2000 CARIFTA Games

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XXIX CARIFTA Games
DatesApril 22–24
Host citySt. George's, Grenada Grenada
VenueGrenada National Stadium
LevelJunior and Youth
Events61
(34 junior, 27 youth)
Participationabout 265
(154 junior, 111 youth) athletes from
about 21 nations
Records set12 championships records

The 29th CARIFTA Games was held at the National Stadium in St. George's, Grenada, on April 22–24, 2000. A detailed report on the results was given.[1]

Participation (unofficial)[]

Detailed result lists can be found on the "St. Lucia online",[2] and on the "World Junior Athletics History" website.[3] An unofficial count yields the number of about 265 athletes (154 junior (under-20) and 111 youth (under-17)) from about 21 countries: Anguilla (5), Antigua and Barbuda (7), Bahamas (27), Barbados (23), Belize (1), Bermuda (9), British Virgin Islands (2), Cayman Islands (7), Dominica (3), Grenada (33), Guadeloupe (12), Guyana (2), Jamaica (55), Martinique (35), Netherlands Antilles (1), Saint Kitts and Nevis (2), Saint Lucia (1), Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (2), Trinidad and Tobago (35), Turks and Caicos Islands (1), US Virgin Islands (2).

Records[]

A total of 12 championships records were set.[2]

In the boys' U-20 category, from Jamaica threw the discus 50.41m.

In the girls' U-20 category, Veronica Campbell from Jamaica finished the 200 metres in 23.05 seconds. from Jamaica equalled the 1.79 m jumped by , Barbados, in high jump in the year 1987. from Martinique set new records in shot put (15.29m) and discus throw (50.14m). And from Barbados achieved 3,695 points in heptathlon. Moreover, Adrianna Lamalle from Martinique reached 13.64s in the 100 metres hurdles event.[4]

In the boys' U-17 category, the star of the games, Darrel Brown from Trinidad and Tobago, set two new records of 10.36s in 100 metres, and 21.20s in 200 metres, and (most probably) helped the Trinidad and Tobago 4 × 100 metres relay team to finish in 40.87s. 16.07 metres is the new shot put record for from Jamaica.

Finally, in the girls' U-20 category, from Antigua and Barbuda won the 1,500 metres in the new championships record time of 4:32.89.

Austin Sealy Award[]

The Austin Sealy Trophy for the most outstanding athlete of the games was awarded for the second time in the role to Darrel Brown from Trinidad and Tobago.[5][6] He won (at least) 2 gold medals (100m, and 200m) in the youth (U-17) category (there is no information on the composition of the Trinidad and Tobago relay teams).

Medal summary[]

Medal winners are published by category: Boys under 20 (Junior),[7] Girls under 20 (Junior),[8] Boys under 17 (Youth),[9] and Girls under 17 (Youth).[10] Complete results can be found on the "St. Lucia online",[2] and on the "World Junior Athletics History" website.[3]

Boys under 20 (Junior)[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres
(0.6 m/s) 		 Omar Brown (JAM) 10.39   (JAM) 10.54   (GRN) 10.61
200 metres
(0.9 m/s) 		 Omar Brown (JAM) 21.06  Winston Smith (JAM) 21.19  Fabrice Calligny (MTQ) 21.46
400 metres  Damion Barry (TRI) 46.63   (JAM) 46.73   (BAH) 46.95
800 metres  Aldwyn Sappleton (JAM) 1:52.70   (BAH) 1:52.77   (GLP) 1:54.08
1500 metres   (JAM) 4:00.07   (GUY) 4:00.79   (GLP) 4:00.91
5000 metres†   (GUY) 15:22.83   (GRN) 15:53.05   (JAM) 16:07.44
110 metres hurdles
(1.8 m/s) 		  (JAM) 14.63   (BAR) 15.04   (BAH) 16.09
400 metres hurdles   (BAR) 53.25   (JAM) 53.45   (JAM) 54.56
High Jump  Germaine Mason (JAM) 2.12   (BAH)
 Damon Thompson (BAR)		 2.12
Pole Vault   (TRI) 3.60   (TRI) 3.55   (JAM) 3.55
Long Jump  Leevan Sands (BAH) 7.68   (TRI) 7.45   (JAM) 7.36
Triple Jump  Leevan Sands (BAH) 16.14w   (GLP) 15.29w   (MTQ) 15.23
Shot Put   (JAM) 13.90  Shamir Thomas (GRN) 13.88   (MTQ) 13.86
Discus Throw   (JAM) 50.41 CR   (MTQ) 48.44  Shamir Thomas (GRN) 46.18
Javelin Throw  Alroy Peters (GRN) 59.55   (GRN) 59.35   (TRI) 58.42
Heptathlon†   (TRI) 4621   (GRN) 4531  Samuel Payne (BAR) 4370
4 × 100 metres relay  Jamaica


Winston Smith
Omar Brown		 40.55  Martinique 41.31  Barbados 41.56
4 × 400 metres relay  Trinidad and Tobago 3:12.73  Bahamas 3:13.76  Barbados 3:14.58

†: Open event for both junior and youth athletes.

Girls under 20 (Junior)[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres   (JAM) 11.37  Veronica Campbell (JAM) 11.41   (MTQ) 11.74
200 metres
(1.2 m/s) 		 Veronica Campbell (JAM) 23.05 CR   (JAM) 23.44  Fana Ashby (TRI) 23.86
400 metres  Hazel-Ann Regis (GRN) 53.29  Sheryl Morgan (JAM) 53.66  Shellene Williams (JAM) 54.15
800 metres   (JAM) 2:08.73   (BAR) 2:09.25   (JAM) 2:11.97
1500 metres   (JAM) 4:36.15   (JAM) 4:41.99   (ATG) 4:46.70
3000 metres†   (ATG) 9:57.33   (JAM) 10:11.50  Pilar McShine (TRI) 10:14.73
100 metres hurdles
(1.6 m/s) 		 Adrianna Lamalle (MTQ) 13.57   (BAR) 13.60   (JAM) 13.78
400 metres hurdles   (TRI) 58.92  Patricia Hall (JAM) 60.00   (TRI) 60.58
High Jump   (JAM) 1.79 =CR   (TRI) 1.70   (JAM) 1.70
Long Jump   (GLP) 5.95   (MTQ) 5.93   (TRI) 5.85
Triple Jump   (JAM) 12.95   (GLP) 12.92   (MTQ) 12.66
Shot Put   (MTQ) 15.29 CR   (MTQ) 13.43   (JAM) 12.83
Discus Throw   (MTQ) 50.14 CR   (BAH) 43.22   (JAM) 41.71
Javelin Throw   (MTQ) 47.87   (GRN) 41.85   (GRN) 40.61
Pentathlon†   (BAR) 3695 CR   (JAM) 3346   (BAR) 3280
4 × 100 metres relay  Jamaica 44.63  Trinidad and Tobago 45.31  Martinique 45.31
4 × 400 metres relay  Jamaica 3:35.33  Barbados 3:42.13  Trinidad and Tobago 3:43.46

†: Open event for both junior and youth athletes.

Boys under 17 (Youth)[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres
(1.5 m/s) 		 Darrel Brown (TRI) 10.36 CR  Churandy Martina (AHO) 10.73  Grafton Ifill (BAH) 10.75
200 metres
(1.7 m/s) 		 Darrel Brown (TRI) 21.20 CR  Churandy Martina (AHO) 21.73  Grafton Ifill (BAH) 21.81
400 metres   (SKN) 49.40   (TRI) 49.54   (TRI) 49.63
800 metres   (TRI) 1:57.39   (TRI) 1:57.45   (JAM) 1:57.70
1500 metres   (TRI) 4:10.49   (GRN) 4:11.85   (GLP) 4:12.60
100 metres hurdles
(1.8 m/s) 		  (MTQ) 13.36   (JAM) 13.47   (JAM) 13.48
400 metres hurdles   (JAM) 53.62   (JAM) 53.85   (BAR) 55.56
High Jump   (GLP) 2.00   (JAM) 1.95   (BAR) 1.90
Long Jump   (GRN) 7.15   (JAM) 7.10  Eddy De Lépine (MTQ) 6.99
Triple Jump  Eddy De Lépine (MTQ) 14.55   (JAM) 14.05   (MTQ) 13.95
Shot Put   (JAM) 16.07 CR   (JAM) 14.58  Walt Williams (GRN) 13.55
Discus Throw   (JAM) 42.86  Michael Letterlough (CAY) 40.57   (IVB) 40.52
Javelin Throw  Densley Joseph (GRN) 58.40   (BAR) 53.78   (BAR) 52.12
4 × 100 metres relay  Trinidad and Tobago 40.87 CR  Martinique 42.10  Jamaica 42.53

Girls under 17 (Youth)[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres
(1.5 m/s) 		 Kerron Stewart (JAM) 11.95   (BAH) 12.05   (GRN) 12.09
200 metres
(2.5 m/s) 		  (JAM) 23.31w  Simone Facey (JAM) 24.32w   (BAH) 24.49w
400 metres  Anneisha McLaughlin (JAM) 54.57   (JAM) 55.54   (BAH) 56.17
800 metres   (JAM) 2:10.76   (JAM) 2:12.46   (ATG) 2:13.13
1500 metres   (ATG) 4:32.89 CR   (GRN) 4:43.32   (JAM) 4:46.46
100 metres hurdles
(0.3 m/s) 		  (JAM) 14.30   (MTQ) 14.41   (TRI) 14.59
300 metres hurdles   (JAM) 43.02   (TRI) 43.32  Kerron Stewart (JAM) 43.41
High Jump   (JAM) 1.76   (BAR) 1.76  Levern Spencer (LCA) 1.73
Long Jump   (FRA) 6.00   (TRI) 5.88   (MTQ) 5.82w
Shot Put   (BAR) 13.03   (BER) 11.22   (GRN) 10.70
Discus Throw   (BAR) 39.75   (JAM) 34.81   (BAR) 34.16
Javelin Throw   (GRN) 37.43   (BAR) 33.95   (BAH) 30.10
4 × 100 metres relay  Jamaica 45.91  Guadeloupe 46.95  Trinidad and Tobago 47.32

Medal table (unofficial)[]

  *   Host nation (Grenada)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Jamaica (JAM)28211564
2 Trinidad and Tobago (TTO)108927
3 Martinique (MTQ)66921
4 Grenada (GRN)*57618
5 Barbados (BAR)48820
6 Bahamas (BAH)25714
7 Guadeloupe (GLP)2439
8 Antigua and Barbuda (ATG)2024
9 Guyana (GUY)1102
10 Saint Kitts and Nevis (SKN)1001
11 Netherlands Antilles (AHO)0202
12 Bermuda (BER)0101
 Cayman Islands (CAY)0101
14 British Virgin Islands (IVB)0011
 Saint Lucia (LCA)0011
Totals (15 nations)616461186


References[]

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