VINCENNES, Ind. – The Vincennes University Track and Field program will be celebrating not just one induction into the NJCAA Track and Field Coaches Association Hall of Fame this weekend, but two with three-time NJCAA National Champion pole vaulter Matteo Capello (Turino, Italy) along with former VU
VINCENNES, Ind. – The NJCAA Track and Field Coaches Association announced the members of their 2023 Hall of Fame class, which includes former VU Assistant Coach Tim Marsee and three-time NJCAA National Champion pole vaulter Matteo Capello (Turino, Italy).
“Being inducted into the NJCAA Track and Fi
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Shot Putter Eldred Henry during the 2019 Pan Am Games
By Dean “The Sportsman” Greenaway
Since his Olympic debut in the Rio 2016 Games, Eldred Henry had been looking forward to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, which has been delayed by the global pandemic, COVID-19. Now, the national Shot Put record holder who heaved the 16 pounds ball out to 21.47m (70’5¼”) to qualify for Tokyo, had to make the painful decision to withdraw from the Games, because of an elbow injury on his throwing hand.
“It’s a hard choice to make because I was looking forward to these Games for the last five years, basically,” Henry, the first BVI athlete to qualify for Tokyo told Island Sun Sports on Tuesday night. “After Rio, I wanted to get to the Olympics in a better way than I got there the last time, which was to qualify, earn my passage, then go there, compete and represent. But COVID and everything didn’t let that happen. I’m very disappointed because it’s like time was wasted. I spent the last five years prepping for the meet and I have to sit down and watch it at home like everybody else.”