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Still Got It! Brigitte Foster-Hylton Blazes to Victory in AISK Parents Race
Written by Leighton Levy. Posted in Athletics. | 11 April 2025 | 312 Views
Tags: Athletics, Brigittte Fosterhylton, AISK Sports Day

What happens when you invite a World 100m hurdles champion to your school sports day? Well... you get smoked in the parents' race.

That’s exactly what went down last Friday at the American International School of Kingston (AISK), when none other than Brigitte Foster-Hylton, the 2009 World Champion and Jamaican Olympian, laced up her spikes (or whatever sneakers she had lying around) and torched the track in the parents' race, winning gold for Yellow House with a finish as effortless as her 12.51-second world title in Berlin.

The moment, captured and shared with pride by AISK’s social media team, had all the fun and flair of a World Championship final—minus the stadium, cameras, and, you know, actual hurdles. “In the spirit of this past weekend’s Grand Slam, check out AISK Mom and Track Team Coach, Brigitte Foster-Hylton, bringing home gold for Yellow House on Friday’s Sports Day! 🏃🏾‍♀️💨” the school posted.

Foster-Hylton, who retired after the 2012 London Olympics, is now a businesswoman and coach at the MVP Track Club, where she continues to shape the next generation of Jamaican track stars. But clearly, she’s still got that competitive fire—and with her nine-year-old son Neron cheering from the sidelines, there was no way she was going to settle for silver.

If this sounds familiar, you might remember when Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce made headlines last April after saving the day at her son Zyon’s school sports day. In a hilarious Facebook post, she recounted how she wasn’t planning to run—until things got desperate. “As an Olympian, it just didn’t make sense for us to leave without bringing home a single piece of gold,” she wrote, after watching her husband not exactly dominate the father’s race. She stepped in, redeemed the Pryce family name, and finished first—naturally.

Foster-Hylton didn’t need much prompting, though. She’s already AISK’s track coach and clearly came ready to rumble. With perfect form, smooth acceleration, and that unmistakable champion’s poise, she left the other parents trailing—and laughing—in her wake.

So next year, if you're signing up for the parents race at AISK, maybe... just maybe... check the list for Olympians first.

Or don’t—and hope Brigitte leaves her running shoes at home.