Cayman sprinters dominate podium at CARIFTA
(CNS): The Cayman Islands national team returned from the CARIFTA Games on Wednesday with a bag full of medals, including gold and silver from the 100 metre under 20’s final. Davonte Howell clocked an impressive 10.15 seconds on Saturday, while his teammate Jaiden Reid finished second in 10.34 seconds ahead of Javorne Dunkley of Jamaica by a hair’s breadth. This one-two for Cayman in Grenada was a historic win for both athletes, as well as a personal best for Howell and a new junior national record.
Meanwhile, in the Bahamas, Cayman’s swimmers also had much to celebrate at the weekend when the team secured several medals, including gold in the gruelling under-18s 400-metre medley relay at the regional youth games.
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Well done, ALL our athletes. Most people don’t realise the level of constant, continual dedication and effort required to train oneself toward an athletic event. The human body cannot be held continually at peak elevation. It must rest. Athletes train toward and event and work HARD to get to (hopefully) peak condition at the time of the event.
MUCH respect. I know what it takes to condition to that level. You have to take all variables into account, your diet, your hydration, your sleep, your daily training, your alternate training, it is gruelling.
MUCH RESPECT and congratulations!!!!
Superb accomplishment for a small team. The race was very exciting to watch. Well done to all.
Wonderful to hear some positive news. Well done!!
Sprinters Dominate? … better headline would be Swimmers Dominate, Cayman was like 8th on the medal table, Jamaica won 80+ medals and we won 4.
In all seriousness coming 1-2 in the 100m is a big deal. Howell’s time is tied for 15th fastest in the world.
But tagging swimming at the bottom of the story without a headline is pretty poor. Swimming came 2nd for the first time and if “several medals” means over 50 then at least they got the numbers right.
https://cariftaaquatics.com/results/
Swimming came second for at least the third and possibly a fourth time.
A more accurate headline would have been “Bahamian swimmers dominate”.
Cayman Iaslands Swimming first placed second at Carifta in 2004, finishing the competition 41 points behind winners Trinidad and Tobago
https://www.bahamasaquatics.com/_files/ugd/5cc768_eacf66e15ad4406084c93500a4aed123.pdf
They next accomplished that feat in 2023, 361 points behind The Bahamas before repeating in 2024, 476.5 points behind The Bahamas.
https://www.asaj.com.jm/events/team-scores-carifta-2023.pdf
Cayman Islands Swimming has topped the medal table on multiple occasions. If you are interested in the history, do a little research.
One quick correction with apologies.
Cayman has topped the medal table just the once, in 2004.
https://www.bahamasaquatics.com/_files/ugd/5cc768_09e0ad45041f4f93ba8704224a298567.pdf
Go back to yard then
Bam
Bodden town
There is a separate article to celebrate our swimmers before this article was published. Hush yr mouth.
Link it or it never happened.
Maybe there is but it is extremely well hidden…
Well done!
Why would anyone downvote the achievements of young Caymanian athletes?! This expat is proud of them!
We appreciate you and those like you. Please talk to your fellow immigrants and ask why they have such a deep-seated hatred for a people whose land they would fight tooth and nail in order to occupy.
So proud of all the Caymanian sprinters & swimmers and I am an expat.
So much work involved in getting those medals.
Don’t get why so many Caymanians are negative on young achievement.