.. Gold and Silver for Bright, Archer takes Silver, Austin picks up Bronze

ANISHA Gibbons won Guyana’s first Gold Medal in the Girls U-17 Javelin at the CARIFTA Games when she topped the field with her throw of 40.34 metres on day two of the region’s marquee Track and Field event in the Cayman Islands.

Gibbons distance was better than Vavica Addison of Barbados (39.70 metres) and Rachel Pascal of the Cayman Islands (35.50 metres).

Meanwhile, Chantoba Bright won Gold in the Girls U-20 Long Jump, leaping a distance of 6.05 metres to win ahead of Lotvia Brown of Jamaica (5.83 metres) and Martinique’s Fiona Aholu-Futse (5.78 metres).

It is Bright’s third consecutive gold medal in the event, having won in 2017 and 2018.
Bright returned on day two to finish second in the women’s U-20 Triple Jump, (12.63 metres), finishing behind Jamaican, Lotavia Browne, 13.09 metres, but ahead of Suriname’s Monifah Djoe 12.41 metres.

Joanna Archer ran a superb race but narrowly missed out a top-of-the-podium finish in the women’s 800 metres, but her time of two minutes, 10.17 seconds saw her placing second behind Jasmine Knowles of the Bahamas who won with a time of 2:09.41. Abigail Schaafe of Jamaica was third (2:12.73).

Audriel Austin won Bronze in the Girls U-17, 800 metres, clocking 2:12.69, crossing the line behind Jamaicans, Kishay Rowe (2:11.97) and Jodyann Mitchell (2:11.92).

Daniel Williams (21.19 seconds) and Loneil Marks (21.50 seconds) came up short in the Men’s U-20, 200 metres, finishing fifth and sixth place respectively in the final.

Guyana, being represented by 21 athletes, the country’s largest contingent ever to attend the CARIFTA Games, have won three gold, two silver and two bronze medals.
The 2019 games will wrap up today.