Jamaica’s Calabar High School track star Ramone McKenzie, the 2007 World Youth Championships 200m gold medalist, is now a professional athlete.
McKenzie, who celebrated his 19th birthday on November 15, began training in Clermont, Orlando with American coach Lance Brauman, who used to condition Jamaica's Olympian Veronica Campbell-Brown.
McKenzie, who will attend Full Sail University in Florida, has personal best times of 10.35secs, 20.56secs and 46.62secs in the 100, 200, and 400, respectively.