The 34th CARIFTA Games was held in the Dwight Yorke Stadium in Bacolet, Tobago on March 26–28, 2005. The event was relocated from the National Stadium, St. George's, Grenada, because of the aftermath of Hurricane Ivan destroying 90 percent of the island's houses. An appraisal of the results has been given.

Participation (unofficial)

Detailed result lists can be found on the CACAC, the CFPI and the "World Junior Athletics History" website. An unofficial count yields the number of about 427 athletes (215 junior (under-20) and 212 youth (under-17)) from about 25 countries: Anguilla (3), Antigua and Barbuda (10), Aruba (2), Bahamas (51), Barbados (37), Bermuda (12), British Virgin Islands (7), Cayman Islands (16), Dominica (5), French Guiana (1), Grenada (31), Guadeloupe (19), Guyana (8), Haiti (11), Jamaica (69), Martinique (31), Montserrat (2), Netherlands Antilles (6), Saint Kitts and Nevis (8), Saint Lucia (8), Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (3), Suriname (3), Trinidad and Tobago (59), Turks and Caicos Islands (18), US Virgin Islands (7).

Records

A total of 4 new games records were set.

In the boys' U-20 category, Grégory Gamyr from Martinique achieved 18.11 metres in shot put.

In the boys' U-17 category, Theon O'Connor from Jamaica set the new 800m games record to 1:53.72. The 4x400 metres relay team from Trinidad and Tobago set the new games record to 3:15.09.

In the girls' U-17 category, the 4x100 metres relay team from Jamaica finished in 45.43 seconds.

Moreover, a total of 8 national (senior) records were set by the junior athletes. In the men's category, Junior Hines set the 3000 metres record for the Cayman Islands to 9:59.68.

In the women's category, individual records were set by Shara Proctor (long jump, 6.24m, wind: +0.9 m/s) for Anguilla, by Skyler Wallen (1500 metres, 4:44.79) for the Bahamas, by La Troya Darrell (triple jump, 12.29m, wind: -0.9 m/s) for Bermuda, by Opal Bodden (triple jump, 10.70m, wind: +0.8 m/s) for the Cayman Islands, and by Sanny Eugene (800 metres, 2:12.75) for the U.S. Virgin Islands. Moreover, the 4x100 metres relay teams of Grenada (45.41s) and the Turks and Caicos Islands (51.88s) established new national records.

Austin Sealy Award

The Austin Sealy Trophy for the most outstanding athlete of the games was awarded to Theon O'Connor of Jamaica. He won 2 gold medals (800m, and 1500m) in the youth (U-17) category, setting a new 800m games record.

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). Complete results can be found on the CACAC, the CFPI and the "World Junior Athletics History" website.

Boys under 20 (Junior) 100 metres (1.7 m/s) 10.36 10.53 10.54200 metres (-0.9 m/s) 21.36 21.49 21.64400 metres 46.61 46.81 47.52800 metres 1:54.53 1:54.86 1:55.081500 metres 3:59.33 4:00.25 4:02.125000 metreso 16:08.27 16:28.36 16:38.52110 metres hurdles (-0.7 m/s) 14.34 14.64 14.74400 metres hurdles 52.79 53.36 53.69High jump 2.08 2.05 Pole vaulto 3.50 3.50 3.10Long jump 7.50 (0.8 m/s) 7.19 (0.3 m/s) 6.78 (0.6 m/s)Triple jump 14.60 (1.9 m/s) 14.54 (1.9 m/s) 14.52 (1.1 m/s)Shot put 18.11 CR 17.35 17.16Discus throw 51.32 49.69 46.81Javelin throw 58.75 58.34 58.01Heptathlono 4803 4758 38844 x 100 metres relay Marcus Duncan Keston Bledman Rocky Caruth Jamil James 41.05 Yannick Lienafa Cédric Laurier Dimitri Bascou Jocelyn Emmanuel 41.21 Lavardo Smith Larry Pinder Jamaal Butler Ryan Penn 41.504 x 400 metres relay<br/ >Michael Gardener<br/ >Leford Green<br/ >Romel Lewis<br/ >Tywayne Buchanan 3:09.94 Jamil James Damon Douglas Ade Alleyne-Forte Renny Quow 3:10.32 Ramon Miller Larry Pinder Jamaal Butler Jamal Moss 3:14.20

o: Open event for both junior and youth athletes.

Girls under 20 (Junior) 100 metres (0.9 m/s) 11.39 11.72 11.73200 metres (0.1 m/s) 23.25 23.28 24.03400 metres 54.22 55.19 55.20800 metres 2:12.75 NR 2:12.98 2:13.031500 metres 4:38.56 4:41.11 4:45.523000 metreso 9:59.37 10:18.19 10:20.24100 metres hurdles (-0.5 m/s) 13.82 14.35 14.45400 metres hurdles 57.18 57.38 60.49High jump 1.82 1.74 1.71Long jump 6.29 (0.4 m/s) 6.24 NR (0.4 m/s) 5.78 (1.0 m/s)Triple jump 12.96 (0.4 m/s) 12.29 NR (-0.9 m/s) 11.98 (1.8 m/s)Shot put 14.62 13.97 13.85Discus throw 45.03 39.24 38.92Javelin throw 45.22 45.07 44.08Pentathlono 3286 3126 26534 x 100 metres relay Shelly-Ann Fraser 44.53 Kelly Ann Baptiste 44.76 Ann Marie Francis Raquel Mitchell Alison George Sherry Fletcher 45.41 NR4 x 400 metres relay <br/ >Anastasia Le-Roy<br/ >Sherene Pinnock<br/ >Bobby-Gaye Wilkins<br/ >Sonita Sutherland 3:36.91 Crystal Skeete Janelle Clarke Shelly McLean Latosha Roach 3:44.08 3:45.93

o: Open event for both junior and youth athletes.

Boys under 17 (Youth) 100 metres (1.5 m/s) 11.01 11.06 11.06200 metres (-1.0 m/s) 22.19 22.30 22.46400 metres 48.15 49.40 49.51800 metres 1:53.72 CR 1:56.63 1:56.721500 metres 4:05.59 4:07.99 4:10.413000 metres 9:15.92 9:33.55 9:38.98100 metres hurdles (1.0 m/s) 13.41 13.47 400 metres hurdles 53.67 53.76 54.27High jump 1.85 1.85 1.80Long jump 6.64 (0.0 m/s) 6.59 (0.4 m/s) 6.49 (0.7 m/s) Triple jump 14.66 w (2.7 m/s) 13.92 w (2.2 m/s) 13.71 w (2.6 m/s)Shot put 14.59 14.26 14.01Discus throw 48.45 46.36 46.07Javelin throw 51.01 48.90 48.134 x 100 metres relay 42.06 42.27 Montano Palacious Oswald Ingraham Remaal Thompson Warren Fraser43.314 x 400 metres relay Zwede Hewitt Jevon Toppin Jervon Mattews Kervin Morgan 3:15.09 CR 3:15.39 ? Karlton Rolle Nathan Arnett Juan Lewis3:18.71

Girls under 17 (Youth) 100 metres (1.5 m/s) 11.76 11.88 11.90200 metres (-1.0 m/s) 23.68 23.98 24.07400 metres 54.79 55.00 56.14800 metres 2:14.16 2:14.44 2:15.131500 metres 4:39.05 4:44.45 4:44.79 NR100 metres hurdles (-0.8 m/s) 13.72 13.93 14.18300 metres hurdles 43.85 44.05 44.42High jump 1.65 1.60 1.60Long jump 5.98 (0.3 m/s) 5.49 (0.2 m/s) 5.25 (-0.2 m/s)Triple jump 12.29 (1.9 m/s) 12.25 w (2.1 m/s) 11.09 (2.0 m/s)Shot put 12.45 12.10 11.95Discus throw 35.42 32.15 31.95Javelin throw 38.19 37.21 35.734 x 100 metres relay Natasha Ruddock Latoya King Francine Simpson Danique Jeffrey 45.43 46.59 46.964 x 400 metres relay Sade St. Louis Kelly-Ann Romeo Cadajah Spencer Britney St. Louis 3:44.05 3:46.42 3:49.39

Medal table (unofficial)

The medal count has been published. There is a mismatch between the unofficial medal count and the published medal count for the Bahamas and Trinidad and Tobago. This can be explained by the fact that there were only three competitors in the boys U20 pole vault event, therefore not having been considered in the published medal count.

References

External links World Junior Athletics History