Solomon’s near-record run brings medal count to 6 on final day – CARIFTA Games…

Guyana’s medal hunt at the CARIFTA Games in Grenada continued on the third and final day, with Olivia Solomon securing gold in the girls’ Under-17 800 metres at the Kirani James Stadium.
Solomon, who is based in the United States, delivered a strong performance in the afternoon session to clock 2 minutes, 10.76 seconds, earning Guyana its fourth gold medal of the championships. She finished ahead of Grenada’s Annalisa Brown, who took silver in 2:14.40s, and Haiti’s Aisha Wajid, who claimed bronze in 2:14.96s.

Earlier in the day, Guyana’s Jarel Campbell narrowly missed out on a podium finish in the boys’ Under-17 long jump final. Campbell registered a best leap of 6.44 metres on his opening attempt, but was unable to improve on that mark across his remaining jumps. His final attempt measured 6.43m, leaving him in fourth place. Trinidad and Tobago’s Michal Paul won the event with a jump of 6.93m, while Jamaica’s Talshawn Edwards (6.71m) and Saint Lucia’s Randall Monroe (6.60m) secured second and third respectively.
In the middle-distance events, Guyana’s Bryson Anderson placed seventh in the boys’ Under-17 800 metres final, recording a time of 2 minutes, 1.67 seconds. The race was won by Sint Maarten’s Nahjah Wyatte in 1:53.26s.
Meanwhile, in the boys’ Under-20 800 metres final, Guyana’s Javon Roberts finished just outside the medals in fourth place, clocking 1 minute, 52.13 seconds. Trinidad and Tobago’s Kiile Alexander took gold in 1:50.38s, followed by Grenada’s Nicholas Frederick (1:51.22s) and Jamaica’s Joel Morgan (1:51.72s), who claimed silver and bronze respectively.

In the full distance events, Guyana’s Ebo Mc Neil was good enough for a seventh-place finish in the Boys’ U20 5000m event. Mc Neil stopped the clock at 16 minutes, 31.08s. Barbados’s Luke McIntyre surged to the top of the podium with a 15-minute, 42.51 run. US Virgin Islands’ Ayden Cintron (16:03.61) and Trinidad and Tobago’s Jeremy Samaroo (16:07.34) placed second and third.
Over in the sprints, Tishawn Easton clocked 21.00s to finish fifth in the boys’ U20 200m event. Jamaica’s Sanjay Seymour took the gold in that event with 20.63s while Miles Outerbridge of Bermuda (20.67s) and The Bahamas’ Eagan Neely (20.73s) completed the podium.
Thereafter, Guyana closed their participation in this year’s games with a fifth-place finish in the U20 boys’ 4x400m relay. The quartet of Tishawn Easton, Kaidon Persaud, Skylar Charles and Javon Roberts combined their efforts for a 3-minute, 13.67 run.
Barbados took the gold in 3 minutes 05.49s for a new CARIFTA record while Jamaica (3:06.79) and Trinidad and Tobago (3:10.64) completed the podium.
As such, Guyana ended their 2026 CARIFTA Games campaign with six medals, four of which are gold. Malachi Austin copped gold in the boys’ U20 400m; Tianna Austin also struck gold in the female version of that event. That duo later combined their efforts alongside Tishawn Easton and Akeelah Dover for a record- breaking run and gold in the U20 Mixed 4x400m relay. While Olivia Solomon added Guyana’s fourth gold medal on Monday, Jermaine Shepherd copped silver in the U17 1500m event and Javon Roberts got his hands on bronze in the Boys’ U20 1500m run.