Trinidad & Tobago sprint twins Sanaa and Sole Frederick are now members of the Adidas family after announcing their Name, Image and Likeness (NIL) deal with the German sportswear powerhouses on Tuesday.

“We are beyond excited to share that we’ve officially partnered with Adidas through NIL. We can’t wait to represent a brand that stands for excellence and innovation on the track,” the 18-year-olds, who have both committed to the University of Georgia, said in a joint statement on Instagram.

“We are grateful for this opportunity and can’t wait to start the beginning of an incredible journey with Team Adidas,” they added.

Both sisters attend the Druid Hills High School in Atlanta and specialize in the 100m and 200m. Sanaa, who has a personal best of 11.33 in the 100m, finished third in the event at the 2023 Carifta Games in the Bahamas, running a time of 11.65. She went two places better in the 200m which she won in 23.60.

She and Sole were members of the T&T 4x100m relay team that won the silver medal at the Games.

She followed up that performance with a bronze medal run at the Youth Commonwealth Games in Trinidad and Tobago in August 2023, clocking 11.48.

No slouch herself, Sole has personal best times of 11.60 for the 100m and 23.41 for the 200m.

In May 2023, the sisters, along with Southwest DeKalb High School twin brothers Isaiah Taylor and Xzaviah Taylor, combined for 13 of the DeKalb County School District (DCSD) 46 medals at the Georgia High School Association (GHSA) State Track Championships.

They have both also been selected to Trinidad & Tobago’s 68-member team for the 2024 Carifta Games set for March 30-April 1 in Grenada.

 

British Virgin Islands sprint sensation Adaejah Hodge has signed a letter of intent to attend the University of Georgia.

From Douglasville in Georgia, the 17-year-old student at Montverde Academy had several options of where to continue her academic career but eventually decided to return ‘home’.

Hodge has had an outstanding junior career during which she established a number of records for the BVI. At the 2022 Carifta Games in Jamaica, Hodge won the 100m, 200m and long jump and was awarded the prestigious Austin Sealy Award given to the most outstanding athlete of the meet.

In April 2023, she equaled Tahesia Harrigan’s national record for the 100 metres, running 11.12 seconds but later that month, made it all her own when she lowered it to 11.11 seconds in Lubbock, Texas.

She also owns the islands’ 200m record when she ran a time of 22.82 at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest in August 2023 when she qualified for the semi-finals becoming only the third ever female athlete from the British Virgin Islands to achieve this feat.

Running indoors in March, Hodge set a national record of 22.33 in the 200m. The time is also an Area U18 and U20 record.

Hodge is the latest Caribbean athlete to choose UGA in the coming academic year. US Virgin Islands athlete Michelle Smith and talented Trinidadian twins Sanaa and Sole Frederick have also chosen to attend the University of Georgia next fall

Talented Trinidad and Tobago sprint twins Sanaa and Sole Frederick are headed to the University of Georgia in the coming academic year, the Athens-based NCAA Division 1 university announced on Friday.

Though Trinidadian the girls live in the United States and attend the Druid Hills High School in Atlanta, Georgia.

Both 17-year-old girls run the 100m and 200m. Sanaa, who has a personal best of 11.33 in the 100m, finished third in the event at the 2023 Carifta Games in the Bahamas in April, running a time of 11.65. She went two places better in the 200m which she won in 23.60.

She and Sole were members of the T&T 4x100m relay team that won the silver medal at the Games.

She followed up that performance with a bronze medal run at the Youth Commonwealth Games in Trinidad and Tobago in August, clocking 11.48.

No slouch herself, Sole has personal best times of 11.60 for the 100m and 23.41 for the 200m.

In May, the sisters along with Southwest DeKalb High School twin brothers Isaiah Taylor and Xzaviah Taylor combined for 13 of the DeKalb County School District (DCSD) 46 medals at the Georgia High School Association (GHSA) State Track Championships.

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