Caesar misses out on ‘Sprint double’ at CARIFTA Games
After storming to Guyana’s first 100m gold medal at the 2017 CARIFTA Games 2017 being held in Curacao Linden’s Compton Caesar had a chance to rewrite the history books once again in the 200M event by winning both titles on Monday.
However, Caesar running out for lane two gave a hint in the early stages that he could run off with gold again but had to settle for bronze after clocking a time of 21.57s just behind Trinidad and Tobago’s’ Jerrod Elcock (21.54s) and Cayman Islands Jamal Walcott (21.29s).
Compton Caesar in action at the CARIFTA Games which
Likewise, Chantoba Bright settled for Bronze in the Girls U18 Triple Jump, with a distance of 12.35m. Bright, who won gold in the Long Jump, finished behind Jamaicans Lamara Distin (12.40m) and Latavia Brown (12.74m)
Similarly, Anferne Headecker who won silver in the under-20 1500M finished seventh in the 800M, as Barbados Jonathon Jones (1:51.51s) took gold ahead of Jamaica’s Jackson, Agerian (1:52.07) and Lidji Mbaye (1:52.59) of Guadeloupe; countryman Samuel Lynch had finished in fifth a time of 1:56.52s.
Meanwhile, Matthew Mckenzie’s time of 18 minutes, 52.28 seconds (18:52.28) was just good enough for sixth place in the Boys U20 5000M, which was won by Dominic Dyer ( 15:55.02) of the Cayman Islands. Kalique St Jean from Antigua was third, clocking 16:02.77.
In the 400x400M relays, the quartet of Kenisha Pillips, Claudrice McKoy, Onesha Rogers and Bright had to managed to place fifth with a time of 3:52.24s. The event was won by the Jamaicans in a time of 3:38.73 while Bahamas (3:41.24) and Trinidad and Tobago (3:43.05) rounded off the top three.
At the end of the Games Guyana managed to capture eight medals (four Gold, one silver, three bronze) as compared to 2016 where they finished with a total of five medals (two bronze and three silver).
