Jamaica topped the medals table at the Carifta Games for the 40th straight time after amassing 71 medals at the 53rd staging which ended on Monday at the Kirani James Athletics Stadium in Grenada.

The island’s junior athletes, who started the third and final day of the Ganes with 43 medals, added another 28 for the total that saw 28 gold, 27 silver and 16 bronze.

Trinidad and Tobago were next with 35 medals- nine gold, 11 silver and 15 bronze, followed by the Bahamas with 30 medals- eight gold, 12 silver and 10 bronze; Barbados with 17 medals-six gold, three silver and eight bronze and Guyana with six medals including four gold, a silver and a bronze to round out to top five.

Jamaica won three of the four 4x400m relays to end the championships: the girls’ Under-17 and Under-20, and the boys’ Under-17. The boys’ Under-20 team finished second to a record breaking Barbados team.

After losing his long jump title, Michael-Andre Edwards jumped 15.84m (-0.9m/s) to win the boys’ Under-20 triple jump in a one-two for Jamaica with Rekelme Hunter taking the silver medal with 15.28m (-0.1m/s).

Xavier Tracey was third in the boys Under-17 discus throw with 51.30m.
-Paul A Reid