A SILVER medal from Kadecia Baird and a bronze medal from the girls’ Under-18 4x400m team were yesterday added to Guyana’s medal takings at the 43rd CARIFTA Games, which came to a close last evening in Fort-de-France, Martinique.

Running 23.13 seconds, Baird came in just behind the 23.10 seconds dash that handed first place to Trinidad’s Kayelle Clarke.
Baird ousted Jamaican Kedisha Dallas settling her 23.69 seconds sprint to third place.
In the girls’ 4x400m relay final the Guyanese team, comprising Avon Samuels, Jevina Sampson, Cassey George and Natricia Hooper, won bronze in a time of 3:46.23s, which followed the earlier 3:45.20s that the girls ran when they won their heats and qualified for the final.
George already has two gold medals from her wins in the girls U-18 1500m and the girls’ open 3 000, while Baird has a gold from the girls’ U-20 400m.
In other results for Guyana, Hooper finished seventh in the triple jump final leaping a distance of 12.12m.
Jason Yaw came second in heat four in the boys’ U-18 200m, before ending sixth in the final. In the heats Yaw clocked 21.83s ending just behind Bahamas Javan Martin who ran 21.63s.
Meanwhile, Kade Pearce finished seventh in the boys’ U-20 high jump clearing a maximum distance of 1.80m, the event was won by Jamaica’s Clayton Brown (2.16m).