Women’s Discus
Cuba’s Yaime Perez secured a bronze medal with a throw of 65.72.
Shadae Lawrence of Jamaica finished 7th with a distance of 62.12, which she did in the second round.
The gold medal went to Valarie Allman of the USA with 68.98 and Germany’s Kristin Pudenz was second with a personal best of 66.86.
Men’s 400 Metres
Three Caribbean men will be in the final of the men’s 400 metres.
Semi-final 1 saw Grenada’s 2012 Olympic champion Kirani James run his fastest time since the 2016 Olympic final.
James won the race in 43.88 to advance to his third straight Olympic 400 metres final and will be seeking a third straight medal.
Trinidadian Deon Lendore was also in semi-final 1 and finished fourth in 44.93.
Jamaica’s Christopher Taylor finished second in semi-final 2 to advance to his first Olympic final with a season’s best 44.92.
Trinidad & Tobago’s Machel Cedenio and Alonzo Russell of the Bahamas finished seventh and eighth respectively with times of 45.86 and 46.04.
Bahamian 2019 World Champion Steven Gardiner ran 44.14 to win the third semi-final and advance.
Jamaica’s Demish Gaye finished fourth in 45.09, Trinidad & Tobago’s Dwight St. Hillaire finished seventh in 45.58 and Jonathan Jones of Barbados finished eighth in 45.61.
Women’s 400 Metre Hurdles
Jamaica’s Janieve Russell finished second in semi-final 1 in 54.10 to advance to the final.
Panama’s Gianna Woodruff ran a national record of 54.22 to finish second in semi-final 2 and advance.
Semi-final 2 also saw Cuba’s Zurian Echevarria finish fourth in 55.21 and Barbados’ Tia-Adana Belle finished eighth in 59.26.
Men’s Triple Jump
Cristian Napoles of Cuba was the only Caribbean man to advance to the final.
Napoles jumped 17.08 to finish fourth in qualifying.
Jamaica’s Carey McLeod, who also competed in the long jump at these Olympics, finished 24th in qualifying with a jump of 16.01.
Women’s 400 Metres
The Caribbean will be well represented in the semi-finals.
Shaunae Miller-Uibo turned up for heat 1 and ran 50.50 to easily win and advance to the semi-finals.
In fact, the top 4 women in heat 1 all hail from the Caribbean and all advanced to the semi-finals.
Roxana Gomez of Cuba finished second in 50.76 to get through automatically.
Sada Williams of Barbados also got through automatically after finishing third in 51.36.
Guyana’s Aliyah Abrams finished fourth and advanced to the semi-finals in one of the fastest loser spots.
Grenada’s Meleni Rodney competed in heat 2 and unfortunately failed to finish.
Jamaica’s Roniesha McGregor advanced to the semis from heat 3 after finishing second in 51.14.
Candice McLeod from Jamaica won heat 4 in 51.09 to progress.
Heat 5 was also won by a Jamaican as Stephenie Ann-McPherson won in 50.89.
Marileidy Paulino of The Dominican Republic ran the fastest time in qualifying to win heat 6 in 50.06.
Women’s Long Jump
Tyra Gittens of Trinidad & Tobago finished 10th in the final with a distance of 6.60m.
Chantal Malone of the British Virgin Islands was also in the final and finished 12th with a jump of 6.50.
Malaika Mihambo of Germany jumped 7.00m for the gold medal while silver and bronze went to Brittney Reese of the USA and Ese Brume of Nigeria respectively.
Both Reese and Brume jumped 6.97 but Reese finished second on countback.
Men’s 200 Metres
Four Caribbean men advanced to the semi-finals.
Jamaica’s Rasheed Dwyer won heat 1 of the men’s 200 metres in a time of 20.30.
Bronze medalist at the 2017 World Championships, Jereem Richards of Trinidad & Tobago, easily won heat 2 in 20.52 to advance.
Kyle Greaux of Trinidad & Tobago finished fourth in heat 3 in 20.77.
Silver medallist back at the 2009 Berlin World Championships, Panama’s Alonso Edward, finished second in heat 4 in 20.60 to progress.
Yancarlos Martinez from The Dominican Republic finished second in heat 6 with a national record of 20.17 to advance to the semi-finals.
Julian Forte of Jamaica finished seventh in heat 7 with a time of 20.65.
Men’s 400 Metres Hurdles
Kyron McMaster ran 47.08 in the men’s 400 metres hurdles final and unbelievably finished fourth.
Karsten Warholm won his first Olympic gold medal in what may go down as the greatest performance in Olympic track and field history.
The Norwegian ran a ridiculous world record of 45.94 to break his own previous mark of 46.70 by almost a full second.
American Rai Benjamin finished second in a new American record of 46.17 and Brazil’s Alisson Dos Santos finished third in a new personal best and South American record 46.72.
With Paris Olympics just over a year away, T&T multi-event athlete Tyra Gittens signs with Puma
Trinidad and Tobago Olympian Tyra Gittens has gone professional.
The 24-year-old Gittens announced on Instagram on Monday that has signed with Puma.
“Turning dreams into reality. I am proud to announce that I’m a new member of team Puma,” she said.
“The transition into my professional career was not smooth or easy but I have amazing people in my corner who rooted for me when I didn’t feel worthy of it. So excited to start this new chapter of my life.”
Gittens was an outstanding athlete while at Texas A&M University where she excelled at the heptathlon, high jump and long jump events.
In 2021 at SEC Outdoor Track and Field Championships, she jumped 6.96m to place her inside the top 10 for the year so far and set Trinidad and Tobago records in Heptathlon 6418 points, high jump 1.95 m and long jump 6.96 m.
However, those 6418 points where just two points shy of the Olympic standard and caused her to miss 2020 Tokyo Olympics in that event.
However, she did qualify for the Olympics where she jumped 6.60m to finish 10th overall.
She struggled for form in 2022, when she jumped 6.27m for 11th place at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England. She was also well below her best in the high jump clearing 1.76m for 14th place in the high jump.
At the World Championships in Eugene, Oregon that year she only managed 6.44m for 19th place in the long jump.
She was fourth at the NACAC Senior Championships with her best effort of 6.25m.
Later that year, Gittens transferred from Texas A&M to University of Texas citing a need to shift her focus from the heptathlon to the long and high jump events.
“I don’t feel like I outgrew it because I still have a lot of things that I wanted to do in the hep and accomplish in the hep. But at the same time, you kind of have to feel your body. It’s a lot to do the hep, I’m not going to lie, and so I wanted to challenge myself in other ways,” said Gittens in a media interview in 2022.
Now, armed with her Puma contract, Gittens can now turn her focus to the Paris Olympics in 2024.
“My goals are not something you necessarily can write down. It’s more of a feeling and how I carry myself and how I adapt and how I push through all of the things that has led me here. I think that’s what my goal is for this year — to overcome a lot of things that the younger Tyra wouldn’t have been able to,” she said.
Nkrumie, Hibbert, Cole headline Jamaica squad for 2023 CARIFTA Games in Nassau
Bouwahjgie Nkrumie, Jaydon Hibbert and Serena Cole headline the squad selected to represent Jamaica at the 50th edition of the CARIFTA Games scheduled for April 8-10 in Nassau, Bahamas.
Nkrumie will compete in the 100m after winning the event in 10.19 at Jamaica’s CARIFTA Trials held at the National Stadium earlier this month.
The 19-year-old ran a national junior record 10.02 for 100m silver at the World Under-20 Championships in Cali last year, a race won in a world junior record 9.91 by Botswanan sensation Letsile Tebogo.
Hibbert, an 18-year-old freshman at Arkansas University, won the NCAA Indoor triple jump title in Albuquerque in March with a magnificent 17.54m, a World Junior Record. He also won gold at the World U-20 Championships last year in a meet record 17.27m.
Cole will compete in both the long jump and the 100m in Nassau. She won the 100m at the CARIFTA Trials in an impressive 11.18 and was third in the long jump with 5.84m. She was also a silver medallist at the World U-20 Championships last year, running 11.14 to finish behind countrywoman Tina Clayton.
The full team is as follows:
Female U-17: Natrece East, Tiana Marshall, Shanoya Douglas, Rosalee Gallimore, Kevongaye Fowler, Kededra Coombs, Bryana Davidson, Camoy Binger, Rhianna Lewis, Sashana Johnson, Shanniqua Williams, Asia Mckay, Sabrina Atkinson, Dionjah Shaw, Shemonique Hazle, Breana Brown, Alikay Reynolds, Abigail Campbell.
Female U20: Serena Cole, Alana Reid, Carleta Bernard, Rickiann Russell, Kacian Powell, Kishay Rowe, Rickeisha Simms, Jody-Ann Mitchell, Kaydeen Johnson, Habiba Harris, Alexis James, Tonyan Beckford, Alliah Baker, Jade-Ann Dawkins, Deijanae Bruce, Cedricka Williams, Abigail Martin, Britannia Johnson, Britannie Johnson.
Male U-17: Tramaine Todd, Khamani Gordon, Donte Mendez, Dontae Watson, Kenrick Sharpe, Nickecoy Bramwell, Rasheed Pryce, Joel Morgan, Delano Todd, Tyrone Lawson, Kahiem Carby, Shakir Lewis, DeAndre Gayle, Demarco Bennett, Euan Young, Courtney Kinglock, Michael Neil, Joseph Salmon, Javontae Smith, Ronaldo Anderson.
Male U-20: Bouwahjgie Nkrumie, De Andre Daley, Malique Smith Band, Javorne Dunkley, Delano Kennedy, Jasauna Dennis, Kemarrio Bygrave, Ainsley Brown, Ainsley Campbell, Shaquane Gordon, Demario Prince, Roshawn Clarke, Antonio Forbes, Royan Walters, Brandon Pottinger, Chavez Penn, Jaydon Hibbert, Kobe Lawrence, Shaiquan Dunn, Tyreese Ebanks.
Management team: Chef De Mission: Maulton Campbell, Manager: Richard Thompson, Assistant Manager: Richard Thompson, Assistant Manager: Desrine Anderson, Technical Leader: David Riley, Doctor: Dr. Jason Dawson, Coach: Keilando Gobourn, Coach: Dave Anderson, Coach: Demar Gayle, Coach: Richard Smith, Coach: Kamille Ellis, Coach: Jeremy Deslliser, Massage Therapist: Orville Crawford.
Jamaica's Reggae Boyz hold Mexico to 2-2 draw but miss out on Concacaf Nations League final
Mexico and Jamaica played to a 2-2 draw in the final encounter in Group A of League A in the 2022–23 Concacaf Nations League at the Estadio Azteca in Mexico City, Mexico.
The tie assures Mexico the top spot in the group and a place in the Concacaf Nations League finals in June.
Jamaica goalkeeper Jahmali Waite started for the visitors and made a pivotal save early to deny Hector Moreno in the 6’, as the home side looked dangerous early on set pieces.
Bobby De Cordova-Reid placed the Reggae Boyz in the lead with a right-footed laser from outside the box in the 8’, marking his third international goal and first in a League A match.
The hosts responded shortly after as Orbelín Pineda pounced on a rebound inside the box in the 17’, tying the encounter at one apiece.
Jamaica regained the lead off a corner kick in the 33’ when the service from De Cordova-Reid bounced off the left thigh of Edson Álvarez for an own goal.
The match was temporarily suspended due to lightning in the 34’ and restarted as soon as conditions were deemed safe to resume.
After the restart, Hirving Lozano was denied by the top post in the 43’ as Mexico was inching closer to the tying goal.
Henry Martin was brought down inside the box by defender Ravel Morrison as Mexico earned a penalty in the first minute into injury time. Hirving Lozano converted in the 45'+2 to tie 2-2.
Luis Chavez attempted to test Waite from long range in the 54’ but the shot went just wide.
Guillermo Ochoa came up with a quick-witted save in the 57’ on a Jamaica corner headed by Shamar Nicholson.
Second half substitute Diego Laínez saw his own attempt denied by the woodwork in the 75’ as the home side continued to search for the victory.
Lozano nearly had his second of the night, and the potential game-winner, in second half injury time but the attempt was just inches from the far post.
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