~~April 25, 2014~~

“May it be a light to you in dark places, when all other lights go out.”

~~J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring~~

“Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.” 
~~Martin Luther King Jr., Testament of Hope: Essential Writings and Speeches~~

“We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.” 
~~Plato~~

“Light thinks it travels faster than anything but it is wrong. No matter how fast light travels, it finds the darkness has always got there first, and is waiting for it.” 
~~Terry Pratchett, Reaper Man~~

“Whatever you are physically…male or female, strong or weak, ill or healthy–all those things matter less than what your heart contains…

Ghana’s Janet Amponsah wrote her name into the history books after producing a massive 200m outdoor personal best running 23.05 secs (+1.0) to win the WTAMU Open in Texas, 12th April to extend her #1 African ranking in the event.

Amponsah, who is currently schooling at Western Texas College on a Ghana Athletics Association sourced academic scholarship, blitzed to her personal new best followed by Strickland Libby of West Texas A&M with 23.7 and Marissa Western Texas College in a time of 24.35.

The last time a Ghanaian woman ran faster than Janet’s time was in 2006. Sprinter Vida Nsiah holds the current national 200m record of 22.80 (+0.9 m/s) which she set at a meet in Clemson, USA on 17th May, 1997.

Meanwhile, Janet followed her dominant display in the 200m event by running an equally fast of 11.31secs (+2.1) to win the 100m.

The former Kumasi Girls Secondary…