1998 CARIFTA Games

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XXVII CARIFTA Games
DatesApril 11–13
Host cityPort of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago
LevelJunior and Youth
Events62
Participationabout 308 athletes from
about 20 nations

The 27th CARIFTA Games was held in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, on April 11–13, 1998.

Participation (unofficial)[]

Detailed result lists can be found on the "World Junior Athletics History" website.[1] An unofficial count yields the number of about 308 athletes (176 junior (under-20) and 132 youth (under-17)) from about 20 countries: Antigua and Barbuda (10), Bahamas (34), Barbados (41), Bermuda (7), British Virgin Islands (3), Cayman Islands (9), Dominica (4), French Guiana (3), Grenada (11), Guadeloupe (19), Guyana (7), Jamaica (59), Martinique (24), Montserrat (1), Netherlands Antilles (5), Saint Kitts and Nevis (4), Saint Lucia (5), Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (6), Trinidad and Tobago (52), Turks and Caicos Islands (4).

Austin Sealy Award[]

The Austin Sealy Trophy for the most outstanding athlete of the games was awarded to from Antigua and Barbuda.[2][3] She was born on September 21, 1985.[4] At the age of 11 years, she already won the gold medal in the women's 3000 metres competition last year in the junior (U-20) category at the 1997 CARIFTA Games being the youngest athlete to win a medal at the games. This year at the age of 12 years, she won 2 gold medals, again the 3000 metres in the junior (U-20) category, and the 1500 metres in the youth (U-17) category.

Medal summary[]

Medal winners are published by category: Boys under 20 (Junior),[5] Girls under 20 (Junior),[6] Boys under 17 (Youth),[7] and Girls under 17 (Youth).[8] Complete results can be found on the "World Junior Athletics History" website.[1]

Boys under 20 (Junior)[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres  Dwight Thomas (JAM) 10.46  Dimitri Demonière (MTQ) 10.52   (AHO) 10.66
200 metres
(0.0 m/s) 		  (JAM) 21.04   (MTQ) 21.24  Dimitri Demonière (MTQ) 21.36
400 metres  Simon Pierre (TRI) 46.92  Lueroy Colquhoun (JAM) 46.58   (JAM) 47.38
800 metres   (JAM) 1:50.58  Sherridan Kirk (TRI) 1:51.81  Aldwyn Sappleton (JAM) 1:51.83
1500 metres  Aldwyn Sappleton (JAM) 3:58.88   (JAM) 4:00.81   (TRI) 4:01.25
5000 metres   (GUY) 15:41.49   (TRI) 15:48.65   (TRI) 15:55.51
110 metres hurdles
(-3.0 m/s) 		 Dwight Thomas (JAM) 14.53   (JAM) 14.85   (BAR) 15.07
400 metres hurdles   (JAM) 51.58   (JAM) 51.77   (BAR) 54.04
High jump   (BAR) 2.09   (MTQ) 2.06   (BAH) 2.03
Pole vault   (JAM) 4.32   (TRI) 3.45   (TRI) 2.75
Long jump   (JAM) 7.52  Stéphane Moreau (MTQ) 7.50  Leevan Sands (BAH) 7.42
Triple jump   (GLP) 15.94   (MTQ) 15.28  Leevan Sands (BAH) 15.01
Shot put   (GUY) 14.55  Claston Bernard (JAM) 14.19  Rohan Ferguson (JAM) 13.39
Discus throw   (MTQ) 46.74  Rohan Ferguson (JAM) 43.45   (JAM) 42.35
Javelin throw   (BAR) 59.41   (BAR) 58.29   (GRN) 57.62
Heptathlon   (TRI) 4678   (TCA) 4670   (TRI) 4381
4 × 100 metres relay  Jamaica 40.03  Martinique 40.43  Trinidad and Tobago 41.35
4 × 400 metres relay  Jamaica 3:11.49  Barbados 3:13.40  Bahamas 3:20.85

Girls under 20 (Junior)[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres  Aleen Bailey (JAM) 11.37  Elva Goulbourne (JAM) 11.62  Fana Ashby (TRI) 11.63
200 metres
(2.4 m/s) 		 Aleen Bailey (JAM) 23.16w  Elva Goulbourne (JAM) 23.32w  Fana Ashby (TRI) 23.74w
400 metres   (JAM) 52.57  Hazel-Ann Regis (GRN) 52.83  Allison Beckford (JAM) 53.93
800 metres   (TRI) 2:06.83   (BAR) 2:11.33   (JAM) 2:11.53
1500 metres   (JAM) 4:39.48   (TRI) 4:41.06   (GUY) 4:45.71
3000 metres   (ATG) 10:09.05   (GRN) 10:20.13   (ATG) 10:24.54
100 metres hurdles
(-3.5 m/s) 		  (JAM) 14.47   (TRI) 14.52   (GUF) 14.53
400 metres hurdles  Allison Beckford (JAM) 59.38  Andrea Bliss (JAM) 59.90   (MTQ) 63.06
High jump   (BAH) 1.76   (JAM) 1.76   (TRI) 1.70
Long jump   (GLP) 6.27   (BAH) 6.11  Elva Goulbourne (JAM) 6.08
Triple jump   (GLP) 13.04   (JAM) 12.86  Christine Brown (JAM) 12.79
Shot put  Candice Scott (TRI) 13.17   (GUY) 12.73   (BAH) 12.20
Discus throw   (MTQ) 45.41   (JAM) 44.56   (BAH) 39.51
Javelin throw   (GLP) 45.27   (GLP) 44.96   (MTQ) 44.62
Pentathlon   (JAM) 3381   (BAR) 2990   (TRI) 2959
4 × 100 metres relay  Jamaica 44.97  Trinidad and Tobago 46.16  Bahamas 46.52
4 × 400 metres relay  Jamaica 3:33.19  Trinidad and Tobago 3:38.01  Guadeloupe 3:40.23

Boys under 17 (Youth)[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres
(-0.7 m/s) 		 Marc Burns (TRI) 10.76   (JAM) 10.79  Michael Frater (JAM) 10.85
200 metres
(0.0 m/s) 		 Marc Burns (TRI) 21.69  Omar Brown (JAM) 21.71  David Hamil (CAY) 21.74
400 metres  Wilan Louis (BAR) 48.35  Damion Barry (TRI) 48.44   (BAR) 49.02
800 metres   (JAM) 1:58.14   (TRI) 1:58.28   (JAM) 1:58.32
1500 metres   (JAM) 4:09.56   (JAM) 4:11.43   (ATG) 4:12.15
100 metres hurdles
(4.5 m/s) 		  (JAM) 13.39w   (BAR) 13.77w   (BAR) 14.08w
400 metres hurdles   (JAM) 52.97   (BAR) 55.29   (TRI) 55.68
High jump   (JAM) 2.00   (JAM) 2.00  Damon Thompson (BAR) 1.95
Long jump   (BAR) 7.31   (MTQ) 7.03   (JAM) 7.03
Triple jump   (BAR) 14.53   (JAM) 13.77  Samuel Payne (BAR) 13.73
Shot put  Shamir Thomas (GRN) 14.66  Godfrey Ellis (BAH) 14.08   (BAH) 14.03
Discus throw  Godfrey Ellis (BAH) 43.43  Shamir Thomas (GRN) 42.36   (JAM) 41.18
Javelin throw   (BAR) 51.75   (GLP) 51.12   (GRN) 49.98
4 × 100 metres relay  Trinidad and Tobago 41.58  Jamaica 41.79  Bahamas 42.51

Girls under 17 (Youth)[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres   (BER) 11.96  Melaine Walker (JAM) 12.03   (JAM) 12.04
200 metres  Melaine Walker (JAM) 23.91   (JAM) 24.11   (TRI) 24.21
400 metres  Patricia Hall (JAM) 53.79   (JAM) 53.81  Kishara George (GRN) 54.80
800 metres   (JAM) 2:15.31   (BAR) 2:15.97   (TRI) 2:16.29
1500 metres   (ATG) 4:34.80   (ATG) 4:36.22   (JAM) 4:43.58
100 metres hurdles
(0.9 m/s) 		 Adrianna Lamalle (MTQ) 13.63   (TRI) 13.89  Melaine Walker (JAM) 14.15
300 metres hurdles  Patricia Hall (JAM) 41.33   (TRI) 41.86   (JAM) 43.20
High jump   (JAM) 1.75   (BAR) 1.75   (TRI) 1.63
Long jump   (JAM) 5.81  Shandria Brown (BAH) 5.61   (JAM) 5.59
Shot put   (MTQ) 11.84   (BAR) 11.79   (GLP) 11.70
Discus throw   (MTQ) 37.95   (BAR) 35.81   (CAY) 32.31
Javelin throw   (BAR) 36.92  Jade Bailey (BAR) 36.60   (GLP) 35.09
4 × 100 metres relay  Jamaica 46.55  Trinidad and Tobago 47.27  Bahamas 47.88

Medal table (unofficial)[]

  *   Host nation (Trinidad and Tobago)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Jamaica (JAM)31211769
2 Trinidad and Tobago (TTO)*7121332
3 Barbados (BAR)711624
4 Martinique (MTQ)57315
5 Guadeloupe (GLP)4239
6 Bahamas (BAH)231015
7 Antigua and Barbuda (ATG)2125
8 Guyana (GUY)2114
9 Grenada (GRN)1337
10 Bermuda (BER)1001
11 Turks and Caicos Islands (TKS)0101
12 Cayman Islands (CAY)0022
13 French Guiana (GUF)0011
 Netherlands Antilles (AHO)0011
Totals (14 nations)626262186


References[]

  1. ^ a b World Junior Athletics History, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on October 23, 2011, retrieved October 8, 2011
  2. ^ Carifta Games Magazine, Part 2 (PDF), Carifta Games 2011, archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-25, retrieved Oct 12, 2011
  3. ^ Carifta Games Magazine, Part 3 (PDF), Carifta Games 2011, archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-25, retrieved Oct 12, 2011
  4. ^ Biographies. Williams, Janill, ANT, IAAF, retrieved Jan 31, 2012
  5. ^ "CARIFTA GAMES (UNDER 20 MEN)", Athletics Weekly, retrieved October 8, 2011
  6. ^ "CARIFTA GAMES (UNDER 20 WOMEN)", Athletics Weekly, retrieved October 8, 2011
  7. ^ "CARIFTA GAMES (UNDER 17 BOYS)", Athletics Weekly, retrieved October 8, 2011
  8. ^ "CARIFTA GAMES (UNDER 17 GIRLS)", Athletics Weekly, retrieved October 8, 2011

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