Barbados has its first medal at the 50th edition of the CARIFTA GAMES in Nassau, Bahamas, and it s gold.
Alexandra schoolgirl Ashlyn Simmons struck gold in the Under-17 girls 1500-metres in the evening session at the Thomas A Robinson Stadium.
The 16-year-old middle distance princess ran a perfectly executed race to clock 4:51.65 minutes.
Dena-Marie of Curacao took silver in 4:52.57 minutes while
By Anmar Goodridge-Boyce
Ashlyn Simmons and Layla Haynes were crowned CARIFTA champions after capturing gold medals for Barbados in the evening session of the region’s most prestigious junior track and field meet yesterday at the Thomas A Robinson Stadium in Nassau, Bahamas.
In one of the most memorable moments of the games so far, Haynes lived up to huge expectations and fulfilled
Ashlyn Simmons and Layla Haynes produced glorious gold medal middle-distance performances for Barbados in the evening session of day one of the 50th CARIFTA Games at the Thomas A. Robinson Stadium in Nassau, Bahamas. The team won two gold and one silver medal on the opening day of competition. Running in the first track final of the meet, 16-year-old Simmons executed an excellent race in the Under-17 girls’ 1 500 …
By Anmar Goodridge-Boyce
Close, but no cigar.
Barbadian Asabi Callender narrowly missed out on a bronze medal in the morning session of day two at the 50th edition of the CARIFTA Games in Nassau, Bahamas with a fourth-place finish in the Under-20 girls javelin event.
The 18-year-old Callender, who is also a West Indies Under-19 cricketer, registered a best mark of 41.81 metres
In Nassau Barbados’ javelin thrower Asabi Callender missed out on a medal when she finished fourth during Sunday's morning session at the 50th CARIFTA Games at the Thomas A. Robinson Stadium here in the Bahamas. Callender, the lone Barbadian among the 14 competitors in the Under-20 girls’ javelin event, had a best throw of 41.81 metres, which came on her second attempt after starting off with 41.31. She was fairly …