The Kunusasha Medas-King elementary school runner has racked up an impressive number of local and national honors in a wide range of races, from 200 to 1500 meters. With her on-court powers come special sources: the dedicated training of her Guyanese-born father Andy Medas-King, and the lessons of competition and camaraderie she learned through the popular Colgate Women’s Games.
In the 48th edition of America’s largest women’s and girls’ track and field series, the Colgate-Palmolive Company is touting a significant increase in educational awards for top athletes in elementary and middle school, high school, the university and the open categories.
“This season, the value of the scholarships will double,” said meeting director Cheryl Toussaint. “Competitors can win one of more than 100 educational scholarships awarded by the Colgate-Palmolive Company, in denominations of $2,000, $1,000 and $500 based on the order of completion of the series,” she said.
Queens College in Flushing will host the series’ outdoor preliminaries on April 16 and 23, and its semifinals on April 30. The final of the Colgate Women’s Games will take place on May 7 at Icahn Stadium on Randall’s Island.
The required digital entry forms are now available to female runners, high jumpers and shot putters from the five boroughs of New York City, its suburbs and municipalities of all sizes throughout the Northeastern United States. Digital registration forms can be found online at bit.ly/colgate_digital_entry_form
After completing digital entry forms online, the season continues with on-site registration events on March 25 and April 1 at Queens College, where athletes pick up their bib number, Colgate competitor jersey Women’s Games and a bag courtesy of Colgate-Palmolive. health and hygiene products.
Toussaint also welcomed supermarket chain ShopRite as a supporter of the longtime sports and educational series. ShopRite will host a registration day and special event to promote the Colgate Games at its Elizabeth, NJ, 865 West Grand St. store on April 12.
For more information on the Colgate Women’s Games, visit colgatewomensgames.com.
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AUTHORS AND THEIR WORKS
Half a dozen authors from Grenada and Jamaica have joined forces to exhibit their latest literary works in Brooklyn on March 26 at the Spring Book Fair, coming to Coal Pot, 1466 St. John’s Place (Utica & Rochester Aves.), at from 3 pm to 7 pm
Meet the authors and see their work: VP Records co-founder Pat Chin (“Miss Pat: My Reggae Music Journey”); Everybody magazine founder and editor Herman Hall (“Julien Fédon: Revolutionary, Patriot and Insurrectionary: The Untold Story of a Mulatto Leader”); community leader Claudette Joy Spence (“366 Days of Liberation”); writer and poet Anthony W. DeRiggs, (“We Kinda Talk”); Jah Jerry Inc. founder James Haynes (“Jah Jerry: Legacy of an Original Skatalites”); and Donovan Chin, (“Dirty John Crow Man,” “Worthless Dirty Girl”).
There will be prizes, refreshments and music. Call (718) 930-0230 for information.
IT’S GRENADE AGAINST USA.
The Grenada national soccer team is set for a home game against Team USA on Friday at the island’s Kirani James Athletics Stadium.
In their last meeting in 2004, the Americans defeated the Grenada “Spice Boyz” team 3-2. The island nation is investing in sports tourism, with the Grenada Invitational athletics meeting in June and the Grenada Rugby World 7 tournament in December. Visit puregrenada.com for more information.
