….CARIFTA Games 2024

Harvey’s bronze increases Guyana’s tally

GUYANA’s medal tally at the 51st CARIFTA Games in Grenada moved to five after the mixed 4x400m relay team won gold, and Attoya Harvey got bronze in the 3000m on Sunday evening.
On Saturday, Guyana won three gold medals, compliments of Malachi Austin, Tianna Springer, and Athaleyha Hinckson.

The relay team, comprising Austin, Narissa McPherson, Dh Neilson Gill, and Springer, stormed to a blistering time of 3:23.51 seconds.
Grenada (3:29.19s) and Trinidad and Tobago (3:31.24s) completed the podium spots.
Meanwhile, Harvey (10:36.59s) was behind Jamaicans Ashara Fraser (10:24.83s) and Kayden Johnson (10:04.44s).

Earlier, she ran a conservative 800m and sealed a spot in today’s U-20 800m final after she clocked 2:14.02s for an automatic qualification spot in third place.
Hinckson’s dream of a sprint double is alive today after she blazed into the final with an impressive time of 24.05 seconds, also qualifying for the World Athletics U-20 Championships.
However, teammate Kenetha Fraser clocked 25.88s to finish sixth in her heat and could not progress.

In the U-17 boys, Skylar Charles sneaked into the final with a time of 22.31 seconds and will run out of lane two, as teammate Ezekiel Millington (22.94s) did not qualify.
U-20 400m gold medalists Malachi Austin (21.60s) and Tianna Springer (24.06s) will also have a chance to add to their tally after reaching the 200m final.
However, their U-20 teammates Jaheel Cornette (21.96s) and Nalicia Glenn (24.70s) did not progress.

More so, Kaidon Persaud enters today’s Boys U-17 800m as the man to beat after he produced a clinical run of 1:59.81 seconds to be the fastest qualifier to the final of his favoured event.
Javon Roberts (1:55.64s) will compete in the U-20 800m final despite a nagging knee injury. In 2023, Roberts copped the U-17 800m gold, and his time on Saturday edged out fellow Guyanese Jamol Sullivan (1:55.73s) for the fastest non-automatic qualifier.

Additionally, Alkila Blucher’s time of 2:20.45s saw her finish fourth in the U-17 800m heats and qualify for today’s final. However, teammate Marissa Thomas was seventh (2:37.81s) in her heat and did not progress.