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Jamaica piling up the medals at Carifta Games - Day Three Report
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| Published on Tuesday, April 14, 2009 | Email To Friend Print Version
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By Gary Smith
Caribbean Net News Sports Correspondent
Email: gary@caribbeannetnews.com
VIEUX FORT, St Lucia -- Jamaican athletes won 12-gold medals, including all four sprint relay titles on another dominating third day at the 38th Carifta Games at the George Odlum Stadium in St Lucia on Sunday.
A total of six records were broken on the third day, with Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago athletes accounting for them.
Sprint relay sweep for Jamaica
The Jamaicans, after a very productive individual outing throughout the day, swept the 4x100m relay events and set two championships records in the process.
Both the U17 boys and girls captured gold medals in record breaking fashion.
On the girls’ side, the Jamaicans clocked a blistering 45.05 seconds for gold ahead of Trinidad and Tobago (46.44) and Bahamas (47.04). The boys’ team were just as impressive, winning in a record time of 40.76 to outpace the Bahamians (41.89) and Barbados (42.18).
In the U20 section, the girls posted 45.04secs to beat Bahamas and Trinidad who came home in respective times of 45.43 and 46.97. On the boys’ side, Jamaica ran a quick 40.05 to outclass a strong looking Barbados, at 40.62, and Martinique (40.82).
Good hurdles results
Earlier in the day, Janieve Russell and Nikita Tracey won gold medals for Jamaica in the girls U17 and U20 hurdles competition.
Russell, the U17 Long Jump champion and High Jump bronze medallist, was outstanding in her race – winning in a championships record time of 41.30, which bettered Jamaican Patricia Hall’s 1998 previous record of 41.33.
Sade Greenidge of Barbados ran 42.81 for second, with third going to Aimee Adamis in 43.21.
Tracey claimed the U20 400m hurdles crown with a 57.79 run. She beat teammate Danielle Dowie (57.88) and Barbados’ Latoya Griffith (59.05).
In the Boys’ section, Trinidadian Jehue Gordon and Barbadian Tramaine Maloney made sure the Jamaicans did not have things their own way.
Gordon erased Jamaican Gregory Little’s seven-year-old mark of 50.85 on his way to winning the U20 race in a new record of 50.01 seconds.
Leslie Murray of the USA Virgin Islands, the bronze medallist in the open 400m, ran 51.20 for silver, with Jamaican Dwayne Extol taking third in 52.34.
Maloney took the U17 race with a nice 54.88 run that pushed him ahead of Bahamian Patrick Bodie (55.48) and Jamaican Kyle Robinson (55.59).
The longer races
Also on the track, St Lucia’s Rolsan Pamphile produced a strong 9:03.16 to win the boys U17 3,000m in front of Trey Simons (BER) 9:07.39 and Mark London (T&T) 9:12.27.
The girls open race went to Jamaica’s Twishana Williams, who took gold in 10:18.04. She defeated countrywoman Sharlene Brown (10:31.36) and Ashley Berry (BER) 10:41.33.
Back in the field
In field event results, the boys U20 discus went to Trinidad’s Quincy Wilson with a record performance of 55.67m. Travis Smikle (JAM) 54.42m took second, with Chad Wright (JAM) 50.62m taking third.
Elsewhere, Jamaica’s Micara Vassell won the girls U20 shot put with a throw of 14.03m, Trinidad’s Keshorn Walcott won the boys U17 javelin with a mark of 59.30m.
The U17 boys long jump went to Jamaica’s Julian Forte (7.25m) and Shaneika Thomas (JAM) won the girls U20 high jump with a clearance of 1.70m, the same height cleared by Jeanelle Ovid (T&T) and Shinelle Proctor (ANG) for second and third, respectively.
In other field event results, Jamaican Sasha-Gaye Marston won the girls U17 discus with 39.64m with her countrywoman taking the U17 triple jump with a record jump of Rochelle Farquharson 12.61m. The boys triple jump U20 crown went to Trinidadian Elton Walcott (15.61m), who beat J’Vente Deveaux (BAH) 15.47 and Ulric Bolosier (MAR) 15.43.
The exciting girls’ pentathlon title went to Martinique’s Audilia Da Veiga, who tallied 3,643 points for gold. She outlasted overnight leader Makeba Alcide (LUC) 3,534 and Annmarie Duffus (JAM) 3,382. | | | | Reads : 2655 | | | |
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