Michael Letterlough

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Michael Letterlough (born September 26, 1984) is a Caymanian track and field athlete competing in the hammer throw. After graduating from John Gray High School on Grand Cayman, Letterlough attended Florida International University in Miami and currently trains under the guidance of Anatoli Bondarchuk in Kamloops, British Columbia.^[1]

During the course of his athletic career at Florida International, Letterlough set national records in the hammer throw, discus throw, and weight throw^[2] before graduating with a finance degree in 2006. During his collegiate career, Letterlough won the 2006 Sun Belt Conference championship^[3] and set school records in the hammer throw and weight throw^[4] and was named Sun Belt Conference athlete of the week.^[5] He also served as the captain for the Cayman Islands team at the 2005 Island Games.^[6] During the 2007 season, he improved his national record in the hammer throw to 58.10 meters at the Florida Relays and also represented the Cayman Islands at the Pan American Games. In 2008, he again improved his national record in the hammer throw to 59.38m at the VS Athletics Beach Invitational^[7] and then again to 60.66m at the Kamloops Spring Throws Competition^[8].