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Frank Pancho Rahming found profound correspondence in the admonition by Theresa of Avila that a man of substance is gentle with his wards but stern with himself.

When his first coach, Mr. Keith Parker came to The Bahamas 1959, he encountered such a man when he was posted at Government High School as a Physical Education Teacher.

.Pancho distinctly remembers one of his classes, at the site on Poinciana Blvd, when his class had to run around the entire boundary.
This included all the area encompassing the College of The Bahamas campus and the Batelco’s complex.

It was a rainy day, Pancho was not in school uniform, water in some areas was almost knee deep and Pancho finished first.

Hence, the beginning of his career as a track athlete and he competed in numerous school competitions for Government High.
Following that day and between 1960 and 1967, he competed in numerous road races running against persons like Julian Brown, Oscar Francis, Cleso Munnings, Derek Cambridge and Percy “Smokey” Christie and was called by a Sports Editor, “The Barefoot Boy from Fox Hill”.

His first international event was the CAC Games in Kingston, Jamaica in 1962.

He competed in the 1500m.

In 1966, he made the 1500m finals at the CAC Games in Puerto Rico and was selected for that year’s Commonwealth Games in Jamaica.
Pancho entered Florida Memorial College in 1967and there he became track team captain and at various meets ran any of the following events; the 200m, 400m, 800m, 1500m, or 2 miles and relays.

However during his final year at Florida, he concentrated on the 400m/800m combination.

In 1972, he was selected for the Munich Olympic Games.

This he refers to as the apex of his competitive years.

In the 400 meters, he placed 4th in the qualifying round, just missing out on making it to the second round.
In varying capacities, he was to participate in ten Olympic Games to date, either as athlete, coach or team functionary, a feat unequaled by any other Bahamian, with the exception of Sir Durward Knowles.

Between 1972 and 1980, Pancho taught Physical Education and coached track & field at C.I.Gibson Junior High School, producing a plethora of international world class athletes.

In 1980 he was transferred to the Ministry of Youth Sports and Culture as National Coach, Track and Field.
Here, he continued coaching but he also became involved in the technical aspect of the sport and concentrated on improv- ing his coaching knowledge and skills.

At the CAC or Area Level, he became certified as a Level III Coach and Level II Coaching Education Lecturer.

When the IAAF introduced its coaching education program, he became certified as a Level I course lecturer and conducted cours- es throughout the area, Grenada, Guyana, Belize, Cayman and The Bahamas.
As a matter of fact, only two Bahamian IAAF Level II Coaches he had no part in their certification and that’s because they did it outside The Bahamas.

He was also able to achieve the IAAF Level V Coaches’ certification.

He retired from the Ministry of Youth Sports and Culture in 2010 as the Deputy Director of Sports.
Named relay team coach for the Team of the Americas for two World Cup competitions, Pancho worked with some of the Caribbean’s top athletes, i.e., Asafa Powell, Mark Burns, Felix Sanchez, Francique Alleyne, Kim Collins, Ana Guevara, Cydonie Mothersill, Aleen Bai- ley, Novlene Williams, Sherone Simpson and our Bahamian athletes.

As a member of the Technical Committee for CAC, he served as Technical Director for Youth CAC, Carifta, Jr. CAC and Sr. CAC.
Pancho has continued to work with athletes at the high school and club level.

When requested, he assists with seminars and clinics for track officials.

He also assists family island coaches, athletes and meet directors.

However, his pet invention remains the largest single sporting event nationally, the Annual National Primary Schools Track and Field Championship, sponsored and organized for the past thirty years by the Ministry of Youth Sports.
The event attracts thousands of participants each year and has been a tool of discovery for a vast number of world class Bahamian athletes.

As a member of Mt.

Carey Union Baptist Church and Choir Director, .Pancho is married to Earnestine Miller and is the proud father of three; two daughters Dara, an Opera singer and Japera, an Engineer.

His son, Franklin Oswald Leopold, passed in 2009.

He has one grandson, Jalen.

His hobbies include travelling, reading and playing Tennis.
Other persons who were instrumental in his career as an ath- lete or coach includes: Coach Charlie Major; Charlie Wright; Coach D’ynza Burrows; Coaches Walter Fordham; A. Chester Robinson and Clyde Pettiway at Florida Memorial College; Mr. Winston “Gus” Cooper; Dr. Bernard Nottage; Mr. Victor Lopez and Amadeo Francis.

Pancho owes a debt of gratitude to these persons and hope he was able to impact at least one life positively as they have impact- ed his.