2003 CARIFTA Games

XXXII CARIFTA Games
XXXII CARIFTA Games
Dates	April 19–21
Host city	Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
Venue	Hasely Crawford National Stadium
Level	Junior and Youth
Events	66 ; (35 junior (incl. 3 open), 31 youth)
Participation	about 427 ; (219 junior, 208 youth) athletes from ; about 23 nations
Records set	14 games records
	← 2002 Nassau 2004 Hamilton → ;

The 32nd CARIFTA Games were held in the Hasely Crawford National Stadium in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago on April 19–21, 2003. A detailed report on the results was given.^[1]

Participation (unofficial)[]

Detailed result lists can be found on the CFPI^[2] and the "World Junior Athletics History" website.^[3] An unofficial count yields the number of about 427 athletes (219 junior (under-20) and 208 youth (under-17)) from about 23 countries: Anguilla (3), Antigua and Barbuda (15), Aruba (4), Bahamas (64), Barbados (21), Bermuda (7), British Virgin Islands (7), Cayman Islands (13), Dominica (4), French Guiana (2), Grenada (47), Guadeloupe (20), Guyana (15), Haiti (7), Jamaica (70), Martinique (19), Netherlands Antilles (15), Saint Kitts and Nevis (6), Saint Lucia (8), Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (5), Trinidad and Tobago (66), Turks and Caicos Islands (8), US Virgin Islands (1).

Records[]

A total of 14 games records were set.^[1]^[2]

In the boys' U-20 category, Usain Bolt from Jamaica set three new games records finishing the 200 metres in 20.43s (wind: -1.1 m/s), the 400 metres in 46.35s, and together with the Jamaican 4 × 100 m relay team in 39.43s. In triple jump, Ayata Joseph from Antigua and Barbuda set a new mark of 16.20 metres. In shot put, Jamaican achieved 17.33 metres. In the discus throw competition, the old mark of 50.41 metres by Jamaican from the year 2000 was improved three times. First, from Jamaica threw 51.25 metres in his second attempt. Then, from the British Virgin Islands reached 51.43 metres in his fifth attempt, before setting the final mark of 55.20 metres in the last attempt.

In the girls' U-20 category, from Jamaica finished the 400 metres hurdles in 56.61 seconds. The Jamaican 4x400 metres relay team set the new record to 3:36.20. from Jamaica and Levern Spencer from Saint Lucia jumped 1.86 metres high.

In the boys' U-17 category, from Jamaica won the 100 metres hurdles in the new record time of 13.12s (wind: (-1.8 m/s).

Finally, in the girls' U-17 category, Kimberly Williams from Jamaica set the new record in triple jump of 12.18 metres (wind: 0.3 m/s), and the Jamaican 4x400 metres team achieved 3:39.50.

Austin Sealy Award[]

The Austin Sealy Trophy for the most outstanding athlete of the games was awarded to Usain Bolt from Jamaica.^[1]^[4]^[5] He won 4 gold medals (200m, 400m, 4 × 100 m relay, and 4 × 400 m relay) in the junior (U-20) category, achieving three new games records.

Medal summary[]

Medal winners are published by category: Boys under 20 (Junior),^[6] Girls under 20 (Junior),^[7] Boys under 17 (Youth),^[8] and Girls under 17 (Youth).^[9] Complete results can be found on the CFPI^[2] and the "World Junior Athletics History" website.^[3]

Boys under 20 (Junior)[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (3.8 m/s)	Darrel Brown (TRI)	10.20w	Churandy Martina (AHO)	10.37w	(JAM)	10.40w
200 metres (-1.1 m/s)	Usain Bolt (JAM)	20.43 CR	Daniel Bailey (ATG)	21.10	Adrian Durant (ISV)	21.14
400 metres	Usain Bolt (JAM)	46.35 CR	Jamil James (TRI)	47.34	Andretti Bain (BAH)	47.39
800 metres	(JAM)	1:50.49	(JAM)	1:52.08	(TRI)	1:52.22
1500 metres	(TRI)	4:03.29	(BAH)	4:03.32	(LCA)	4:03.81
5000 metres	Cleveland Forde (GUY)	15:27.42	(JAM)	15:35.64	(JAM)	16:14.24
110 metres hurdles (-3.1 m/s)	Eddy De Lépine (MTQ)	14.25	Shamar Sands (BAH)	14.48	(JAM)	14.64
400 metres hurdles	(JAM)	51.22	Isa Phillips (JAM)	51.29	Andretti Bain (BAH)	53.68
High Jump	(JAM)	2.09	(GRN) (CAY)	2.03
Pole Vault	(JAM)	4.01
Long Jump	(JAM)	7.40 (-1.8 m/s)	(MTQ)	7.27 (0.6 m/s)	(TRI)	7.27 (1.7 m/s)
Triple Jump	Ayata Joseph (ATG)	16.20 CR (1.0 m/s)	(JAM)	15.19w (3.0 m/s)	(BAR)	14.80w (2.3 m/s)
Shot Put	(JAM)	17.33 CR	(JAM)	16.78	(MTQ)	16.62
Discus Throw	(IVB)	55.20 CR	(JAM)	51.25	(MTQ)	51.09
Javelin Throw	(BAR)	65.46	(MTQ)	60.83	Densley Joseph (GRN)	59.05
Heptathlon	Wilbert Walker (JAM)	4837	(GRN)	4613	(TRI)	4523
4 x 100 metres relay	Jamaica Usain Bolt	39.43 CR	Trinidad and Tobago Darrel Brown	40.64	Bahamas Shamar Sands Tyrone Sawyer	40.80
4 x 400 metres relay	Jamaica Isa Phillips Usain Bolt	3:09.70	Trinidad and Tobago Jamil James	3:12.46	Bahamas Tyrone Sawyer Jacobi Mitchell Andretti Bain	3:13.72

: Open event for both junior and youth athletes.

Girls under 20 (Junior)[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (3.8 m/s)	Kerron Stewart (JAM)	11.41w	Sherone Simpson (JAM)	11.44w	Wanda Hutson (TRI)	11.68w
200 metres (-3.0 m/s)	Tiandra Ponteen (SKN)	23.71	(JAM)	23.76	Kerron Stewart (JAM)	23.93
400 metres	Anneisha McLaughlin (JAM)	52.57	Tiandra Ponteen (SKN)	52.76	Davita Prendergast (JAM)	53.96
800 metres	(JAM)	2:07.56	(JAM)	2:07.94	(TRI)	2:14.04
1500 metres	(JAM)	4:31.75	(ATG)	4:37.08	(JAM)	4:38.03
3000 metres	(ATG)	10:12.32	(GUY)	10:14.08	(JAM)	10:15.47
100 metres hurdles (-2.2 m/s)	(JAM)	13.89	(JAM)	13.96	(MTQ)	14.56
400 metres hurdles	(JAM)	56.61 CR	(JAM)	58.47	Josanne Lucas (TRI)	58.55
High Jump	(JAM)	1.86 CR	Levern Spencer (LCA)	1.86 CR	(JAM)	1.84
Long Jump	(MTQ)	6.28 (1.5 m/s)	(JAM)	6.23w (2.9 m/s)	(TRI)	6.13w (3.3 m/s)
Triple Jump	(TRI)	12.82	(GLP)	12.74	(GLP)	12.63
Shot Put	(BAH)	13.62	(LCA)	13.21	(GUF)	12.37
Discus Throw	(BAR)	41.77	(TRI)	40.10	(BAH)	39.80
Javelin Throw	(GRN)	43.53	Erma Gene Evans (LCA)	43.08	(BAH)	40.91
Pentathlon	(JAM)	3868	(TRI)	3548w	(TRI)	3401
4 x 100 metres relay	Jamaica Kerron Stewart Sherone Simpson	44.42	Trinidad and Tobago Wanda Hutson Monique Cabral Kelly-Ann Baptiste	45.09	Bahamas	46.47
4 x 400 metres relay	Jamaica Davita Prendergast Anneisha McLaughlin	3:36.20 CR	Trinidad and Tobago Josanne Lucas	3:40.08	Bahamas Lanece Clarke	3:53.86

: Open event for both junior and youth athletes.

Boys under 17 (Youth)[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (1.3 m/s)	Remaldo Rose (JAM)	10.65	(JAM)	10.72	Ramon Gittens (BAR)	10.92
200 metres (-2.1 m/s)	(JAM)	22.25	(BAR)	22.27	(JAM)	22.30
400 metres	Josef Robertson (JAM)	48.54	Renny Quow (TRI)	48.97	(BAR)	49.60
800 metres	Jamaal James (TRI)	1:56.15	(JAM)	1:56.92	(JAM)	1:57.27
1500 metres	(GRN)	4:13.52	(BAR)	4:15.69	(JAM)	4:17.00
3000 metres	(GRN)	9:20.50	(TRI)	9:22.75	(MTQ)	9:29.60
100 metres hurdles (-1.8 m/s)	(JAM)	13.12 CR	(JAM)	13.44	(MTQ)	13.70
400 metres hurdles	Josef Robertson (JAM)	53.69	(BAR)	54.81	(JAM)	56.44
High Jump	Alain Bailey (JAM)	2.03	(JAM)	2.00	Joel Phillip (GRN)	1.95
Long Jump	Joel Phillip (GRN)	6.98 (-1.5 m/s)	Alain Bailey (JAM)	6.92 (0.3 m/s)	(AHO)	6.75 (0.2 m/s)
Triple Jump	Brandon Joseph (ATG)	14.21 (1.3 m/s)	(BAR)	14.14w (2.9 m/s)	Joel Phillip (GRN)	14.06 (-0.9 m/s)
Shot Put	(DMA)	15.17	(GRN)	14.56	Ramon Harewood (BAR)	13.71
Discus Throw	(JAM)	47.39	(DMA)	44.12	(GRN)	40.49
Javelin Throw	(GRN)	57.71	(GLP)	55.97	(GRN)	49.29
4 x 100 metres relay	Jamaica Josef Robertson Renaldo Rose	41.77	Barbados Ramon Gittens	42.13	Trinidad and Tobago	42.19
4 x 400 metres relay	Jamaica Josef Robertson	3:19.17	Barbados	3:21.19	Bahamas	3:21.25

Girls under 17 (Youth)[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (1.3 m/s)	Samantha Henry (JAM)	11.71	(BAH)	11.79	(JAM)	11.89
200 metres (-2.2 m/s)	(BAH)	24.29	(JAM)	24.43	(BAH)	24.66
400 metres	(JAM)	53.81	Sonita Sutherland (JAM)	53.90	(BAH)	54.92
800 metres	(JAM)	2:14.57	Pilar McShine (TRI)	2:15.49	(JAM)	2:16.71
1500 metres	(JAM)	4:37.72	Pilar McShine (TRI)	4:38.67	(GUY)	4:48.06
100 metres hurdles (-2.9 m/s)	(JAM)	14.42	(JAM)	14.51	(BAH)	15.42
300 metres hurdles	Sherene Pinnock (JAM)	42.24	(JAM)	42.61	(GRN)	43.08
High Jump	Rhonda Watkins (TRI)	1.73	(BER)	1.68	(BAH)	1.65
Long Jump	Rhonda Watkins (TRI)	5.79 (0.8 m/s)	(JAM)	5.58w (2.7 m/s)	Shara Proctor (AIA)	5.45 (1.1 m/s)
Triple Jump	Kimberly Williams (JAM)	12.18 CR (0.3 m/s)	(JAM)	11.98 (-1.3 m/s)	(GLP)	11.75 (-1.6 m/s)
Shot Put	(BER)	12.44	(TRI)	12.01	(DMA)	11.80
Discus Throw	(BAH)	36.23	(MTQ)	36.02	(BER)	35.66
Javelin Throw	(ATG)	39.06	(BAH)	38.48	(MTQ)	37.16
4 x 100 metres relay	Jamaica Samantha Henry	46.07	Bahamas	46.75	Guadeloupe	47.20
4 x 400 metres relay	Jamaica Sherene Pinnock Sonita Sutherland	3:39.50 CR	Bahamas	3:48.23	Trinidad and Tobago Pilar McShine	3:49.29

Medal table[]

The medal count has been published.^[10] It is in agreement with an unofficial medal count.

* Host nation (Trinidad and Tobago)


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Jamaica (JAM)	39	23	14	76
2	Trinidad and Tobago (TTO)*	6	12	10	28
3	Grenada (GRN)	5	3	6	14
4	Antigua and Barbuda (ATG)	4	2	0	6
5	Bahamas (BAH)	3	6	13	22
6	Barbados (BAR)	2	6	4	12
7	Martinique (MTQ)	2	3	6	11
8	Bermuda (BER)	1	1	1	3
	Dominica (DMA)	1	1	1	3
	Guyana (GUY)	1	1	1	3
11	Saint Kitts and Nevis (SKN)	1	1	0	2
12	British Virgin Islands (IVB)	1	0	0	1
13	Saint Lucia (LCA)	0	3	1	4
14	Guadeloupe (GLP)	0	2	3	5
15	Netherlands Antilles (AHO)	0	1	1	2
16	Cayman Islands (CAY)	0	1	0	1
17	Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF)	0	0	1	1
	French Guiana (GUF)	0	0	1	1
	U.S. Virgin Islands (VIR)	0	0	1	1
Totals (19 nations)		66	66	64	196

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c Finlayson, Alpheus (Apr 23, 2003), Bolt named outstanding athlete of 32nd Carifta Games, IAAF, retrieved Feb 5, 2012
^ ^a ^b ^c Carifta Games Championships, Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago, Hasely Crawford National Stadium, April 19-21, 2003, C.F.P.I. Timing & Data, retrieved October 16, 2011
^ ^a ^b World Junior Athletics History, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on December 20, 2013, retrieved October 8, 2011
^ Carifta Games Magazine, Part 2 (PDF), Carifta Games 2011, archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-25, retrieved Oct 12, 2011
^ Carifta Games Magazine, Part 3 (PDF), Carifta Games 2011, archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-25, retrieved Oct 12, 2011
^ Athletics Weekly, CARIFTA GAMES (UNDER 20 MEN), retrieved October 8, 2011
^ Athletics Weekly, CARIFTA GAMES (UNDER 20 WOMEN), retrieved October 8, 2011
^ Athletics Weekly, CARIFTA GAMES (UNDER 17 BOYS), retrieved October 8, 2011
^ Athletics Weekly, CARIFTA GAMES (UNDER 17 GIRLS), retrieved October 8, 2011
^ 32nd Carifta Games in Trinidad & Tobago - 4/19/2003 to 4/21/2003, Sponsors RBTT, National Gas Co., Guardian LTD, Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain, T&T, Medal Count, C.F.P.I. Timing & Data, retrieved October 16, 2011

External links[]

[iaaf-1] Finlayson, Alpheus (Apr 23, 2003), Bolt named outstanding athlete of 32nd Carifta Games, IAAF, retrieved Feb 5, 2012

[cfpi-2] Carifta Games Championships, Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago, Hasely Crawford National Stadium, April 19-21, 2003, C.F.P.I. Timing & Data, retrieved October 16, 2011

[wjah-3] World Junior Athletics History, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on December 20, 2013, retrieved October 8, 2011

[carifta1-4] Carifta Games Magazine, Part 2 (PDF), Carifta Games 2011, archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-25, retrieved Oct 12, 2011

[5] Carifta Games Magazine, Part 3 (PDF), Carifta Games 2011, archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-25, retrieved Oct 12, 2011

[6] Athletics Weekly, CARIFTA GAMES (UNDER 20 MEN), retrieved October 8, 2011

[7] Athletics Weekly, CARIFTA GAMES (UNDER 20 WOMEN), retrieved October 8, 2011

[8] Athletics Weekly, CARIFTA GAMES (UNDER 17 BOYS), retrieved October 8, 2011

[9] Athletics Weekly, CARIFTA GAMES (UNDER 17 GIRLS), retrieved October 8, 2011

[10] 32nd Carifta Games in Trinidad & Tobago - 4/19/2003 to 4/21/2003, Sponsors RBTT, National Gas Co., Guardian LTD, Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain, T&T, Medal Count, C.F.P.I. Timing & Data, retrieved October 16, 2011

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