My coach predicted my race time in Jamaica- McMaster
“After I finished the race the commentator said 47.79. They robbed me of a point second which would have gotten me the meet record, yes, they changed it to 47.8,” the 20 year old Virgin Islander said.
McMaster was at the time addressing the large gathering of persons who had converged at the Breeze Way, Central Administration Complex, for an appreciation ceremony in his honour on Monday May 22, 2017. He also noted that his coach Dag Samuel had predicted the time he was going to run in that particular race.
“I asked coach what is the time I am going to run, believe it or not, coach said I am going to run 47.8. Coach said the slowest I will run is 48.3 seconds and the fastest I will run is 47.3 but I see you running 47.8 seconds.”
Having told that bit of his story as it relates to his performance and relationship with his coach Mr Dag Samuel, the young man had this to say as he struggled to hold back tears, “Because we come from a small island, we are under-rated a lot,” and as the tears took control he continued, “We been through a lot and for me to do that under him (Coach Dag) that says a lot.”
The local boy, who is now getting all the attention from all and sundry after his major accomplishment, alluded to the lack of major sponsorship on his behalf. He said he brought it to the attention of his coach that most of the other athletes from other countries were decked out in their brands of Nike, Jordan among others and he, the "BVI boy", was dressed in Crocs.
He said his coach's response was, “If you handle business in Jamaica like we come to, that is going to change eventually."
Having stunned the field, that change is on the horizon as it is confirmed that Usain St Leo Bolt's manager is currently in negotiations with McMaster’s agent.
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