Bajan juniors top Trinidad at meet

MULTIPLE ATHLETES met CARIFTA Games qualifying standards at the Barbados vs Trinidad and Tobago Junior Athletic Classic at the National Stadium on Saturday.

And Team 246 ran away with the title at the inaugural event.

An 86-point margin separated the two nations as Barbados ended with 540 points and Trinidad and Tobago 454.

Barbados’ Ondre Callender cemented his qualifying leap in the sand pit in the Under-18 boys long jump event.

The Lester Vaughan student and member of the Rising Stars Club surpassed the 6.85 metres standard, jumping 6.91 metres. (RG)

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