Team Antigua and Barbuda, on Day 3 of the Carifta Swimming Championships won double medals in the 13-14 girls’ 50m breaststroke.
Ellie Shaw narrowly missed the gold to Martinique’s Cyrielle Manin, who clocked 34.15 and had to settle for the silver in a time of 34.18. Her teammate, Selah Wiltshire, secured her 1st Carifta medal, taking the bronze in a time of 37.62. Shaw’s performance was another NAGR and NR under her belt.
Six swimmers went to finals and gave creditable performances. Anya DeGannes, in the 11-12 girls 100 free, ranked 5th with a PB of 1:06.73 but settled for 6th place in the final.
Rueben Edwards in the boys 11-12 100 free, ranked 6th in both prelims and finals, ending in a PB time of 1:02.60
Aunjelique LIddie, in the same event in 15-17 girls, clocked a PB time of 1:00.45 moving from 8th place in the prelims to 5th place in the finals.
In the girls’ 15-17 200m IM prelims, Angelique Gittens set a new NAGR and NR in the time of 2:36.80, breaking the previous record of 2:39.03 held by Bianca Mitchell (2019). However, her time in the final did not improve, and she ended her race in 8th place.
There were creditable performances by several of Antigua and Barbuda’s athletes across several finals at the ongoing Carifta Track and Field Championships being held in The Bahamas this afternoon.
Competing in the 100 meters Boys’ Under-17 final, Kasiya Daley clocked 10.94 seconds to finish fourth, missing the silver medal by just .20 parts of a second. Cleon Joseph, also of Antigua and Barbuda, finished sixth in 11.00 seconds. Jamaica’s Tramaine Todd captured the race in 10.52 seconds.
There was also a fourth-place finish for Ajarni Daley in the 100 meters boys’ Under-20 final. Daley clocked 10.52 seconds in the race that Devonte Howell of the Cayman Islands dominated in a time of 10.30 seconds.
In the girls’ 100 meters Under-20 final, Geolyna Dowdye recorded a time of 11.88 seconds to finish fourth in the last. Alana Reid of Jamaica clocked 11.17 seconds to grab the gold medal. Antigua and Barbuda’s LaNica Locker finished seventh in 11.97 seconds.
Meanwhile, Alyssa Dyett of Antigua and Barbuda jumped a length of 11.29 meters to finish seventh in the women’s under-20 triple jump. Jamaica’s Jade-Ann Dawkins won gold with an altitude of 13.05 meters.
