Bermudian athlete Dage Minors of Hamilton Parish is the latest Bermudian to make his mark in athletics at St Johnsbury Academy in Vermont, a tradition that spans two decades.Minors was named Vermont’s Boy Athlete of the Year last weekend during an award ceremony following the Vermont High School Indoor Track Championships on Saturday which saw him race to three first place finishes, then help his team win the 4x400 metres relay with a strong finish in the anchor leg. Earlier Minors won the 1,600 metres, covering the distance in 4:34.37; the 1,000 metres (2:43.26), and the 600 meters (1:25.64). Minors also ruled the championship meet’s 1,000 metre event in 2011 and 2012.The Bermuda Carifta Games athlete is among the latest group in a long line of students from Bermuda who for two decades have been leaving their marks on the athletic fields at St. Johnsbury Academy, a private Independent boarding school in northeastern Vermont serving students in grades 9-12.Nekai Durrant, a 1990 graduate from Southampton, set school and Vermont state records in the 200 metre dash, and Bayon Robinson of Smith's parish, who graduated in 1998, was a two-time (1997 and 1998) state champion in the 800 metres, as well as 1998 Vermont champion in the 400 metres.Also sprinting to state championships were Lamont Simmons, a 1994 graduate from Pembroke West, in the 400 metres, and Damon Ming of Pembroke, who graduated in 1997 after capturing the state title in the 100 metres. Ming is a well known footballer with league champions Dandy Town.Other recent sports standouts include 2010 graduate Tristan Smith of Sandys, who was selected as a member of the Vermont All-star team for the 36th Annual Lions Club Twin State Soccer Cup match, then named the game’s Most Valuable Player; and 2007 graduates Tse Minors of Hamilton, selected to the 2005 and 2006 Vermont All-State field hockey teams; Korie Tucker from St. David’s, a member of the Vermont All-Region and All-State boys soccer teams; and Michael Pimentel from Smith's parish, a 2006 Vermont All-Conference Football Team selection as a place-kicker and defensive end.Shosun Durham, from Hamilton Parish, and Brian Fubler of Southampton played major roles on the Academy’s track and field teams in 2012, helping the school win Vermont State Championships during both the indoor (winter) and outdoor (spring) seasons.Other current students attending St. Johnsbury Academy include Matari Tannock, who was a key member of the soccer team. As reported in the local paper, the Caledonian-Record, Matari was an All-Capital first-team choice. Coach Stephen Levesque called Tannock his team leader and most complete defender who was also played a huge role in SJA's playdown win over Harwood.In 2007, the Academy honoured its connection to the island by inviting Bermudian educational leader Merle Swan-Williams to deliver the Commencement Address for the school’s graduation ceremony.In 1958 — 16 years before Bermuda’s schools were integrated — Williams founded an advisory service to help send young Bermudans, especially black children, to summer camps and boarding schools.More than 200 young people from Bermuda have attended the Academy because of her efforts, including some of the first international boarding students drawn to the school during the Academy’s rapid boarding school expansion in the early 1980s.Williams’ granddaughter, Akira Robinson of Southampton, was a member of 2007’s graduating Academy class.