Some athletes have fame thrust upon them, others inherit it. Being the offspring of one of Guyana’s dazzling sprinters of the 90’s, Brenessa Thompson can claim to be the beneficiary of the latter happenstance.
But, the young US-based track star is going beyond the obvious innate privileges, to clean house for space to store her steadily mounting personal accolades. And, her family is agog over her path to be a household name in track and field circles, according to her thrilled dad, Brennon.
“I’m very proud of her. It’s not like she’s filling my shoes. Actually it’s the reverse because she has achieved more than me,” pops Brennon told this newspaper when comparing their athletics ‘reserves’. “As a matter of fact I keep telling her I got my training at 16 and she ran Under-15 for TT at CAC … so, I never dream of running for my country at 15 … At 15-years old I was just a normal boy running around the place,” the older Thompson bared in a winded revelation.
Now, Thompson accompanies his 18-year old daughter to Guyana for the fifth edition of the Boyce-Jefford Track and Field
