Carifta Games 2018 | Record run for Salmon as Jamaica sweep 400m hurdles
Published:Sunday | April 1, 2018 | 12:00 AMRaymond Graham
Following her recent record run at the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls Athletics Championships, Hydel High school's Shiann Salmon produced another record-breaking performance; this time at the Flow Carifta Games.
Salmon led a Jamaican quinella in the Under-20 girls 400m hurdles event as the Jamaicans actually won gold in all four 400m hurdles event.
Running out of lane six, Salmon, who decided to skip the flat 400m to concentrate on the 400m hurdles, covered her rivals very quickly at the Thomas A Robinson Stadium, to pull away for an impressive win in a new mark of 56.22 seconds, erasing the old record of 56.29 seconds.
Sanique Walker, the IAAF World Under 18 silver medal winner, finished second in 57.97 seconds, as St Kitts and Nevis' Reandra Richards finished third in 59.83 seconds.
In the Under-20 boys 400m hurdles final, Rhodes Hall High's Rovane Williams won gold for Jamaica in 50.69 in a close finish over Angela Ramsey from Curacao, who was second in 50.75.
Another Jamaican, Malik James-King, whose disqualification in the heats was overturned, secured the bronze in 51.00.
Meanwhile, was a perfect start for Jamaica in the first track final on the second day of competition as Colisha Taylor of Holmwood Technical captured the girls Under-17 400m hurdles title.
Despite stumbling at the ninth and 10th hurdles, she still kept her cool to win the gold in 1:01.4. Indira Cartwright of The Bahamas finished second for silver in 1:02.17.
Devontie Archer out of Excelsior High made it three from three for Jamaica after taking gold in the Boy's Under 17 400 m hurdles at the Flow Carifta Games in Bahamas.
The silver medal winner in the Class Two event at Champs, it was an easy win for Devontie Archer, who stopped the clock at 52.86 seconds in the Under-17 boys event. Kyle Gayle of Barbados, who was disqualified from the 400m after crossing the line first, finished second in 54.45 seconds, with third going to Raymond Oriaki of The Bahamas in 54.54 seconds.