Sprinter Tristian Evelyn has been announced as the latest addition to the track and field athlete lineup that will compete at the Enhanced Games on May 24 in Las Vegas.
Evelyn, 28, who was introduced as part of the growing sprint group on Monday, said she will not use any banned substances when she competes in the women’s 100m.
She is the sixth female sprinter who has signed to Enhanced and joins Shania Collins, Taylor Anderson, Shockoria Wallace, Jasmine Abrams and Denae McFarlane as the total group of runners now stands at 13.
“Since the Enhanced Games model does not mandate athletes to participate in their medical program, I am grateful for the opportunity to earn considerable prize money as an non-enhanced sprinter.”
Evelyn has competed for Barbados at the 2024 Paris Olympics and 2020 Tokyo Games, holding current 60m, 100m and indoor 200m records for the country and ran for the University of Houston as a collegiate athlete.
Other sprinters who will compete at the event include Fred Kerley, Reece Prescod, Mike Bryan, Clarence Munyai, Marvin Bracy, Emmanuel Matadi and Mouhamadou Fall.
“Securing Tristan, one of the preeminent sprinters in the world, further strengthens our women’s division,” Rick Adams, Enhanced’s chief sporting officer said. “Our transparent and flexible participation model offers athletes the opportunity to compete, be compensated generously and retain complete autonomy over their decision on enhancement. It also allows Tristan to maintain adherence to other international sporting organizations regulations for whom we have deep respect.”
Prescod also said he will not use banned drugs when he was announced to the sprint roster in January after coming out of retirement to join Enhanced.
Shortly after he was revealed as part of the event, UK Athletics criticized the move even as Prescod said signing with Enhanced would assist him financially and noted that he has never used any performance-enhanced drugs in his career.
“UK Athletics is disappointed by reports that former Great Britain sprinter Reece Prescod intends to take part in the so-called Enhanced Games,” the governing body said in a statement in January. “UKA does not recognize the Enhanced Games as a legitimate sporting competition. Any event that promotes or permits the use of harmful substances with the aim of pushing the human body to its limit for short-term goals is not sport as we value it.”
