• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer

World-Track and Field Website

The Track and Field News Resource

  • Home
  • Main News
  • Competitions
    • Combine Challenge
    • Diamond League
    • IAAF World Challenge
    • Olympic Games
    • World Athletics Final
    • World Championships
    • Marathon News
    • Indoor News
    • World Juniors
    • World Youth
  • More News
    • Featured
    • College
    • Press Releases
    • Workouts
  • Results
    • Cross Country
    • Upcoming Meets
  • Stats
    • World Rankings
  • List
    • Records by Discipline
    • Records By Category
    • Standard
    • Event Disciplines
    • Multi-Media
Home » Competitions » World Juniors » #CariftaGames 2016: Barnes Wins Gold For Cayman Islands

#CariftaGames 2016: Barnes Wins Gold For Cayman Islands

March 26, 2016 by Gary Smith Leave a Comment

ST GEORGE’S, Grenada, Sporting Alert – Laece Barnes of the Cayman Islands captured one of the three gold medal of the 2016 Carifta Games at the Grenada Athletic Stadium on Saturday morning.

Watch Live Streaming Online

Barnes took the Girls’ Under-18 Shot Put title with a throw of 14.90m to hand the Cayman Islands an early gold medal, after the nation finished with just one bronze at last year’s Games.

The Cayman Islands were also winning a gold medal at the Carifta Games for the first time since 2013.

Tyriq Horsford of Trinidad and Tobago, after breaking his championships record with an 73 meters effort in the second round of the boys’ Under 18 Javelin Throw final, went on to retained his crown with that effort.

DEFENDING CHAMPS OFF TO FAST START

Meanwhile, defending champions Jamaica have so far won three medals at Carifta Games 2016, one gold, one silver and a bronze.

The Caribbean track and field giants collected gold and silver medals in the Under-18 high jump for girls.

Shiann Salmon landed the title with a personal best effort of 1.82m, with her teammate Lamara Distin taking the silver.

Salmon also tried her luck at the record of 1.86m, but failed with her attempts.

The bronze for Jamaica came from Aiko Jones in the Under-18 girls’ shot put, after she used her last effort to produce 14.32m to move from outside the medal places into third place.

In action on the track, all the big guns have moved into the medal rounds of the 400m.

Notable qualifiers on the girls’ side was Barbadian Sada Williams, who looked easy when winning her semi-final heat of the Under-20 category in a time of 53.69 seconds to cement her status as the firm favourite ahead of the final later tonight.

Jamaica’s Christopher Taylor, running a very strange race, which saw him had to cover the last part of the event much faster than usual, also made it through to the Under-18 boys 400m final, along with his fellow countrymen Akeem Bloomfield and Sean Bailey in the Under-20 division.

Filed Under: World Juniors, World Youth Tagged With: 2016 Carifta Games, Christopher Taylor

Reader Interactions

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published.

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Primary Sidebar




Champs 2018 - Kevona Davis break 200m record

Kevona Davis Opens Season With 23.26 Secs At Indoor Arkansas Meet

Standout Jamaican sprinter Kevona Davis, representing the University of Texas, flashed to an impressive 23.26 seconds to finish second in the women’s 200m at the Wooo Pig Classic indoor meeting, hosted by Arkansas at the Randal Tyson Track Center on Friday.

Latest Headlines

  • Kevona Davis Opens Season With 23.26 Secs At Indoor Arkansas Meet
  • Lyles, Bacom Books 60m Final Slot In Clermont Meet
  • Jamaican Young Star Kevona Davis To Open Indoors Over 60m At Corky Classic
  • Trishauna Hemmings Among Highlighters At Clemson Invite
  • Follow The 2021 Clemson Indoor Invitational
  • Watch Arkansas Razorbacks Indoor Invitational Live Stream On Jan. 16
  • Florida State Announced 16 Meets On Its Schedule

Latest Updates

Tweets by the IAAF Tweets by FloTrack

World-Track Polls

Which Is The Next Young Male Sprinter To Dominate

View Results

Loading ... Loading ...
  • Polls Archive

Footer

gayman gayman gayman gayman gayman gayman.cc gayman gayman.cc gayman.cc

Latest News

  • Kevona Davis Opens Season With 23.26 Secs At Indoor Arkansas Meet
  • Lyles, Bacom Books 60m Final Slot In Clermont Meet
  • Jamaican Young Star Kevona Davis To Open Indoors Over 60m At Corky Classic
  • Trishauna Hemmings Among Highlighters At Clemson Invite
  • Follow The 2021 Clemson Indoor Invitational

Important Links

  • About
  • Advertise with us
  • Contact Us
  • Links
  • Page Not Found
  • Photos
  • Writers and Contributors
  • Home
  • About
  • Advertise
  • Contact Us
  • Links
  • Writers
  • Photos

Copyright © 2021 · Genesis Sample on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in