MOU Between Department of Education, USVI Government and VITFF Finalized

The Virgin Islands Track and Field Federation (VITFF) has finalized a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on track and field facilities owned by the V.I. Department of Education.

Since 1963 when the Virgin Islands Track and Field Federation was founded, it has had an unofficial relationship with the public (which owns the track and field facilities in the USVI) and private schools in developing track and field in the territory. There has been a great deal of success in preparing hundreds of students/athletes for inter-island competitions, athletic scholarships to colleges/ universities, and representing the territory in international competitions, including the Olympic Games.

To date, the VITFF, with the help of the Government of the Virgin Islands, the Virgin Islands Olympic Committee, the Department of Education and the many colleges and universities in the USA, has prepared over 50 Virgin Islands Olympic track and field competitors. These athletes have become unofficial ambassadors and productive citizens.

The Virgin Islands Track and Field Federation is the internationally recognized governing body for the sport (affiliated with World Athletics and the Virgin Islands Olympic Committee); it depends on access to three existing track and field facilities located at the St. Croix Educational Complex High School (SCECHS) on St. Croix, the Ivanna Eudora Kean High School (KHS) on St. Thomas and the Charlotte Amalie High School (CAHS), which is currently out of commission due to hurricanes Irma and Maria, on St. Thomas.