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Jamaica’s under-20 girls set new World mark of 42.58 seconds in 4x100 metres

Published:Monday | April 18, 2022 | 12:10 AMRobert Bailey/Gleaner Writer
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Members of the Carifta Games under-20 girls sprint relay team who set a World Under-20 record of 42.58 seconds in winning gold in the event at the National Stadium last night. From left: Serena Cole, Brianna Lyston, Tina and Tia Clayton.
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Members of the Carifta Games under-20 girls sprint relay team who set a World Under-20 record of 42.58 seconds in winning gold in the event at the National Stadium last night. From left: Serena Cole, Brianna Lyston, Tina and Tia Clayton.
Members of Jamaica’s under-20 boys team who won the 4x100 metres relay in a championship record 39.15 seconds on yesterday’s second day of the 2022 Carifta Games at the National Stadium. From left: DeAndre Daley, Sandrey Davison, Bryan Levell and Bou
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Members of Jamaica’s under-20 boys team who won the 4x100 metres relay in a championship record 39.15 seconds on yesterday’s second day of the 2022 Carifta Games at the National Stadium. From left: DeAndre Daley, Sandrey Davison, Bryan Levell and Bouwahjgie Nkrumie.
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Jamaica’s under-20 girls’ 4x100 metres team produced a brilliant performance last night to break the World Under-20 record on their way to gold in the sprint event at the 2022 Carifta Games.

Serena Cole, Tina Clayton, Brianna Lyston, and Tia Clayton, in running order, clocked 42.58 seconds at the National Stadium to shatter the previous Under-20 World record time of 42.94 set by a Jamaican quartet at last year’s World Athletics Under-20 Championships in Nairobi, Kenya. Cole and the Clayton twins Tina and Tia were members of the team that set the record in Kenya.

Barbados finished a distant second in 45.36 while third went to Trinidad and Tobago in 46.12.

Cole said they were all delighted with the performance because they were confident of winning the event. “I always believed that we were going to win, and everyone was very confident that we were going to win,” said Cole.

In fact, the Jamaicans made a clean sweep of the 4x100m relay events at the Games on yesterday’s second day of competition. Jamaica’s under-20 4x100m boys’ team of Deandre Daley, Bryan Levell, Bouwahjgie Nkrumie, and Sandrey Davidson won the event in a new championships record of 39.15. They erased the previous mark of 39.38. The Bahamas finished second in 40.41 ahead of the Cayman Islands, 40.72.

The Jamaican female team won the Under-17 4x100m relay in 45.38 in front of The Bahamas, 47.13, and Trinidad and Tobago, 48.19. The under-17 boys clocked 41.74 to win the Under-17 event. Trinidad and Tobago were second in 42.77 while third went to The Cayman Islands in 43.40.

Dismantled the field

Earlier, Roshawn Clarke dismantled the field to win the gold medal in the Under-20 Boys’ 400m Hurdles final. Clarke won the event easily in 50.68 seconds. Shamiar Bain of The Bahamas was second in 52.83 while third went to Craig Prendergast of Antigua and Barbuda in 55.08. Clarke’s teammate, Rayon Campbell, pulled up at the fourth flight of hurdles and did not complete the race.

In the under-17 final, Martin Princewell produced an impressive stretch run to land the gold medal for Jamaica in a time of 53.00. His teammate, Jordan Mowatt, was second in 54.40, and bronze went to Jermahd Huggings of St Kitts and Nevis in 55.57.

Safhia Hinds led home a Jamaica one-two on her way to winning the gold medal in the Girls’ Under-20 400m Hurdles final.

Hinds won the event in 58.96 seconds ahead of her teammate, Shackelia Green, 59.77. Natasha Fox of Trinidad and Tobago, who represented Edwin Allen High at this year’s ISSA/GraceKennedy Girls’ Championships, was third in one minute 02.35 seconds.

Jamaica had to settle for silver and bronze in the Girls’ Under-17 400m Hurdles final. Jody-Ann Daley took the silver in a time of 1:02.22 while Deandra Harris took bronze in 1:02.26. The event was won by Michelle Smith of the United States Virgin Islands in 58.61.

Jamaica’s Jaydon Hibbert captured the Under-20 Boys’ Long Jump title with a best 7.62 metres on his fifth attempt. Uroy Ryan of St Vincent and the Grenadines got silver with 7.52m, and Aren Spencer of Barbados earned bronze with 7.48m.

Ryan’s best was still just short of Hibbert’s second-round jump of 7.56m, but with the Vincentian getting closer with his best coming in his fifth round, Hibbert was forced into a big effort to ensure that he got the gold.

Hibbert said his plan was to surpass his personal best of 7.78m, but pain in his right knee prevented him from achieving this feat.

“Coming into the competition, I had a lot of pain in my knee. I woke up with pain. I didn’t know how that came about, but I came out here and did my best,” said Hibbert.

“I didn’t get a PB (personal best), but I am grateful because I came first,” he said. “I wanted to PB because that was my goal coming out here, but things happen in life. We just have to take it and move,” he said.

Britannia Johnson captured her second medal of the championships after mining silver in the Girls’ Under-20 Shot Put event with a mark of 14.19m.

The event was won by Dominica’s Treneese Hamilton with a throw of 14.58m. Under-20 discus champion Cedricka Williams of Jamaica was fourth with 12.13m, finishing behind bronze medallist Suriname’s Alicia Grootfaam, 12.97m.