Press Releases: Archives for April 2008

Olympic hopeful, Henderson Dottin, breaks Barbados high jump record in “Road to Beijing” push to Olympic dream

El Paso, Texas- April 12, 2008. Henderson Dottin established a new Barbados record of 2.25m (7ft 4 1/2 ins) in the high jump and also had 3 great attempts at the Olympic “B” standard of 2.27m, just 2 short cms away from his best jump. This is Henderson’s third performance for the season and he has improved each time he jumps. See results HERE.

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Next up for Henderson will be a competition in Guadeloupe, then Martinique before going over to Europe for 2 more competitions in Spain. The goal is to be on the medal podium in Beijing.

Management at Codrington Enterprises expect to see further improvements from Henderson in this Olympic year as well as new heights established for the Barbados record.

Press Contact:
Lauretta Codrington
Codgie2@hotmail.com
www.codgie.com
(734) 274-0078

Featured Athlete: Lela V. Nelson

The 2008 indoor track season got off to an explosive start for Lela V. as she improved her personal best in the long jump while defeating the Heptathlon Olympic Champion, Carolina Kluft of Sweden. Read more »