Anthonio Mascoll and John Haynes both finished outside the medals when the Pan Am Junior Track and Field Championships ended on Sunday night in Miramar, Florida.
This means that Kion Joseph’s bronze medal in the men’s 400m hurdles was the lone medal won by a Barbadian at the games.
Mascoll, who went in the final of the men’s 800 metres with one of the four fastest times, was sixth overall in 1 minute, 51.55 seconds and Haynes was eighth in 1:56.15. They were the last Barbadians in action at the biennial meet.
Immanuel Hutchinson of the United States won gold in 1:49.04 and silver went to Puerto Rico’s Wesley Vasquez with 1:49.83, just edging Venezuela’s Lucido Garrido (1:49.88). Other Caribbean athletes fared much better.
Katrina Seymour of The Bahamas won the women’s 400m hurdles in 57.87 seconds and Danielle Dowie of Jamaica got up for silver in 58.55, while Uruguay’s Deborah Rodriguez won bronze with 59.10.
Ryan Inraham of The Bahamas won silver in the men’s high jump, clearing 2.22 metres on his second attempt. Gold went to American Maalik Reynolds who also cleared the same height, but on the first attempt.
The men’s shot put went to Jamaica’s Ashinia Miller with 19.97 metres while compatriot Janieve Russell finished second in the women’s heptathlon with 5 352 points. Tamara Souza of Brazil was the winner with 5 477 and bronze went to America’s Deanna Lathan with 5 277.
Colombia’s Gisetty Landajuri won the triple jump with 13.04m and a record 53.06m was more than enough to win American Avione Allgood the women’s javelin. She was almost six metres better than her nearest compatriot.
With 200m gold medallist Anthonique Strachan on anchor, The Bahamas won the women’s 4×100 metres relay in 45.04 seconds. The Jamaicans were second in 45.37 and Canada got up for bronze with 46.35. The US team did not finish.
 However, the US men were untouchable, winning the men’s 4x100m in 39.43 seconds. Canada were second in 39.97 and The Bahamas third in 40.26, shutting Jamaica out of the medals.
The United States swept the 4×400 metres, taking the women’s event in 3:34.71 and the men’s in 3:08.20.
Canada were second in 3:38.99 and The Bahamas third in 3:42.61 among the women; while Trinidad and Tobago were second in 3:13.27 among the men, followed by The Bahamas in 3:14.96. Jamaica were fourth in both races.
