America-based sprinter Khristel Martindale is the lone female named in the four-member junior Barbados squad for the Pan American Under-20 Championship this Friday to Sunday, in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico. Martindale, 19, is joined by fellow sprinters Amari Knight, Aragorn Straker and hurdler Nikkolia Kennedy, who will be accompanied by head coach Bryan Holder. After a below-par showing of 12.03 seconds in the women's 100 metres at last month's Barbados National …
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
Barbados’ Nikkolia Kennedy has been awarded the bronze medal in the Under-20 boys 110-meter hurdles event at the CARIFTA Games in Nassau, Bahamas.
Kennedy clocked 14.02 seconds and was fourth initially but later received an upgrade to the bronze medal position.
Jamaica’s Shaquane Gordon who crossed the line third was disqualified.
The event was won by Gordon’s teammate Demario Prince (13.37) while hometown