2011 CARIFTA Games

XL CARIFTA Games
XL CARIFTA Games
Dates	April 23–25
Host city	Montego Bay, Jamaica
Venue	Montego Bay Sports Complex
Level	Junior and Youth
Events	66 ; (35 junior ; (incl. 4 open), ; 31 youth)
Participation	about 453 ; (238 junior, ; 215 youth) athletes from ; 27 nations
Records set	8 games records
	← 2010 George Town 2012 Hamilton → ;

The 40th CARIFTA Games was held at the Montego Bay Sports Complex in Montego Bay, Jamaica, on April 23–25, 2011. Initially, the games should be hosted for the second time after 2007 by Saint Kitts and Nevis, but they declared to be unable to stage the games because of financial issues.^[1] The games could have been cancelled for the first time in its history, but Jamaica finally agreed to host the games at short notice.^[2]

Detailed reports on the results were given.^[3]^[4]^[5]

Records[]

A total of 8 new games records were set.^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]

Event	Record	Athlete	Country	Type
Boys Under 20 (Junior)
Shot Put	19.47m	Ashinia Miller	Jamaica	CR
Javelin Throw	72.04m	Keshorn Walcott	Trinidad and Tobago	CR
Girls Under 20 (Junior)
200 m	22.93s (1.1 m/s) (heat)	Anthonique Strachan	Bahamas	CR=
4 × 100 m relay	44.08s	Christania Williams Shericka Jackson	Jamaica	CR
4 × 400 m relay	3:31.47	Janieve Russell Simoya Campbell Chrisann Gordon	Jamaica	CR
Boys Under 17 (Youth)
800 m	1:51.79		Barbados	CR
Shot Put	17.42m		Jamaica	CR
Javelin Throw	60.15m		Saint Kitts and Nevis	CR

Key

AR — Area record • CR — Championship record • NR — National record

Austin Sealy Award[]

The Austin Sealy Trophy for the most outstanding athlete of the games was awarded to Anthonique Strachan of the Bahamas.^[5] She won two gold medals (100 m, and 200 m) in the junior (U-20) category equalling Veronica Campbell's 200 metres games record.

Medal summary[]

Complete results can be found on the games' website^[6] and on the World Junior Athletics History website.^[7]

Boys under 20 (Junior)[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (−0.2 m/s)	Jahazeel Murphy (JAM)	10.27	Kemar Bailey-Cole (JAM)	10.28	Shavez Hart (BAH)	10.51
200 metres (−0.2 m/s)	Delano Williams (TCA)	21.04	Moriba Morain (TRI)	21.05	Odail Todd (JAM)	21.08
400 metres	O'Jay Ferguson (BAH)	46.49	Javere Bell (JAM)	46.89	Stephen Newbold (BAH)	47.32
800 metres	(BAR)	1:50.21	(BER)	1:50.90	(TRI)	1:53.80
1500 metres	(BAR)	3:58:89	(BAH)	4:03.07	(BAR)	4:04.38
5000 metres	(JAM)	15:07.58	(BAR)	15:29.59	(JAM)	15:35.47
110 metres hurdles (−0.8 m/s)	(JAM)	13.79	(BAR)	13.89	Omar McLeod (JAM)	14.10
400 metres hurdles	Omar McLeod (JAM)	52.42	(TRI)	53.22	(BAR)	53.48
High Jump	(TCA)	2.15	Ryan Ingraham (BAH)	2.10	(CUR)	2.00
Pole Vault	(JAM)	4.40	(LCA)	4.40	(JAM)	4.00
Long Jump	(GRN)	7.19 (−0.2 m/s)	Clive Pullen (JAM)	7.15 (−0.6 m/s)	Charles Greaves (BAR)	7.11 (−0.3 m/s)
Triple Jump	(TRI)	15.98 (−1.9 m/s)	(BAH)	15.24 (−0.5 m/s)	/ (MTQ)	14.82 (−1.0 m/s)
Shot Put	Ashinia Miller (JAM)	19.47 CR	Travis Smikle (JAM)	18.58	Akeem Stewart (TRI)	16.86
Discus Throw	Travis Smikle (JAM)	62.84	Akeem Stewart (TRI)	51.50	Kellon Alexis (GRN)	50.60
Javelin Throw	Keshorn Walcott (TRI)	72.04 CR	(GRN)	63.57	(BAR)	58.42
Heptathlon	(BAR)	4662	(GRN)	4581	Lindon Toussaint (GRN)	4544
4 × 100 metres relay	Jamaica Odail Todd Kemar Bailey-Cole Kemarley Brown Jahazeel Murphy	39.75	Trinidad and Tobago Jonathan Holder Moriba Morain	39.91	Bahamas Shavez Hart Trevorvano Mackey Stephen Newbold	40.29
4 × 400 metres relay	Trinidad and Tobago Jereem Richards Deon Lendore	3:08:96	Jamaica Javere Bell Rusheen McDonald Omar McLeod	3:09:41	Barbados	3:14:06

: Open event for both junior and youth athletes.

Girls under 20 (Junior)[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (−0.8 m/s)	Anthonique Strachan (BAH)	11.38	Michelle-Lee Ahye (TRI)	11.44	Christania Williams (JAM)	11.52
200 metres (0.0 m/s)	Anthonique Strachan (BAH)	23.17	Shericka Jackson (JAM)	23.48	(JAM)	24.26
400 metres	(JAM)	52.64	Chrisann Gordon (JAM)	52.74	Afia Charles (ATG)	54.23
800 metres	Simoya Campbell (JAM)	2:08.77	Sonia Gaskin (BAR)	2:11.69	(TRI)	2:12.79
1500 metres	(JAM)	4:41.61	/ (GLP)	4:42.65	(BAH)	4:43.97
3000 metres	(BAH)	10:27:32	(BER)	10:44:24	(GRN)	10:56:28
100 metres hurdles (0.5 m/s)	(JAM)	13.97	(BAR)	14.00	(BAR)	14.15
400 metres hurdles	Janieve Russell (JAM)	57.71	Katrina Seymour (BAH)	58.04	(TRI)	59.19
High Jump	(JAM)	1.78	Thea Lafond (DMA)	1.75	Janelle Schaeper (LCA)	1.70
Long Jump	Chanice Porter (JAM)	6.12 (0.2 m/s)	(JAM)	5.86 (−0.4 m/s)	/ (GLP)	5.74 (−0.7 m/s)
Triple Jump	(JAM)	12.83 (−2.4 m/s)	Tamara Myers (BAH)	12.35 (−1.5 m/s)	Thea Lafond (DMA)	12.30 (−2.0 m/s)
Shot Put	/ (GLP)	13.80	Kellion Knibb (JAM)	13.79	(ATG)	12.93
Discus Throw	(JAM)	45.26	Kellion Knibb (JAM)	42.49	(BAR)	38.09
Javelin Throw	/ Alexie Alaïs (GUF)	47.24	Kellion Knibb (JAM)	45.38	/ (MTQ)	42.15
Pentathlon	/ (MTQ)	3769	(BAH)	3380	Gleneve Grange (JAM)	3321
4 × 100 metres relay	Jamaica Christania Williams Shericka Jackson	44.08 CR	Trinidad and Tobago Michelle-Lee Ahye Kai Selvon	45.80
4 × 400 metres relay	Jamaica Janieve Russell Simoya Campbell Chrisann Gordon	3:31.47 CR	Trinidad and Tobago Domonique Williams	3:39.88	Bahamas Katrina Seymour Shaunae Miller	3:41.05

: Open event for both junior and youth athletes.

Boys under 17 (Youth)[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (−0.4 m/s)	Delano Davis (BAH)	10.75	Jevaughn Minzie (JAM)	10.81	(TRI)	10.87
200 metres (−0.3 m/s)	Machel Cedenio (TRI)	21.43	Jevaughn Minzie (JAM)	21.60	Delano Davis (BAH)	21.76
400 metres	Machel Cedenio (TRI)	47.38	(TRI)	48.14	(BAR)	48.20
800 metres	(BAR)	1:51.79 CR	(BAH)	1:53.57	(JAM)	1:54:55
1500 metres	(TRI)	4:04.84	Jorel Bellafonte (CAY)	4:09.19	(LCA)	4:09.90
3000 metres	(TRI)	8:47.05	(SUR)	9:14.89	(BER)	9:15.21
110 metres hurdles (−0.2 m/s)	/ Wilhem Belocian (GLP)	13.75	(JAM)	13.98	(JAM)	14.24
400 metres hurdles	(BAR)	54.23	(BAH)	54.98	(BAR)	55.42
High Jump	Christoffe Bryan (JAM)	2.10	(BAH)	1.90	(SKN)	1.85
Long Jump	(BAH)	7.01 (0.0 m/s)	(BER)	6.94 (−0.7 m/s)	(BAR)	6.80 (−0.7 m/s)
Triple Jump	(BAR)	13.63 (−2.4 m/s)	(BAH)	13.49 (−1.4 m/s)	Justin Donawa (BER)	13.47 (−1.0 m/s)
Shot Put	(JAM)	17.42 CR	(TRI)	15.28	(TRI)	15.05
Discus Throw	(TRI)	46.60	(TRI)	44.80	(BAR)	42.34
Javelin Throw	(SKN)	60.15 CR	(LCA)	58.91	(SKN)	55.01
4 × 100 metres relay	Jamaica Jevaughn Minzie	40.92	Trinidad and Tobago Jonathan Farinha Machel Cedenio	41.13	Bahamas Delano Davis	41.75
4 × 400 metres relay	Jamaica Jevaughn Minzie	3:15.19	Trinidad and Tobago Jonathan Farinha Asa Guevara Machel Cedenio	3:15.35	Bahamas	3:17.78

Girls under 17 (Youth)[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (−3.4 m/s)	Devynne Charlton (BAH)	11.91	(JAM)	11.95	(BVI)	11.98
200 metres (0.0 m/s)	Carmiesha Cox (BAH)	23.96	Jonielle Smith (JAM)	24.14	Luan Gabriel (DMA)	24.25
400 metres	(JAM)	54.27	(JAM)	54.73	/ (GLP)	54.90
800 metres	(BAR)	2:14:66	(JAM)	2:14.75	(JAM)	2:17.09
1500 metres	(JAM)	4:43.88	(BAR)	4:49.71	(BER)	4:52.55
100 metres hurdles (0.0 m/s)	Yanique Thompson (JAM)	13.76	(BAR)	13.82	(JAM)	14.01
300 metres hurdles	(JAM)	41.55	(JAM)	41.85	Pedrya Seymour (BAH)	42.66
High Jump	Akela Jones (BAR)	1.75	(JAM)	1.70	(CUR)	1.70
Long Jump	Akela Jones (BAR)	5.66 (1.2 m/s)	(JAM)	5.61 (−1.9 m/s)	(BAH)	5.53 (0.3 m/s)
Triple Jump	/ (GLP)	11.78 (1.9 m/s)	(JAM)	11.78 w (3.6 m/s)	/ (GUF)	11.59 (−3.6 m/s)
Shot Put	Gleneve Grange (JAM)	12.38	(BAR)	11.56	(CUR)	11.29
Discus Throw	Gleneve Grange (JAM)	40.98	(JAM)	38.88	(TRI)	34.57
Javelin Throw	Gleneve Grange (JAM)	35.36	(DMA)	33.98	(TRI)	33.74
4 × 100 metres relay	Jamaica Yanique Thompson Jonielle Smith	45.75	Bahamas Devynne Charlton Jasmine Walker Carmiesha Cox	46.16	Trinidad and Tobago Kayelle Clarke	47.37
4 × 400 metres relay	Jamaica	3:41.33	Barbados Tia Adana Belle	3:44.61	Bahamas Pedrya Seymour	3:50.18

Medal table (unofficial)[]

* Host nation (Jamaica)


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Jamaica*	32	23	11	66
2	Barbados	9	8	11	28
3	Trinidad and Tobago	8	12	9	29
4	Bahamas	8	11	11	30
5	Guadeloupe	3	1	2	6
6	Turks and Caicos Islands	2	0	0	2
7	Grenada	1	2	3	6
8	Martinique	1	0	2	3
8	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1	0	2	3
10	French Guiana	1	0	1	2
11	Bermuda	0	3	3	6
12	Dominica	0	2	2	4
12	Saint Lucia	0	2	2	4
14	Cayman Islands	0	1	0	1
14	Suriname	0	1	0	1
16	Curaçao	0	0	3	3
17	Antigua and Barbuda	0	0	2	2
18	British Virgin Islands	0	0	1	1
Totals (18 nations)		66	66	65	197

Participation (unofficial)[]

Detailed result lists can be found on the games' website^[6] and on the World Junior Athletics History website.^[7] An unofficial count yields the number of about 453 athletes (238 junior (under-20) and 215 youth (under-17)) from about 27 countries. The lists contain the names of 12 athletes assigned to the Netherlands Antilles. Rather, after its dissolution in October 2010, teams from two successor states were participating: nine athletes from Curaçao,^[8] and three from Sint Maarten.^[9]

There athletes from French Saint Martin were aksi part of the team from Guadeloupe.^[10]