Glen Mills

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Glen Mills

Ray Stewart
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Early years

Mills enjoyed athletics from an early age and, after moving to Camperdown High School, promptly joined the

Raymond Stewart.[2]

By the early 1970s, Mills had trained a significant number of male sprinters in the national junior team. The

IAAF Training Centre in Puerto Rico. During his time as a coach in Jamaica he has worked with a number of Caribbean athletes including Yohan Blake, Aleen Bailey, Xavier Brown, Leroy Reid and Kim Collins.[2] In addition, Mills also coached British sprinter Dwain Chambers when his athletics ban expired.[3]

Training Bolt

Mills was approached by

2008 Beijing Olympics. Mills would help Bolt work on his speed for the 100 m initially then turn his focus to the stamina needed for the 200 m.[5] The program paid off as Bolt set three world records and took gold in both 100 m and 200 m events in Beijing.[7] Bolt praised Mills, saying it was his coaching which made him improve, not only as an athlete, but also as a person. Despite Bolt's unprecedented achievements in Beijing, Mills still felt he could improve if his stride frequency was further improved and his technique perfected.[8]

Mills stepped down as the Olympic Jamaican athletics coach in late 2009, having overseen athletes to 71 world championship and 33 Olympic medals in his 22 years in the role. He said other prominent coaches deserved a chance at undertaking the position and decided he wanted to focus more on his Racers Track Club team.[9]

Drug controversy

In June 2009, five Jamaican athletes were found positive for banned substances. At least two of the athletes belong to the Racers Track Club and were coached by Mills.[10][11] The athletes were later revealed to be Yohan Blake, Marvin Anderson, Allodin Fothergill, Lansford Spence and Sheri-Ann Brooks, who all tested positive for the stimulant Methylhexanamine, a compound similar to Tuaminoheptane, and were subsequently banned for three months by the Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission.[12]

Awards

  • NACAC Coach of the Year 2008[13]

References

  1. ^ "In the Jamaican camp". BBC Caribbean. 11 August 2008. Retrieved 25 August 2008.
  2. ^
    Jamaica Gleaner. 19 December 2006. Archived from the original
    on 29 August 2008. Retrieved 25 August 2008.
  3. ^ Fordyce, Tom (10 December 2005). "I was in gutter, admits Chambers". BBC Sport. Retrieved 25 August 2008.
  4. ^ a b c Layden, Tim (16 August 2008). "The Phenom". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 25 August 2008.
  5. ^ a b Flynn, LeVaughan (3 June 2008). "Usain Bolt and Glen Mills: Long, winding journey to a world record". Sports Jamaica. Retrieved 25 August 2008.
  6. ^ Rowbottom, Mike (4 August 2008). "Bolt from the blue". The Independent. Archived from the original on 23 August 2009. Retrieved 18 August 2008.
  7. ^ "Bolt grabs third gold and record". BBC Sport. 22 August 2008. Retrieved 25 August 2008.
  8. Jamaica Gleaner
    . 25 August 2008. Retrieved 25 August 2008.
  9. ^ Bolt guru Mills ends Jamaica role . BBC Sport (6 November 2009). Retrieved 2009-11-07.
  10. ^ Usain Bolt says positive drug tests for five Jamaicans is a sad day for the sport. Guardian Sport (2009-24-July).
  11. ^ Five Jamaican athletes test positive. Reuters Article(2009-24-July)
  12. ^ Jamaicans given three-month ban. BBC Sport (2009-Sep-14).
  13. ^ Coach Mills recognised by NACAC for contribution to Bolt’s triumphs
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