Dr Lennox Adams experiencing double-delight

The work and accomplishments of Dr Lennox Adams have been recognized here in St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG)as well as in the United States of America.

A former national athlete, Adams was listed among the five persons named by Prime Minister, Dr Ralph Gonsalves as Sports Ambassadors during his Independence address last Monday, October 27, 2025, at the Arnos Vale Playing Field.

Further north, in the USA Adams, a medical doctor, will receive further honours as he is being inducted into the Quachita Baptist University Athletics Hall of Fame this Friday, October 31, 2025, at the Walker Conference Centre, on the Quachita Campus.

He is among 10 individuals named for recognition in the auspicious ceremony. Adams won three successive Arkansas Intercollegiate Conference Indoor Triple Jump titles from 1987 to 1989.

He was also the NAIA outdoor triple jump champion in 1988, and placed second in 1989.

Adams was a three- times All- American honouree, and competed in the 1988 Olympics. In 2023, Adams was inducted into the Arkansas Track and Field Hall of Fame.

In the land of his birth the records show him representing the St Vincent Grammar School at local Track and Field meets, and also St Vincent and the Grenadines at regional and international championships.

But Adams’ contribution off the track has outstripped his efforts in competitions. A former coach of the Bishop’s College Kingstown, Adams was influential in the career of the likes of Yvette Haynes, Caroline James, Gail Prescott, and Jacqueline Ross, all of whom have represented St Vincent and the Grenadines at various levels.

The founder of the then Eagles Track Club, Adams went on to lead the St Vincent and the Grenadines Amateur Athletics Association, since rebranded- Team Athletics SVG, doing so from 1981 to 1984.

As president of the national Track and Field organization, in January 1982, Adams formally convened the National Olympic Association (NOA), which then transitioned to the National Olympic Committee and now is the SVG Olympic Committee.

Thus, Adams was the first President of the local Olympic umbrella organization. With Adams laying the groundwork, St Vincent and the Grenadines was installed as a member of the International Olympic Committee in May 1987. At the twenty- fifth anniversary of that induction, Adams was honoured as the first and lone Hall of Famer of the National Olympic Committee in 2012.

Still making his contributions to sports in St Vincent and the Grenadines, Adams captures performances of athletes at sporting events through his photography, a passion he developed in the dark room of the St Vincent Grammar School in the late 1970s.