TEAM BARBADOS cleaned up the morning session with seven gold medals as the 2016 Caribbean Union of Teachers Games got underway today in Tortola, British Virgin Islands.
Of the eight events contested, Barbados won seven gold and one silver to make an emphatic start to the 16th biennial games at the A.O. Shirley Recreation Grounds.
Morning Results:
Under-13 Girls’ High Jump:
1. Sikia Best (Barbados) 1.44 metres, 2. Ayazmia Dolphin (St Kitts) 1.41, 3. Kayla-Gray Clarke (Jamaica) 1.38m
Under-13 Boys’ Shot Put
1. Malachi Harris (Barbados) 12.06m, 2. Thomas Cameron (Grenada) 9.92m, 3. Omar Hodge (Anguilla) 9.77m
Under-11 Boys’ Long Jump
1. Daniel Duncan (Barbados) 4.81m, 2. Jerdony Lewis (Grenada) 4.29m, 3. Delano Hodge (British Virgin Islands) 4.17m
Under-11 Girls’ Long Jump
1. Skye Spencer-Layne (Barbados) 3.97m, 2. Gina David (Grenada) 3.73m, 3. Kayzg Boyles (St Kitts and Nevis) 3.69m
Under-15 Girls’ Javelin
1. Rowland Kirton-Browne (Barbados) 28.63m, 2. Darlene Evans (Grenada) 24.84m, 3. Kyra Willett (Antigua and Barbuda) 23.16m
Under-9 Girls’ Cricket Ball Throw
1. Shaziya Santlebury (Barbados) 26.39 metres, 2. Leeona Thompson (Jamaica) 22.33m, 3. Tamri Thomas (British Virgin Islands) 21.62m
Open Girls’ 1000 Metres
1. Asia Foster (Barbados) 3 minutes 11.48 seconds, 2. Selah Tuzo (Bermuda) 3:11.70, 3. Marchell Pearce (Jamaica) 3:14, 26
Open Boys’ 1200 Metres
1. Jevane Edwards (Jamaica) 3:26.35, 2. Samuel Alkins (Barbados) 3:28.06, 3. Romeo Bastaldo (Grenada) 3:29.48 (SAT)