By Neto Baptiste
National sprinter Cejhae Greene said he has been progressing well since his decision to transition from MVP International (USA) to MVP Jamaica in 2024.
Speaking with Observer media during a recent track and field camp with USA’s 400 meters Olympic gold medalist Rai Benjamin at the YASCO Sports Complex, Greene said that his almost 14 months in Jamaica with renowned coach, Stephen Francis, is already bearing fruits.
“We’ve been laying the ground work, getting ready for the season ahead. It’ll be my second year with them and so far he’s been happy with the improvement. He’s also actually pointed out that I’m handling some of the workouts a lot better from last year and he wants us to continue. He actually sent his assistant to call me and make sure that I’m still doing my work amongst all this stuff. What’s next, is just to keep striving and keep trying to do the best that we can. The ultimate goal is to make finals and win medals. Try and make the country proud, try and make my people proud,” he said.
Greene made the switch to Jamaica in September 2024, leaving the USA where he had been under the guidance of coach Henry Rolle since 2020.
The Antiguan struggled with injuries throughout portions of 2024 and 2025 but said he is doing much better, both physically and mentally.
“I say it every year, the biggest part of almost every athlete’s journey is staying healthy and the more you can stay healthy is the more you can accomplish. We’ve already seen that a healthy season and you can compete with the best of it, right? So it’s just about putting in the work and trying to do our best to accomplish that. It’s a challenging year for me, probably one of my most challenging years in my career because I’ve never really had an injury that bad,” the athlete said.
“I’ve had injuries set me back for a little bit, always been able to bounce back, but that’s a part of sports. That’s a part of the job that we do is adversity and trying to overcome it, right? So all that is behind me and so far we’ve been healthy and the coach has been very diligent in how we assess this season and how we’re going to try to prevent it, right? But each year has its own struggles, each year has its positives and ups and downs and that’s just how we got to deal with it,” he added.
Greene holds the Central American & Caribbean Games (CAC) record of 10.00 seconds in the 100 meters, which is set in July of 2018 in Colombia.
Several top athletes have represented the MVP Track Club in Jamaica, including Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Elaine Thompson-Herah, Asafa Powell, and Tajay Gayle. The club is currently the hub for twins Tina and Tia Clayton, Sherika Jackson and Kishane Thompson.