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Kyron A. McMaster sets new National Indoor Record in 400m
CLEMSON, South Carolina, USA- World class athlete and Virgin Islander, Kyron A. McMaster added the National 400m Indoor Record to his name when he competed at the Tiger Paw Invitational in South Carolina, United States on February 14, 2020.
'Use athletes as face of VI Tourism' - Hon Fraser to BVITB
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Following recent stellar performances by Virgin Islands' athletes at major international sporting events, Opposition Member Hon Julian Fraser RA (R3) believes the British Virgin Islands Tourist Board (BVITB) is not doing enough to capitalise on the popularity of local athletes to promote the Virgin Islands' tourism products.
3-peat! Malone & McMaster named Sr Athletes of the Year
WICKHAM’S CAY II, Tortola, VI- For the third consecutive year, long jumper Chantel E. Malone and hurdler Kyron A. McMaster have been named the BVI Athletics Association (BVIAA) Senior Athletes of the Year.
UPDATE: ‘I just couldn’t hold on’- Kyron A. McMaster
DOHA, Qatar- Despite narrowly missing out on a historic medal in the Men’s 400m Hurdles Final at the IAAF World Championships in Doha, Qatar on September 30, 2019, Virgin Islands champion hurdler Kyron A. McMaster is consoled with the knowledge he gave it his all in the showdown that featured three of the four fastest 400m hurdlers in history, all of whom managed to secure a podium finish.
McMaster appeals disqualification @ World C/Ships in Doha; On to finals!
DOHA, Qatar - After crashing through the first hurdle at today's, Saturday, September 28, 2019, heated semi-finals of the 2019 IAAF World Athletics Championships in Doha, Qatar, Virgin Islands' Kyron A. McMaster has successfully appealed disqualification in the men's 400-meter semi-finals and will now head to the finals.
UPDATE: McMaster through to semi-finals @ World C/Ships in Doha
DOHA, Qatar- Gold Coast Commonwealth Games Gold Medalist and 2-time Diamond League Champion, Kyron A. McMaster of the [British] Virgin Islands eased through to the semi-finals of the Men’s 400m Hurdles at the 2019 IAAF World Athletics Championships in Doha, Qatar today, Friday, September 27, 2019.
McMaster 3rd in 2019 Diamond League Final
ZURICH, Switzerland- Defending Diamond League Champion Kyron A. McMaster had to settle for third in the final of the 2019 Diamond League in Zurich, Switzerland on August 29, 2019.
Season’s Best for 3rd placed McMaster @ Paris Diamond League
PARIS, France- Virgin Islands athlete Kyron A. McMaster has secured a place in the Diamond League finals in Brussels on September 6, 2019 with a third place finish in the Men’s 400 Hurdles in Paris today, August 24, 2019.
Kyron A. McMaster out of 2019 Pan Am Games
Dean H. Greenaway aka ‘The Sportsman’
LIMA, Peru, SA— Ahead of the August 6, 2019 start of track and field competition in the 18th Pan Am Games now in progress in Lima, Peru, one of the Virgin Islands’ medal prospects—400m Hurdler Kyron A. McMaster— is out of the competition, in which he would have made his games debut on opening day.
Season’s Best for 2nd placed McMaster @ Prefontaine Classic
STANFORD, California, USA- Virgin Islands hurdler Kyron A. McMaster recorded a Season’s Best time in placing second in the 400m Hurdles at the Prefontaine Classic Diamond League meeting in Stanford, California on June 30, 2019.