb performances and inspiriting determination made the Sunshine Crew shinned once again at the proved to be Faith’s day to rejoice and be glad.