FORT-DE-FRANCE, Martinique (CMC) – Irrepressible Jamaica won seven of a possible eight medals in its sweep of the 400 metres hurdles at the 43rd CARIFTA Games here early yesterday afternoon, to extend their dominance at the Stade Pierre Aliker.

With two entries per team, the Jamaicans were going for eight medals, but Durant Crooks was forced to withdraw from the Under-18 Boys final because of a sore muscle.
Nevertheless, their one entrant, Jaheel Hyde, was good enough to capture gold as he dismissed his opponents to win in a time of 51.21 seconds.
The reigning World Youth 110m hurdles champion, Hyde went the full lap without any real competition, as Barbadian Rivaldo Leacock collected silver in a time of 51.37 and Kyron McMaster of British Virgin Islands, bronze in 52.85 seconds.
“I knew I was the class athlete, so I just come to win the gold medal,” said Hyde, who ran 49.49 to win at the Jamaican High School Championships recently.
In a rain-hit session, Kimone Green defended her title won in the Bahamas last year, with an impressive run in the Under-20 Girls event, clocking 58.47 seconds.
Running out of lane one, Green had the field covered from as early as the backstretch and she accelerated beautifully, straightening and pulling away to win ahead of her Jamaican teammate Andrenette Knight who clocked 59.61 for second place.
Meghane Grandson handed Martinique their first medal of the Games by capturing bronze in 60.85 seconds.
In the Boys Under-20 section, Jamaica again finished one-two with Okeen Williams crossing the line in 50.99 seconds to take gold and Marvin Williams, the world youth champion, second in 51.22.
Ruebin Walters of Trinidad & Tobago was third in 51.68.
Jamaica also pocketed gold and silver in the Girls’ Under-18 400m hurdles final when Shenice Cohen (59.72) edged out Shannon Kalawan (59.95), with Bahamian Dreshanne Rolle taking the bronze in 60.43.
Clayton Brown handed Jamaica yet another medal when he clinched gold in the Under-20 Boys high jump after he and teammate Christoffe Bryan both cleared 2.16 metres.
Brown was awarded gold on count back.