CAC medal drought

Barbadian athletes are returning from the second successive international athletics meet without a single medal to show.
None of the remaining competitors at the Central American and Caribbean Senior Track and Field Championships made it on the medal podium on the final day of competition, Sunday.
Mark Greenidge ended at the bottom of the pack in the men’s half marathon in 1 hour 24.56 minutes, more than 15 minutes behind Puerto Rico’s Luis Collazo (1:07.08).
With no more competitors on the track after the men’s sprint hurdles, all eyes were turned to Thorrold Murray in the men’s high jump and Barry Batson in the triple jump.
Murray easily cleared 2.05 and 2.10 metres on the first attempt, but couldn’t conquer the bar at 2.13 metres, finishing joint sixth with two others.
Bahamian Trevor Barry won the gold at 2.28m, no threat to Javier Sotomayor’s 2.44m record from 1989.
Silver went to Antigua’s James Grayman with 2.25m, but St Lucia’s Darwin Edwards needed one more attempt to clear 2.25, so he had to settle for bronze.
In the triple jump, Batson fell short of his season’s best, only managing 15.16m for seventh place.
Haiti’s Samir Layne leaped 17.09m to take the gold with his very first attempt.
Osneil Tosca of Cuba was second with 16.53m and Jamaica’s Wilbert walker third with 16.01m. 
In other events, Bahamas went one-two in the women’s 200m. Nivea smith was first with 22.80 seconds and Anthonique Straughn, who won the 2011 Austin Sealy award for her double gold medal performance at the CARIFTA Games, was second in 22.90.
Anastacia Leroy of Jamaica was third with 23.13.
The Bahamas also won the men’s event with Michael Mathieu taking gold in 20.60 seconds, holding off Trinidadian Rondell Sorillo (20.64) and Jason Young (20.77) of Jamaica.
Mexico’s Gabriela Medina won the women’s two-lapper in two minutes 01.50 seconds to leave Ana Quirot’s 1:59.01 intact for the 14th straight year;  Cuba’s Andy Gonzalez won the men’s 800m in 1:48.15.
Cuban Gretchen Quintana emerged tops in the heptathlon with 5 704 points.
Jamaica won the women’s 4x400m relay in 3:29.86, but it was The Bahamas who won the final event in 3:01.33.
Jamaica topped the medal standings with ten gold, six silver and ten bronze (26), Mexico were second with 7-6-7 (20) and Trinidad and Tobago were third with 6-3-5 (14).
The Bahamas were fourth with five gold and two silver and several other countries in the Eastern Caribbean also boasted at least one medal.
St Lucia had one gold and one silver, Antigua won two silver, while Dominica and  St Kitts both won a bronze.
The Barbados team to the World Youth Championships, which were held in Lille, France, also returned without a single medal.