By the time Tyler Hercules and Kesiann John landed in Jamaica, their names were already written into St Vincent and the Grenadines' (SVG) school athletics history. What awaited them at the Pocket Rocket Foundation (PRF) Student-Athlete Summit was something just as important: a wider vision of who they could become.

Hercules, 12, of St Vincent Boys Grammar School, and John, 16, of Barrouallie Secondary School, were specially invited to attend the summit after emerging as the top male and female performers at the 2026 SVG Inter-Secondary Schools Athletics Championship in March.

Hercules was named Victor Ludorum, the championship’s most outstanding male athlete, after breaking the junior boys’100m, 200m and 400m records. John earned the Victrix Ludorum title after breaking the senior girls’ 800m and 1500m records.