{"id":25775,"date":"2025-01-23T16:17:20","date_gmt":"2025-01-23T16:17:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=25775"},"modified":"2025-01-23T16:17:21","modified_gmt":"2025-01-23T16:17:21","slug":"guyanese-sprinter-malachi-austin-earns-full-athletic-scholarship-to-lsu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/guyanese-sprinter-malachi-austin-earns-full-athletic-scholarship-to-lsu\/","title":{"rendered":"Guyanese Sprinter Malachi Austin Earns Full Athletic Scholarship to LSU"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>By Tyriq Walters<\/em><br><em>December 13, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Guyanese sprinter Malachi Austin has secured a full athletic scholarship to Louisiana State University (LSU), marking a significant achievement in his career. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Austin, a silver medalist at the Youth Commonwealth Games and the 2024 CARIFTA Games U20 400m champion, will begin his studies and athletic training at LSU in January 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 17-year-old athlete expressed his excitement and pride over the scholarship, acknowledging its importance not only for him but also for Guyana. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He noted that many young athletes do not have the opportunity to pursue college athletics at the Division 1 level, making this a milestone moment in his athletic journey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Austin emphasized the importance of maintaining a balance between academics and athletics, stating that academic performance is crucial for securing college opportunities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He stressed that while talent is important, academic achievements are necessary to pursue higher education and sports scholarships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The young sprinter credited his coach, Julian Edmonds, for playing a key role in his development and expressed gratitude to the U.S. Ambassador to Guyana, Nicole D. Theriot, for facilitating this opportunity. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Austin\u2019s scholarship to LSU represents a significant step forward in his career, providing him with access to world-class training facilities and the chance to compete at the collegiate level.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Tyriq WaltersDecember 13, 2024 Guyanese sprinter Malachi Austin has secured a full athletic scholarship to Louisiana State University (LSU), marking a significant achievement in his career. Austin, a silver&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":25601,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,352],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25775","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-sports"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25775","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25775"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25775\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25776,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25775\/revisions\/25776"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}