The 19th CARIFTA Games was held in Kingston, Jamaica on April 14–16, 1990.

Participation (unofficial)

For the 1990 CARIFTA Games only the medalists and a few other athletes can be found on the "World Junior Athletics History" website. An unofficial count yields the number of about 122 athletes (78 junior (under-20) and 44 youth (under-17)) from about 14 countries: Bahamas (22), Barbados (9), British Virgin Islands (2), Cayman Islands (2), Dominica (1), French Guiana (2), Grenada (5), Guadeloupe (5), Guyana (2), Jamaica (53), Martinique (9), Saint Lucia (1), Suriname (1), Trinidad and Tobago (8).

Austin Sealy Award

The Austin Sealy Trophy for the most outstanding athlete of the games was awarded for the second time in the role to Kareem Streete-Thompson from the Cayman Islands. As in 1989, he won the gold medal in the long jump event, this year however in the junior (U-20) category, again with a remarkable jump of 7.94m, also being still the championships record in this category.

Medal summary Medal winners are published by category: Boys under 20 (Junior), Girls under 20 (Junior), Boys under 17 (Youth), and Girls under 17 (Youth). Results can be found on the "World Junior Athletics History" website.

Boys under 20 (Junior) 100 metres (0.0 m/s) 10.57 10.76 10.79200 metres (-3.7 m/s) 21.42 21.55 21.63400 metres 47.30 47.34 47.45800 metres 1:51.26 1:51.31 1:52.601500 metres 3:55.74 3:56.69 3:58.885000 metres 15:19.52 15:22.18 16:19.02110 metres hurdles (2.8 m/s) 14.36w 14.58w 14.74w400 metres hurdles 52.87 53.87 54.58High jump 2.13 2.13 2.08Pole vault 4.26 3.95 3.75Long jump 7.94 7.36 7.13Triple jump 15.26 15.03 14.81Shot put 14.12 13.76 13.51Discus throw 39.32 38.60 37.98Javelin throw 61.64 55.50 53.264 × 100 metres relay Norman Morse Raymond Nelson Leon Gordon Michael Cowan 40.66 41.33 41.404 × 400 metres relay 3:09.22 3:10.05 3:14.17

Girls under 20 (Junior) 100 metres (1.3 m/s) 11.54 11.75 11.84200 metres (-0.2 m/s) 23.34 23.89 24.15400 metres 54.08 54.79 57.11800 metres 2:10.58 2:11.94 2:15.801500 metres 4:38.56 4:48.26 4:51.193000 metres 10:08.75 10:21.53 10:25.10100 metres hurdles (1.8 m/s) 13.8 14.1 14.4High jump 1.72 1.70 1.57Long jump 6.31 6.14 5.98Shot put 12.01 11.93 11.84Discus throw 36.98 35.96 34.60Javelin throw 42.39 37.68 37.424 × 100 metres relay Nikole Mitchell Catherine Scott Gillian Russell Merlene Frazer 45.39 46.13 46.794 × 400 metres relay Janice Turner Winsome Cole Catherine Scott Inez Turner 3:38.28 3:52.12 3:55.36

Boys under 17 (Youth) 100 metres (1.1 m/s) 10.87 11.04 11.10200 metres (4.9 m/s) 22.06w 22.58w 22.72w400 metres 49.30 49.34 50.26800 metres 1:56.39 1:59.39 2:00.531500 metres 4:09.94 4:12.38 4:17.61High jump 2.03 2.00 1.98Long jump 7.09 7.04 6.98Triple jump 14.73 14.72 14.13Shot put 14.85 14.22 13.72Discus throw 43.28 43.00 40.64Javelin throw 52.50 50.80 47.42

Girls under 17 (Youth) 100 metres (1.9 m/s) 11.77 12.16 12.20200 metres (3.4 m/s) 24.30w 24.33w 24.89w400 metres 54.92 55.60 56.91800 metres 2:09.83 2:12.64 2:12.901500 metres 4:45.40 4:46.86 4:53.14High jump 1.72 1.70 1.67Long jump 5.80 5.42 5.25Shot put 10.99 10.94 10.52Discus throw 37.42 32.78 30.24Javelin throw 40.44 32.90 31.98

Medal table (unofficial)

References

External links World Junior Athletics History