This week’s teenACHIEVER is St Andrew High School for Girls (SAHS) Head Girl Temera Duncan (TD). She sat down for a chat with teenAGE (TA) 

Name: Temera DuncanAge: 18D.O.B: December 10, 1996School/Institution: St. Andrew High School for GirlsSport/Discipline: Track and FieldAccomplishments: Head-Girl, Captain of the Track Team, eight ones at CSEC level, three ones and a two at CAPE level, 4X400m finalist at Champs 2015, scholarship recipientBiggest rival: Myself, I don’t compare my best to the best of others in anything.Tags/Handles: N/AHobbies: I enjoy sewing and drawing.Last album you listened to: Christina Perri Head or HeartDreams/Aspirations: To be able to give back to my school and to make my mother proud. I want her to be as comfortable as possible when I become more independent. TA: How did you get started?

TD: Well I have been doing Tracks from basic school. I think it runs in the family.TA: What do you enjoy most about the sport?

TD: I enjoy the bonds that are created, the friends made and the experience gained and travelling.TA: What was your favourite moment in the sport?

TD: Making the 4x400m finals last season (2015)TA: What is the biggest benefit you have gotten from the sport?

TD: I have obtained some financial-aid because of the sport so I would say that’s been the biggest benefit so far.TA: What’s the funniest thing that has ever happened to you at a track meet?

TD: It’s too embarrassing to say.TA: Who is your favourite athlete and why?

TD: Kerron Stewart. She is determined, humble and doesn’t make anyone deter her from doing the sport. She doesn’t have to be a winner to be a champion.TA: Who inspires you and why?  

TD: My mother is my biggest inspiration, she goes through a lot yet she keeps a smile on her face just to keep me motivated.TA: Where do you see yourself five years from now?

TD: First year out of college in a job trying to gain money to build my own business.TA: If you didn’t have track and field, what would you be doing now?

TD: Maybe I would be trying netball. Sports help me to be disciplined and get good grades.TA: Message to fans/ friends/foes?

TD: You do not have to win to be a champion. Have a goal and work to achieve it. No pain, no gains so train hard, win easy. Tracks girls can also be Head Girls.