IT was a historic day for Guyana at this year’s FLOW Caribbean Free Trade Association (CARIFTA) Games in Curacao when Lindener,Compton Caesar won this country’s first ever gold medal in the boys 100 metres.

The 19-year-old Caesar clocked 10.46 seconds, to clip Barbados’ Jaquone Hoyte (10.47) and Jamaica’s Jelani Walker (10.61 seconds) to hand Guyana an impressive start to the competition.

It was Caesar’s second outing at the games, after coming up empty-handed when the event was hosted in Grenada last year.

Overseas-based Natricia Hooper also copped gold, winning the girls U-18 triple jump with a leap of 13.08 metres. Tissanna Hickling of Jamaica was second (12.87M) and third place went to Kala Penn of the Virgin Islands (12.73M).

Claudrice McKoy took bronze medal in the girls under-eighteen 1500M (4:50.88), falling behind Jamaicans Shaquena Foote (4:45.51) and Rushana Dawyer (4:48.15.

Anfernee Headecker had a spirited run against a strong field in the 1500M for boys U-20, but the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) track club athlete managed to finish second with a time of three minutes, 58.22 seconds (3:58.22) behind Jamaican Ackeen Colley (3:55.83.)while Cayman Islands’ Dominic Dyer was third (3:59.33).

It was not a good day on the track for Daniel Williams who competed in the boys Under-eighteen 400M, finishing 7th (50.04s). Antonio Watson (47.86) and fellow Jamaican Ramone Lindo (47.99) were first and second respectively, while Colby Jennings (48.26) of Turks and Caicos was third.

Tremaine Browne was fifth (6.72m) in the Boys U-18 long jump.

Meanwhile, Caesar will have a chance to race for gold, this time in the 200M while Williams will compete in the boys U-18 category. Headecker will look to better his 1500M silver medal, when he competes in the Under-twenty 800M.

Jamaica has been the most dominant at the CARIFTA games since it started in 1972, winning a total of 1,559 medals (726 gold, 506 silver and 327 bronze), while Guyana has only won a total of 47 medals (16 gold, 16 silver and 15 bronze).