Clermont's Olympians

Clermont has at lest three Olympians this year, two Americans and one Trinidadian.

Machel Cedenio is a sprinter from Trinidad and Tobago, who specializes in the 400M sprint. I just saw him qualify for the Semi-Finals in that event by winning his preliminary heat. (I'm watching on tape delay.) He trains in Clermont with Tori Bowie, an American woman who will be competing in the 200M sprint and perhaps other track & field events. I had no idea Clermont had any track & field Olympians who train in Clermont!

But I did know about the third. James McTigue, of our club, will be competing in the Chess Olympiad in Baku, Azerbaijan in September. This will mark at least his second appearance as a member of the US Virgin Islands team. He previously competed in the 1990 Novi Sad Chess Olympiad in what was then Yugoslavia, and is now Serbia.

Best of luck to all three of you!