Dionjah Shaw (File photo)
April 18, 2022
CARIFTA Games: Jamaica gets Girls’ U-17 discus record, 1-2 finish
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Jamaica’s Dionjah Shaw topped the girls’ Under-17 discus throw with a new championship record of 45.32 metres at the 49th Carifta Games at the National Stadium on Monday.
Shaw, who broke the class three record at the recently-concluded ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys’ and Girls’ Athletics Championships, continued her vein of form, as she shattered the Carifta record with much ease.
The Edwin Allen stalwart launched the instrument to the winning mark in the third round, erasing the old mark of 43.99m set in 2012 by another Jamaican, Paul-Ann Gayle.
Her compatriot, Rehanna Biggs, took silver with a throw of 42.41m, while Trinidad and Tobago’s Adriana Quamina (35.23m) was third.