Date Posted: March 25, 2008.
Over 600 Caribbean Athletes including eleven from Anguilla,
assembled in St. Kitts over the Easter weekend to
participate in the 2008 Carifta Games. The 37th games were
hosted at the Silver Jubilee Stadium from 3/22/2008 to
3/24/2008.
Cited as one of the best development meets in the world, the
competition places the regions best junior athletes against
each other in a variety of Track and Field events. "We have
come a long way since 1972 and we have been able to deliver
on a product that everybody wants,” said Keith Joseph, a top
athletics official out of St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
Powerhouse Jamaica led the medal count for the 24th
consecutive year with 69 (29 gold, 25 silver and 15 bronze
). Trinidad placed a distant second with 30 medals ( 10
gold, 10 silver and 10 bronze) followed by the Bahamas in
third place with 23 (8 gold, 3 silver, and 12 bronze).
Anguilla's best result in the competition, came from Ms.
Shinelle Proctor whose 1.65m jump was good enough to secure
a bronze medal in the girls under-20 High Jump behind
Maeva Caracasse of Guadeloupe and Terri Ann Grant of
Jamaica.
In most disciplines local athletes devoted their best
efforts but fell well short of the standard required to
medal.
Results for Anguilla were as follows - the third
column gives the recorded positions with appropriate
details.
|
Dee-Ann Rogers |
U17 400m |
Heat 2
Preliminaries
#6 - 1:02.38 |
| |
Long jump |
#17
4.76m
|
|
Shakeela Romney |
U17 long jump |
#18
4.15m |
| |
high jump |
#12
1.45m |
|
Emmette Thompson
|
U17 200m, and long
jump |
Preliminaries
#18 24.15
|
| |
Long Jump |
#15
5.67m |
|
Rennick Richardson |
U17 200m |
Preliminaries
#19 24.28 |
| |
Long Jump |
#12
6.10m |
|
Carlton Gumbs |
U17 400m |
Preliminaries
#11 1:00.07 |
|
Stephan Ryan
|
U17 Discus |
#9
24.66m |
|
Reneal Richardson |
U17 shot put |
#11
11.76m |
|
Salama Davis |
U20 100m |
Preliminaries
#15 13.38 |
|
Shinelle Proctor |
U20 High jump |
#3
1.65m |
|
Kicio Welsh |
U20 Long jump |
#14
6.54m |
|
Denvil “Skywalker”
Ruan |
U20 Long jump |
#10
6.81m |
|
