The 50th edition of the CARIFTA track and field games, the premier track and field event for the Caribbean Community’s young athletes, was a jubilee of athletic prowess that surely must have made its creator Sir Austin Sealy beam with pride and gratitude.
His homeland’s contingent added lustre to the Easter weekend fiesta in Nassau with a commendable haul of 11
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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
by Anmar Goodridge-Boyce
Barbados ended the 50th edition of the CARIFTA track and field games in Nassau, Bahamas, with a tally of 10 medals as the Under-17 girls 4x400-metre relay team produced an impressive performance on another night of silver lining for the 23-member team at the Thomas A Robinson Stadium.
The quartet of Kadia Rock, Ariel Archer, Chanecia Bryan and Aniya
Layla Haynes, Ashlyn Simmons and Favian Gollop rallied for silver medals as the Barbados CARIFTA track and field team tallied seven medals in the final session of the 50th CARIFTA Games which concluded at the Thomas A. Robinson Stadium on Monday in Nassau, Bahamas. The medal-filled session increased the country’s tally to 11 which comprised two gold medals, six silver medals and three bronze medals. Haynes placed second in the …
in Nassau Debutante Akila Harewood led three Barbadian sprint hurdlers in qualifying for Monday evening’s finals after a successful outing in their semi-final heats this morning in the 50th CARIFTA Games at the Thomas A. Robinson Stadium here in the Bahamas. Harewood secured her berth when she finished second in the first of two Under-17 girls’ 100-metre hurdles heats in a personal best time of 14.31 seconds to Jamaican Bryana …