Kevion Minzie does not love the limelight. But he is the primary school coach and teacher who first identified and started nurturing the athletic abilities in sprinting sensation Christopher Taylor and Ashanti Moore. He met both athletes while they were students at Ewarton Primary School in St. Catherine. Minzie has been teaching Physical Education at…
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One Step Closer - Taylor lauded for personal best in final of his first Olympic Games
Christopher Taylor is being lauded for securing a new personal best today when he went up against some of the world’s fastest men in the 400 metres at his first Olympic Games. He finished sixth in 44.79 seconds. The 21-year-old, who hails from Ewarton and Lluidas Vale districts in St. Catherine, is the first Jamaican…
Taylor, Russell allegedly assault teacher | Cops now involved
A former head boy of Calabar High School who is now an attorney-at-law, David Fitz-Henley, said the Constant Spring Police are now in receipt of a report alleging that two Calabar star athletes physically assaulted a teacher on December 15 last year at the school, which is located in St Andrew. The athletes at the…
Taylor returns home, links speed to rural climate
He spends most of his time these days in urban centres, attending Calabar High School in St Andrew and living in Portmore, St Catherine. But Christopher Taylor, now the poster boy of Jamaica’s junior athletics, does not forget his deep rural roots. “I grew up in Ewarton and Lluidas Vale,” he told THE BEACON. “I…
I will make the transition | Christopher Taylor allays ‘burn-out’ fears
Sprint sensation Christopher Taylor, who will turn 19 next month, has moved to allay fears over whether he will successfully make the transition fully into the senior aspect of the sport. “I am going to keep my focus; so yes I will make the transition,” he told THE BEACON in an exclusive interview last Saturday,…
Boy wonder equals national record in event he rarely runs - 100M
It has been a month of record-making performances by schoolboy Christopher Taylor, who yesterday equaled Jamaica’s national junior record that Yohan Blake set at the CARIFTA Games in 2007. The Calabar High School student clocked 10.11 seconds when he equaled the record in the 100 metres - an event he rarely runs, considering that he…
Taylor beats seniors again, finally dips below 45 seconds
Eighteen-year-old Christopher Taylor has dipped below 45 seconds in the 400 metres for the first time ever and, in so doing, obliterated the national junior record of 44.93 seconds set by Akeem Bloomfield. He ran 44.88 seconds yesterday, June 24, at the JAAA Supreme Ventures Limited National Junior and Senior Championships at the National Stadium….