Talented middle-distance athlete Ashlyn Simmons produced a lifetime best in the 1 500 metres to win a bronze medal on Sunday at the North American, Central American and Caribbean (NACAC) Under-18 and Under-23 Championships in San José Costa Rica. Barbados won one silver and three bronze at the meet which showcases the hemisphere's athletes, over three grueling days of competition. Simmons clocked 4 minutes 49.18 seconds in the Under-18 girls’ …
National record holder and gifted quarter-miler Sada Williams will be chasing a season’s best when she competes in the women’s 400 metres at the Barbados National Championship in Athletics, scheduled to run off at 6:57 p.m. today at the Usain Bolt Sports Complex. Williams was unmatched during the one-lap preliminary race on the opening day of nationals Friday, clocking a breezy 52.42 seconds to advance to the final. She was …
Questions needed to be asked of the Athletics Association of Barbados regarding the state of local track and field, says former Barbados junior national head coach Michael Jules. In an interview with Nation Online, Jules, who head coach of the 1997 CARIFTA team that won the record 33 medals, said it was very hard to use this year’s tally of 11 – two gold, four silver and six bronze – …
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By David Comissiong
I would like to publicly congratulate the young Barbadian athletes who represented our country at the just concluded 50th CARIFTA Games, particularly the medal winners – Ashlyn Simmons, Layla Haynes, Aaron Massiah, Favian Gollop, Chamecia Bryan, Nya Browne, Kadia Rock, Ariel
Aaron Massiah provided silver lining for Barbados by capturing his second medal of the 50th anniversary of the CARIFTA Games in Nassau, Bahamas, in the final session on Sunday.
The 16-year-old secured silver in the Under-17 boys triple jump after registering a mark of 13.93 metres. The event was won by Jamaica’s Euan Young (14.32) while Guyana’s Ezekiel Saul (13.53) took