Xavier Mulugata of Fatima College in Trinidad and Tobago is set to join a list of athletes in the Caribbean nation who have received athletic scholarships to US universities. Mulugata will begin his studies at Louisiana State University (LSU) in January. Mulugata won gold at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Junior Track and Field Championships in Mexico in the boys Under-18 4×100 meters and also bronze in the boys U-20 4×100 meter at the 2015 Carifta Games in St Kitts and Nevis.
Several other T&T athletes left for US in August including Dawnell Collymore (West Mucurapo Secondary), Ian Thomas (St Anthony’s College) and Kai Ottley (Bishop’s Anstey). Collymore, the 2011 Carifta girls U-20 800m bronze medallist, is at ASA College while Thomas is a student at Coahoma Community College. Ottley began studies at St John’s University.
Meanwhile, former CAC Junior champions Hezekiel Romeo (Diego Martin Sec and St Anthony’s College) and Reubin Walters (East Mucurapo Sec) completed their Junior College scholarships at Central Arizona and will move on to the University of Missouri and University of Alabama, respectively.
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