Butterfield Claims Gold At Island Games
Results
JERSEY, CHANNEL ISLANDS – Taahira Butterfield became the latest University at Albany track & field student-athlete to compete beyond the conclusion of her collegiate season over the weekend. She participated in the 100-meter dash for Team Bermuda at the XVI Island Games.
Butterfield placed first overall in the women's 100, finishing with a time of 12.24, which is her third-fastest time in the event this year. She led a sweep of the top-two places for Bermuda, with teammate Natasha Trott finishing second in 12.32. Butterfield just completed her freshman season at UAlbany, during which she recorded times of 12.09 in the 100, 25.07 in the 200, and 7.73 in the 60.
The Island Games are a week-long, biennial Olympic-style competition featuring participants from 25 or so island nations from Europe, the South Atlantic, and the Caribbean competing in 14 sports. The next iteration of the Games is scheduled for 2017 in Gotland, Sweden.
