 With a burning passion to see the next generation of student athletes, trailblaze, new horizons in Jamaican sport, we turn our attention now on the sportsmax zone. To the great Chelleanne Fraser Price's Pocket Rocket Foundation Scholarship Awards presentation that took place earlier Tuesday at the Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston. Celebrating a decade of operation with at least 26 schools receiving scholarships across 12 sporting disciplines through the foundation, 11 recipients were loaded for excellence in a range of sporting disciplines such as track and field, cricket, volleyball, football, swimming, chess and table tennis. As she always does, the mommy rocket didn't hesitate to share her personal testimonial memories of being a student athlete just like her many awardees. Earlier Mrs Montague said something about not getting any detention and suspension. I'm going to be honest with you, I have a couple, I had a couple and one of the things I'm grateful for is that every single time Mrs Montague pulled me in that office around the veranda and she spoke life into me. She spoke from a place, from a future place I would want to say because for some of us we're in a moment right and we don't know what the future holds and I've always said that tomorrow is for winners right. So she pulled from that place and I'm grateful that she did not give up you know her continuous speech no matter how much I go back to class and I said boy I miss Montague just never again right no matter how much I would sit in on the on the block and I would talk I was grateful because that resonated with me not just for that moment but I remembered it so I want you guys to remember that we are here we are here to support you we're here to help you strike the balance it's not easy as Gianna said it's never easy but it's doable and we're asking you to try we're asking you to commit we're asking you that on days when you feel like you want to give up on days when you feel like this is difficult we want you to remember that you are a promise and that we already believe in you. Never shy to share Shelly and Fraser's prize and outstanding human being of the track as well. Well joining us to discuss her contributions of the track is our in-house track and to feel analyst Layton Levy who was present at the Pegasus Hotel for the awards. Layton what a woman she is and of course how was today how did it go for you? Well it was a lot tighter than last year last year the ceremony was a lot longer today it was pleasantly short tight very to the point and of course you know Shelly you know I've been covering her now for 15 years and every year she seems to get better at just delivering these positive messages huh you couldn't help but feel goosebumps today when she was talking to the kids because she's lived it she's not just saying it from her place of being a benefactor she's saying it from something that she's experienced herself and now she's giving back to the community and it's always very encouraging to see what she's doing and you know there it's been significantly beneficial to a lot of the kids who have received colleges 73 73 awardees so far and look at for example Jovi and Ikins from Kings Formula of Kingsland College she's now a pilot Gianna Lewis who she alluded to in that what you just heard a while ago piece of audio heard a while ago she's a national table tennis representative you know and of course I think she was run up our second run up in the national championships earlier this year and she's done a lot in terms of the sport for her school and for her country so that the scholarships have benefited so many kids who have then continued to to rise and shine in a way in which they expected because they see the potential and they award these scholarships to these kids and these kids have been delivering right the pocket rocket foundation must be commended but do you think it's even more special when this scholarship is coming from a person like Shelly and Fraser Price because one of the things growing up even with me because my parents did so much to ensure that I had the best and went to the best school one of the things that I didn't want to do was let them down like I didn't want to do anything that would embarrass them so I would put all that I had into ensuring that I could be the best that I could be because of my parents do you think that these youngsters getting these awards from the one Shelly and Fraser Price they are motivated instantly that they can't let her down yeah look she's a role model in many ways and but one of the things that she said today that was instructed is that she explained to these awardees that the reason why she's doing this is because when she was going to school when she was going to Walmart for example she didn't have the means but so many people poured into her which is why she was able to achieve the success that she has over the last 15 16 years as a professional and that's why she's giving back so they know her story her story has been in she has a book out that came with a couple of years ago that tells her story she tells that story often enough and all of these kids who aspire to be like her know that story so when they are getting a scholarship from her foundation they have a high bar to live up to and they ensure and we've seen it over the years a lot of them most of them if not all have lived up to those expectations because they've gone on and thrived there's a young man who I think he works without trying to remember who he works with no but he was a scholarship recipient he went to camp in high school he's from I mean a lot of people have this impression that captain is a uptown school but he came from very humble beginnings yes but he's gotten a bachelor's degree I think he works with a scientific research council somewhere I try to remember exactly where it was but they've all gone on to make their own marks within the society which is what she wants to see because as she mentioned today in the in her preamble to the to the kids is that investing in these kids is not it's not just a scholarship it's an investment in ensuring that Jamaica becomes a better country because of them are not in spite of them yeah and as you would imagine Chellian made room to feel some questions about her health and recovery as she prepares for the 2024 Paris Olympics without a doubt you know it's sad let it injuries happen I've been blessed to have had not many throughout my career which is good and I think that's what I'm really just relying on in the fact that you know I've been relatively good in terms of health apart from my knee and whatever it is happening and being good so for me I'm just looking forward to just getting healthy a hundred percent fit and sometimes it won't be a hundred percent but 90 is good enough for me when asked about how competitive the female sprinting field is heading into the Olympics Fraser Price says she's not getting complacent I would like to say the depth of the sprint and always been there for female sprinting there's always a host of different athletes that are coming and preparing you know for me I think the focus is just staying focused on your own name and what you need to do to get to the top as far as I'm concerned having competition is good you know it pushes you it gets you or makes you aware that you can't just go to practice and just show up and think okay that's enough you have to work and you have to be committed to that work you have to be willing to go the extra mile so for me I don't think about the depth really I just know that it's always been there it's not going to change that's what it is it's the Olympics everybody wants to win an Olympic medal so for me I don't want to spend my time focusing on what others are doing but instead I invest the time and effort in my own craft and make sure that when the Olympic comes around I'll be ready to to face whatever yeah my takeaway from that is I'm staying focused on my own lane and she's always been so focused lost the reason she has achieved the numerous success that she has yeah look in in in 15 years of international competition in an individual capacity Shelly and Frieza Price has failed to hit the podium only once seven world championships for Olympic games and 2011 when she was ill and of course she had her issues going into the world championships in Diego that's the only time she hasn't won a medal so she knows what it takes and this was response to our question that next year is going to be a year in which you have Eileen Thompson here who is getting back to her best Shakira Richards has won 10-6 Sharika Jackson has won 10-6 she's never had to face three women who has won 10-6 before her she she being the fourth but one of the things that you do know about Shelly and Frieza Price is the fact that she does not fear failure and she does not fear competition and if she believes that she can go into Paris next year and possibly win a third Olympic 100 meter gold medal who am I to doubt her I think she knows what is going to be required she felt that experience in Budapest in August and I think she once she gets healthy and once she learns how to manage that knee issue that is not going to go away I think she'll be ready and if she loses it's going to take an extraordinary effort to beat her she'll be 37 years old in December Leighton and not many athletes are still potent at that age Merlin Atty of course an exception I think when Merlin was 37 she was running 10-83 which at that time was one of the fastest times in the world so it is it there is precedence for a 37 year old athlete to be still top of the world but you get the feeling that based on the current climate of women sprinting Shelly Ann has a really really tough job here in 2024 to to topple a women's sprint field that at the moment is I would think better than it has ever been it's faster than it's ever been certainly yes yes and when you look at the the depth of talent which is what she alluded to as well because Marie Rosa Toulouse ran 10-72 this year and she came fourth right you know you're looking at Dina Asher Smith you're looking at so many young sprinters Tamara Davis from the United States you're looking at a bunch of youngsters from Jamaica Julian Alfred from St. Lucia all of these young women are running fast so the likelihood of her facing possibly the fastest field to ever assemble a woman's final is what she'll be facing in Paris next year but as we've seen in previous years Shelly Ann Frisler Price as I mentioned earlier has only failed to hit the podium once in 15 years of international competition seven world championships four Olympic games and I think I believe honestly believe that if she felt like she didn't have a chance of getting on the podium she would quit she would probably decide to walk away because she has nothing else to prove yes and I think if she believes that she can as I said before who am I to daughter you know correct a tremendous human being Shelly Ann Frisler Price and her Pocket Rocket Foundation is a staple now and great to see that she's contributing to not only students from her school but schools right across the board and different sports as we had said not just track and field the whole gamut of sporting competition she's contributing to so more power to Shelly Ann Frisler Price absolutely and I mean each time I see her and I get a chance to speak with her my level of respect grows even more because she doesn't have to do this you know but she gives back she's committed to being a nation builder and what we've seen from the competition the Six of Side competition that she's launching next well this Saturday actually where she's bringing communities together you know she has the banquet that's coming up on November 4th to raise funds for the foundation because she wants to do even more for the foundation 250 US dollars for a ticket so if you can afford it please try to support it but the reality is that what she's doing is not just for now she's building towards the future to do even more and that's you know that's so commendable because not everybody is able to do that and do that within a level of consistency she's proven that she's consistent on the track and even more so often yeah who are some of the people that were present today as we get ready to wrap and primarily there were the the recipients and your parents a few members of the media like myself and members of the foundation's board including Mrs. Colling Montague principle of Wilma's girls and of course Sherry Randston her communications person but it was primarily the kids and of course how can I forget Mr. Hendrickson from National Bakery who of course they donated one million Jamaican dollars just about six thousand US to the foundation which will go towards offering even more scholarships in here to come and I guess the the students were really thankful all their reaction from them there were and what do you think about some of the athletes who are there naturally east as you know she won class three champs last year she was a recipient and of course she was I think she was second third in the character in 100 meters and a young man who she alluded to today from Jamaica College who says I don't know she trains at the the base of the Ashenine stadium and she says every time when he finishes training he wants to race or he's an 800 meter runner and she brought that out today which you know brought those deals of laughter from the audience you know his name is Tyrone Lawson and so you know the kids really appreciate this and of course they look up to her she's an example for them to follow and that she's doing so much for them you know it certainly goes over well with with her both the kids and their parents because as you know education isn't cheap and you know these scholarships they get they get tablets they get a book grant they get 2000 yes 3000 dollars from digital in terms of credit and of course you know the money goes towards tuition and all of that all the things that they need to go to school yeah well Leighton as usual a pleasure chatting with you all the pleasure being here what's happening we're carnival oh we'll talk about that our producer says we gotta go break time