2008 CARIFTA Games
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The 37th CARIFTA Games was held in the Bird Rock Athletic Stadium in Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis on March 21-24, 2008.

Medal summary

Medal winners are published by category: Boys under 20 (Junior),Girls Under 20 (Junior),Boys under 17 (Youth) Girls under 17 (Youth)

Medal summary

Medal winners are published by category: Boys under 20 (Junior),Girls Under 20 (Junior),Boys under 17 (Youth) Girls under 17 (Youth)

Boys under 20 (Junior)

100 metres
100 metres
The 100 metres, or 100-metre dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. The shortest common outdoor running distance, it is one of the most popular and prestigious events in the sport of athletics. It has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896...

10.32 10.48 10.57
200 metres
200 metres
A 200 metres race is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 m track, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques are needed to successfully run the race. A slightly shorter race, called the stadion and run on a straight track, was the first...

20.16 20.33 20.78
400 metres
400 metres
The 400 metres, or 400 metre dash, is a common sprinting event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 . On a standard outdoor running track, it is exactly one lap around the track. Runners start in staggered positions and...

46.86 47.26 47.55
800 metres
800 metres
The 800 meter race is a common track running event. It is the shortest common middle distance track event. The 800 meter is run over two laps of the track and has always been an Olympic event. During indoor track season the event is usually run on a 200 meter track, therefore requiring four laps...

1:51.94 1:52.49 1:52.61
1500 metres
1500 metres
The 1,500-metre run is the premier middle distance track event.Aerobic endurance is the biggest factor contributing to success in the 1500 metres but the athlete also requires significant sprint speed.In modern times, the 1,500-metre run has been run at a pace faster than the average person could...

3:56.14 3:56.80 3:59.36
5000 metres
5000 metres
The 5000 metres is a popular running distance also known as 5 km or 5K in American English. It is one of the track events in the Olympic Games and the World Championships in Athletics. "5000 metres" refers to racing on a track and "5K" usually refers to a roadrace or cross country event...

14:46.51 15:57.99 15:58.01
110 metres hurdles
110 metres hurdles
The 110 metres hurdles is a hurdling track and field event for men. It is incuded in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympic Games. The female counterpart is the 100 metre hurdles. As part of a racing event, ten hurdles of 1.067 metres in height are evenly spaced along a straight...

13.50 14.13 14.22
400 metres hurdles
400 metres hurdles
The 400 metres hurdles is an Olympic athletics event in track and field. On a standard outdoor track 400 metres is the length of the inside lane once around the stadium. Runners stay in their lane the entire way after starting out of the blocks and must clear ten hurdles that are evenly...

51.81 53.05 53.18
High Jump
High jump
The high jump is a track and field athletics event in which competitors must jump over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without the aid of certain devices in its modern most practiced format; auxiliary weights and mounds have been used for assistance; rules have changed over the years....

2.10 2.05 2.00
Pole Vault
Pole vault
Pole vaulting is a track and field event in which a person uses a long, flexible pole as an aid to leap over a bar. Pole jumping competitions were known to the ancient Greeks, as well as the Cretans and Celts...

4.60 3.20 NH
Long Jump
Long jump
The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength, and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a take off point...

7.65 7.34 7.29
Triple Jump
Triple jump
The triple jump is a track and field sport, similar to the long jump, but involving a “hop, bound and jump” routine, whereby the competitor runs down the track and performs a hop, a bound and then a jump into the sand pit.The triple jump has its origins in the Ancient Olympics and has been a...

15.76 15.49 15.22
Shot Put
Shot put
The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" a heavy metal ball—the shot—as far as possible. It is common to use the term "shot put" to refer to both the shot itself and to the putting action....

16.23 15.93 15.67
Discus Throw
Discus throw
The discus throw is an event in track and field athletics competition, in which an athlete throws a heavy disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than his or her competitors. It is an ancient sport, as evidenced by the 5th century BC Myron statue, Discobolus...

51.46 48.84 46.42
Javelin Throw
Javelin throw
The javelin throw is a track and field athletics throwing event where the object to be thrown is the javelin, a spear approximately 2.5 metres in length. Javelin is an event of both the men's decathlon and the women's heptathlon...

65.48 54.23 54.00
Heptathlon
Heptathlon
A heptathlon is a track and field athletics combined events contest made up of seven events. The name derives from the Greek hepta and athlon . A competitor in a heptathlon is referred to as a heptathlete.-Women's Heptathlon:...

5006 4515 4474
4 x 100 metres relay
4 x 100 metres relay
The 4 × 100 metres relay or sprint relay is an athletics track event run in lanes over one lap of the track with four runners completing 100 metres each. The first runners begin in the same stagger as for the individual 400 m race...


Warren Weir 
Ramone McKenzie
Ramone McKenzie
Ramone McKenzie is a Jamaican sprinter who specialises in the 100 and 200 metres. He turned professional on November 2, 2009, now being trained by American coach Lance Brauman....

 
Nickel Ashmeade
Nickel Ashmeade
Nickel Ashmeade is a Jamaican sprinter who specialises in the 100 and 200 meters.Ashmeade first enjoyed success in the sprints as a junior athlete: at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships he beat compatriot Dexter Lee to the 100 m title, was runner-up to Ramone...

 
Dexter Lee
Dexter Lee
Dexter Lee is a Jamaican sprinter who specialises in the 100 and 200 metres. He became the first athlete to win back-to-back titles at World Junior Championships in Athletics....

 
39.80
Abiola Glasgow 
Kendall Bacchus 
Kyle Jacelon 
Joel Dillon 
40.68
Shekeim Greaves 
Renaldo Bailey 
Jerry-Lee Davis 
Shane Brathwaite 
41.59
4 x 400 metres relay
4 x 400 metres relay
The 4 x 400 meters relay or long relay is an athletics track event in which teams comprise four runners who each complete 400 meters or one lap. It is traditionally the final event of a track meet. At top class events, the first 500 meters is run in lanes...


Keiron Stewart 
Ramone McKenzie
Ramone McKenzie
Ramone McKenzie is a Jamaican sprinter who specialises in the 100 and 200 metres. He turned professional on November 2, 2009, now being trained by American coach Lance Brauman....

 
Nickel Ashmeade
Nickel Ashmeade
Nickel Ashmeade is a Jamaican sprinter who specialises in the 100 and 200 meters.Ashmeade first enjoyed success in the sprints as a junior athlete: at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships he beat compatriot Dexter Lee to the 100 m title, was runner-up to Ramone...

 
Andre Peart 
3:09.71
Jameel Alleyne-Walcott 
Kervin Morgan 
Ancil Nicholson 
Jovon Toppin 
3:11.34
Jeffery Gibson 
Demetrius Pinder
Demetrius Pinder
Demetrius Pinder is a male track and field athlete from Grand Bahama in The Bahamas, who mainly competes in the 400m.-Career:...

 
Brandon Miller
Brandon Miller
Brandon Miller is an American race car driver. He is a former member of the Richard Childress Racing driver development program....

 
Karlton Rolle 
3:12.09

Girls under 20 (Junior)

100 metres
100 metres
The 100 metres, or 100-metre dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. The shortest common outdoor running distance, it is one of the most popular and prestigious events in the sport of athletics. It has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896...

11.39 11.41 11.50
200 metres
200 metres
A 200 metres race is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 m track, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques are needed to successfully run the race. A slightly shorter race, called the stadion and run on a straight track, was the first...

23.01 23.11 23.28
400 metres
400 metres
The 400 metres, or 400 metre dash, is a common sprinting event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 . On a standard outdoor running track, it is exactly one lap around the track. Runners start in staggered positions and...

53.57 53.77 54.04
800 metres
800 metres
The 800 meter race is a common track running event. It is the shortest common middle distance track event. The 800 meter is run over two laps of the track and has always been an Olympic event. During indoor track season the event is usually run on a 200 meter track, therefore requiring four laps...

2:05.90 2:10.20 2:11.07
1500 metres
1500 metres
The 1,500-metre run is the premier middle distance track event.Aerobic endurance is the biggest factor contributing to success in the 1500 metres but the athlete also requires significant sprint speed.In modern times, the 1,500-metre run has been run at a pace faster than the average person could...

4:33.69 4:45.22 4:47.48
3000 metres
3000 metres
The 3000 metres is a popular amateur middle distance track event where 7.5 laps are completed around a 400 metre track. This event is generally classified as middle distance, but it could be classed as a long distance event in many high schools, since they do not promote races such as the 5000 and...

10:15.22 10:15.28 10:16.15
100 metres hurdles
100 metres hurdles
The 100 m hurdles are an Olympic track and field athletics discipline run by women . For the race ten hurdles of a height of 83.8 cm are placed evenly spaced along a straight course of 100 meters. They are positioned so that they will fall over if bumped into by the runner...

13.43 C 13.63 13.72
400 metres hurdles
400 metres hurdles
The 400 metres hurdles is an Olympic athletics event in track and field. On a standard outdoor track 400 metres is the length of the inside lane once around the stadium. Runners stay in their lane the entire way after starting out of the blocks and must clear ten hurdles that are evenly...

58.08 58.17 59.69
High Jump
High jump
The high jump is a track and field athletics event in which competitors must jump over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without the aid of certain devices in its modern most practiced format; auxiliary weights and mounds have been used for assistance; rules have changed over the years....

1.65 1.65 1.65
Long Jump
Long jump
The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength, and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a take off point...

6.03 6.02 5.90
Triple Jump
Triple jump
The triple jump is a track and field sport, similar to the long jump, but involving a “hop, bound and jump” routine, whereby the competitor runs down the track and performs a hop, a bound and then a jump into the sand pit.The triple jump has its origins in the Ancient Olympics and has been a...

12.91 12.81 12.51
Shot Put
Shot put
The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" a heavy metal ball—the shot—as far as possible. It is common to use the term "shot put" to refer to both the shot itself and to the putting action....

14.16 13.93 13.29
Discus Throw
Discus throw
The discus throw is an event in track and field athletics competition, in which an athlete throws a heavy disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than his or her competitors. It is an ancient sport, as evidenced by the 5th century BC Myron statue, Discobolus...

44.68 40.29 37.03
Javelin Throw
Javelin throw
The javelin throw is a track and field athletics throwing event where the object to be thrown is the javelin, a spear approximately 2.5 metres in length. Javelin is an event of both the men's decathlon and the women's heptathlon...

47.00 42.12 41.33
Pentathlon
Pentathlon
A pentathlon is a contest featuring five different events. The name is derived from Greek: combining the words pente and -athlon . The first pentathlon was documented in Ancient Greece and was part of the Ancient Olympic Games...

3935 3591 3497
4 x 100 metres relay
4 x 100 metres relay
The 4 × 100 metres relay or sprint relay is an athletics track event run in lanes over one lap of the track with four runners completing 100 metres each. The first runners begin in the same stagger as for the individual 400 m race...


Sheniqua Ferguson
Sheniqua Ferguson
Sheniqua Ferguson is a Bahamian sprinter who specializes in the 100 and 200 metres. She was born in Nassau....

 
Krystal Bodie 
Cache Armbrister 
Nivea Smith
Nivea Smith
Nivea Smith is a sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres. She grew up in Freeport, attended Mary Star of the Sea Primary School, and later graduated from Grand Bahama Catholic High School.-Career:...

 
44.36 C
Rosemarie Carty 
Jura Levy
Jura Levy
Jura Levy is a Jamaican sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres and 200 metres-Personal bests:-External links:...

 
Alicia Cutenar 
Carrie Russell 
44.90
Tameka Rawlins 
Mara Weekes 
Sade Sealy 
Kierre Beckles 
45.75
4 x 400 metres relay
4 x 400 metres relay
The 4 x 400 meters relay or long relay is an athletics track event in which teams comprise four runners who each complete 400 meters or one lap. It is traditionally the final event of a track meet. At top class events, the first 500 meters is run in lanes...


Kayan Robinson 
Shana-Gaye Tracey 
Nikita Tracey 
Alicia Cutenar 
3:39.12
Jessica James 
Sparkle McKnight 
Afyia Walker 
Janeil Bellille 
3:43.65
Sade Sealy 
Latoya Griffith 
Sade Greene 
Mara Weekes 
3:44.41

Boys under 17 (Youth)

100 metres
100 metres
The 100 metres, or 100-metre dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. The shortest common outdoor running distance, it is one of the most popular and prestigious events in the sport of athletics. It has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896...

10.76 10.84 11.00
200 metres
200 metres
A 200 metres race is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 m track, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques are needed to successfully run the race. A slightly shorter race, called the stadion and run on a straight track, was the first...

21.38 21.74 21.89
400 metres
400 metres
The 400 metres, or 400 metre dash, is a common sprinting event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 . On a standard outdoor running track, it is exactly one lap around the track. Runners start in staggered positions and...

47.87 49.08 49.34
800 metres
800 metres
The 800 meter race is a common track running event. It is the shortest common middle distance track event. The 800 meter is run over two laps of the track and has always been an Olympic event. During indoor track season the event is usually run on a 200 meter track, therefore requiring four laps...

1:56.12 1:56.68 1:58.99
1500 metres
1500 metres
The 1,500-metre run is the premier middle distance track event.Aerobic endurance is the biggest factor contributing to success in the 1500 metres but the athlete also requires significant sprint speed.In modern times, the 1,500-metre run has been run at a pace faster than the average person could...

4:09.78 4:10.44 4:16.30
3000 metres
3000 metres
The 3000 metres is a popular amateur middle distance track event where 7.5 laps are completed around a 400 metre track. This event is generally classified as middle distance, but it could be classed as a long distance event in many high schools, since they do not promote races such as the 5000 and...

9:05.11 9:24.89 9:25.04
100 metres hurdles
100 metres hurdles
The 100 m hurdles are an Olympic track and field athletics discipline run by women . For the race ten hurdles of a height of 83.8 cm are placed evenly spaced along a straight course of 100 meters. They are positioned so that they will fall over if bumped into by the runner...

12.88 C 13.13 13.49
400 metres hurdles
400 metres hurdles
The 400 metres hurdles is an Olympic athletics event in track and field. On a standard outdoor track 400 metres is the length of the inside lane once around the stadium. Runners stay in their lane the entire way after starting out of the blocks and must clear ten hurdles that are evenly...

52.81 C 55.08 56.29
High Jump
High jump
The high jump is a track and field athletics event in which competitors must jump over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without the aid of certain devices in its modern most practiced format; auxiliary weights and mounds have been used for assistance; rules have changed over the years....

2.05 1.95 1.95
Long Jump
Long jump
The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength, and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a take off point...

6.86 6.67 6.65
Triple Jump
Triple jump
The triple jump is a track and field sport, similar to the long jump, but involving a “hop, bound and jump” routine, whereby the competitor runs down the track and performs a hop, a bound and then a jump into the sand pit.The triple jump has its origins in the Ancient Olympics and has been a...

14.66 14.17 13.59
Shot Put
Shot put
The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" a heavy metal ball—the shot—as far as possible. It is common to use the term "shot put" to refer to both the shot itself and to the putting action....

16.63 15.93 14.75
Discus Throw
Discus throw
The discus throw is an event in track and field athletics competition, in which an athlete throws a heavy disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than his or her competitors. It is an ancient sport, as evidenced by the 5th century BC Myron statue, Discobolus...

48.54 47.00 46.70
Javelin Throw
Javelin throw
The javelin throw is a track and field athletics throwing event where the object to be thrown is the javelin, a spear approximately 2.5 metres in length. Javelin is an event of both the men's decathlon and the women's heptathlon...

55.98 54.72 51.90
4 x 100 metres relay
4 x 100 metres relay
The 4 × 100 metres relay or sprint relay is an athletics track event run in lanes over one lap of the track with four runners completing 100 metres each. The first runners begin in the same stagger as for the individual 400 m race...


Aaron Wilmore 
Demetri Knowles 
Johnathan Farquharson 
Geno Jones 
41.85
Christian Benjamin 
Jonathan Holder 
Koffi Hunte 
Moriba Morain 
42.29
Lemmar Wilson 
Earl Lee 
A-Shawni Mitchell 
Rolando Reid
42.62
4 x 400 metres relay
4 x 400 metres relay
The 4 x 400 meters relay or long relay is an athletics track event in which teams comprise four runners who each complete 400 meters or one lap. It is traditionally the final event of a track meet. At top class events, the first 500 meters is run in lanes...


Nolan Williams 
Rolando Reid 
A-Shawni Mitchell 
Javere Bell
3:19.26
Hendrix Foncette 
Omar Charles 
Kory Woods 
Deon Lendore
Deon Lendore
Deon Lendore is a Trinidadian sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres.Lendore won a silver medal in the 400 metres at the 2011 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships in Miramar, Florida....

3:21.20
Alonzo Russell 
Zhivago Thompson 
Glenwood Baillou 
Nejmi Burnside
3:22.77

Girls under 17 (Youth)

100 metres
100 metres
The 100 metres, or 100-metre dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. The shortest common outdoor running distance, it is one of the most popular and prestigious events in the sport of athletics. It has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896...

11.66 11.91 11.91
200 metres
200 metres
A 200 metres race is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 m track, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques are needed to successfully run the race. A slightly shorter race, called the stadion and run on a straight track, was the first...

23.99 24.14 24.40
400 metres
400 metres
The 400 metres, or 400 metre dash, is a common sprinting event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 . On a standard outdoor running track, it is exactly one lap around the track. Runners start in staggered positions and...

54.52 54.56 55.52
800 metres
800 metres
The 800 meter race is a common track running event. It is the shortest common middle distance track event. The 800 meter is run over two laps of the track and has always been an Olympic event. During indoor track season the event is usually run on a 200 meter track, therefore requiring four laps...

2:13.46 2:13.77 2:17.58
1500 metres
1500 metres
The 1,500-metre run is the premier middle distance track event.Aerobic endurance is the biggest factor contributing to success in the 1500 metres but the athlete also requires significant sprint speed.In modern times, the 1,500-metre run has been run at a pace faster than the average person could...

4:48.82 4:52.34 4:56.18
100 metres hurdles
100 metres hurdles
The 100 m hurdles are an Olympic track and field athletics discipline run by women . For the race ten hurdles of a height of 83.8 cm are placed evenly spaced along a straight course of 100 meters. They are positioned so that they will fall over if bumped into by the runner...

14.04 14.17 14.18
300 metres hurdles
Hurdling
Hurdling is a type of track and field race.- Distances :There are sprint hurdle races and long hurdle races. The standard sprint hurdle race is 110 meters for men and 100 meters for women. The standard long hurdle race is 400 meters for both men and women...

42.62 43.61 44.61
High Jump
High jump
The high jump is a track and field athletics event in which competitors must jump over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without the aid of certain devices in its modern most practiced format; auxiliary weights and mounds have been used for assistance; rules have changed over the years....

1.74 1.71 1.65
Long Jump
Long jump
The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength, and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a take off point...

5.54 5.42 5.36
Triple Jump
Triple jump
The triple jump is a track and field sport, similar to the long jump, but involving a “hop, bound and jump” routine, whereby the competitor runs down the track and performs a hop, a bound and then a jump into the sand pit.The triple jump has its origins in the Ancient Olympics and has been a...

11.74 11.36 11.18
Shot Put
Shot put
The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" a heavy metal ball—the shot—as far as possible. It is common to use the term "shot put" to refer to both the shot itself and to the putting action....

12.26 10.66 10.59
Discus Throw
Discus throw
The discus throw is an event in track and field athletics competition, in which an athlete throws a heavy disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than his or her competitors. It is an ancient sport, as evidenced by the 5th century BC Myron statue, Discobolus...

34.02 32.86 31.34
Javelin Throw
Javelin throw
The javelin throw is a track and field athletics throwing event where the object to be thrown is the javelin, a spear approximately 2.5 metres in length. Javelin is an event of both the men's decathlon and the women's heptathlon...

37.65 36.63 34.54
4 x 100 metres relay
4 x 100 metres relay
The 4 × 100 metres relay or sprint relay is an athletics track event run in lanes over one lap of the track with four runners completing 100 metres each. The first runners begin in the same stagger as for the individual 400 m race...


Natasha Morrison 
Yanique Ellington 
Sandrae Farquharson 
Sandrae Farquharson 
46.51
Arian Maynard 
Vanessa Bennet 
Trefasana White 
Siana Leader 
46.95
Sparkyl Cash 
V'Alonnee Robinson 
Rashan Brown 
Henrietta Carey 
47.84
4 x 400 metres relay
4 x 400 metres relay
The 4 x 400 meters relay or long relay is an athletics track event in which teams comprise four runners who each complete 400 meters or one lap. It is traditionally the final event of a track meet. At top class events, the first 500 meters is run in lanes...


Petra Fanty 
Shericka Jackson 
Danielle Dowie 
Sandrae Farquharson
3:39.62
Trefasana White 
Vanessa Bennet 
Siana Leader 
Kaydeen Liburd
3:49.13
Desiree Harper 
Chelsi Campbell 
Marrissa Gale 
Sade Andrews
3:50.13

Medal table (official)

1  Jamaica 36 28 12 76
2  Trinidad and Tobago 7 14 16 37
3  Barbados 7 4 10 21
4  The Bahamas 7 4 8 19
5  Martinique 3 4 5 12
6  Saint Lucia 2 1 0 3
7  Grenada 2 0 1 3
8  British Virgin Islands 1 2 0 3
9  Anguilla 1 0 0 1
10  Cayman Islands 0 3 0 3
11  Guadeloupe 0 1 5 6
12  Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 1 3 4
13  Bermuda 0 1 1 2
14  Guyana 0 1 1 2
15  Aruba 0 1 0 1
16  Dominica 0 1 0 1
17  Antigua and Barbuda 0 1 0 1
18  Haiti 0 0 1 1
19  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 0 1 1
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