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 …
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 …