45th CARIFTA Games 2016 - GrenadaDate (Open): Friday 26 March 2016
Date (Close): Sunday 28 March 2016
Time: Day 1 (9:00 am - 7:15pm), Day 2 (9:00am - 8:50pm), Day 3 (9:00am - 7:30pm)
Schedule: http://www.cariftagames2016grenada.com/images/CARIFTAGames2016ScheduleofEvents.pdfVenue: Grenada National Stadium, Queens Park, St George's, GrenadaOfficial website: http://www.cariftagames2016grenada.com or
https://www.facebook.com/carifta2016grenadaLive Streams: http://www.cariftagames2016grenada.com/index.php/livei or
http://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/summer/trackandfield/carifta-games-track-field-live-stream-1.3492610 or
http://www.btcbahamas.com/btctv or
http://www.grenadabroadcast.com (radio)
Live Results: http://www.cfpitiming.com/liveresults/2016_Outdoor/Carifta_2016________________________________________________________________________________________
45th Annual CARIFTA Games 2016 - GrenadaThis year the Carifta Games are being held in Grenada at the Grenada National Athletic Stadium, Queens Park, St George's from the 26th - 28th March.
The CARIFTA Games is an annual athletics competition founded by the Caribbean Free Trade Association (CARIFTA). Only countries associated with CARIFTA may compete in the competition, i.e. Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Jamaica, Montserrat and Belize.
The games was first held in 1972 and consists of track and field events including sprint races, hurdles, middle distance track events, jumping and throwing events, and relays. The Games has two age categories: under-18 and under-20. Only countries associated with CARIFTA may compete in the competition.
History In 1972, Austin Sealy, then president of the Amateur Athletic Association of Barbados, inaugurated the CARIFTA Games to mark the transition from the Caribbean Free Trade Association (CARIFTA) to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). CARIFTA was meant to enhance relations between the English-speaking countries of the Caribbean after the dissolution of the West Indies Federation, but the CARIFTA Games took that idea a step further, including the French and Dutch Antilles in an annual junior track and field championship meet.
The meet normally runs over three days during the Easter period and includes over 150 separate events. The Games has two age categories for boys and girls: under-17 and under-20, the latter in line with the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) guidelines for junior athletes. The meet is run entirely under IAAF rules.
According to ex-IAAF President, Lamine Diack, CARIFTA is "on par with the World Championships."The meet is considered one of the best development meets in world athletics. Having started out on grass tracks, with athletes staying in schools or other similar temporary shelter, the CARIFTA Games have come a long way. College and university coaches and scouts from the United States make their way to the Games each year, in a bid to identify up-and-coming athletes.
The Games have produced World Record holders, Usain Bolt, Darrel Brown, World and Olympic Champions such as Veronica Campbell-Brown of Jamaica, Kim Collins of St Kitts-Nevis and Pauline Davis-Thompson of the Bahamas, Alleyne Francique of Grenada and Obadele Thompson of Barbados. CARIFTA has spawned administrators like Dean Greenaway, President of the British Virgin Islands Athletics Association.
In the early years, a handful of territories (Barbados, Trinidad & Tobago, Bahamas, Martinique, Guadeloupe, Bermuda) had facilities appropriate for hosting what really is a world-class meet. Since 2000, though, Grenada, Turks & Caicos, St Kitts-Nevis and St Lucia have built brand new stadia and hosted the CARIFTA Games. The Games have also been held on Tobago and in Montego Bay, Jamaica, which became the 14th different venue in 2011.
The CARIFTA Games are normally sponsored by regional companies including the National Gas Company of Trinidad & Tobago Ltd and Guardian Holdings. In 2009, telecommunications company, LIME Caribbean signed on as a presenting sponsor, providing finance to the local organising committee, direct assistance to national teams and live coverage of the Games on TV across the Caribbean, as well as via Internet streaming.
The Games are hosted directly under the auspices of the North and Central American and Caribbean Confederation of the IAAF, more commonly known as NACAC. Each country may enter two athletes per event and up to six athletes may be entered for relay events (with two acting as substitutes) and three athletes in the combined events such as pentathlon or heptathlon.
The 100 and 200 metres World and Olympic record holder Usain Bolt holds the 200m metres record in the under 20 category and the 400m in the under 17 category. He previously had both under 17 and under 20 200m and 400m records but lost his 200m under 17 record in 2007 to fellow Jamaican Dexter Lee who would go on to win consecutive 100 m World Junior titles. Bolt lost the 400m under 20 record to World Youth silver medalist and World Junior Champion Kirani James of Grenada. Kirani reset the 400m record in Cayman Islands in 2010, at which venue Jamaica's Odane Skeen also established a new under-17 record for the 200m.
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Medal Totals Since 1990
Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total1 Jamaica 726 506 327 1,5592 Trinidad and Tobago 157 197 206 5603 Bahamas 129 208 238 5754 Barbados 121 155 183 459
5 Martinique 69 85 109 263
6 Grenada 53 57 68 178
7 Guadeloupe 45 58 75 178
8 Antigua and Barbuda 28 12 20 60
9 Bermuda 22 35 40 97
10 Guyana 16 16 15 47
11 Cayman Islands 10 13 23 46
12 Saint Lucia 10 22 18 50
13 Dominica 7 11 10 28
14 British Virgin Islands 7 6 9 22
15 French Guiana 6 6 10 22
16 Turks and Caicos Islands 5 4 6 15
17 Saint Kitts and Nevis 4 11 10 25
18 U.S. Virgin Islands 3 4 9 16
19 Suriname 3 4 4 11
20 Anguilla 2 1 5 8
21 Netherlands Antilles 0 5 6 11
22 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 4 0 4
23 Aruba 0 2 2 4
24 Curaçao 0 1 3 4
25 Belize 0 1 1 2
26 Haiti 0 0 1 1
Total Gold: 1,423 Total Silver: 1,424 Total Bronze: 1,398 Grand Total: 4,246_______________________________________________________________________________________
CARIFTA Games Records SummaryJamaica has dominated the medals table at CARIFTA over the years. So too the record books. They hold records in 10 of the 21 Under-20 men's events contested all-time at CARIFTA, and hold or share 11 of the 17 Under-20 women's records. At the junior level, Jamaican boys own nine of the 17 records, whilst their girls possess a remarkable 10 of 16 marks in the Under-17 division. The oldest CARIFTA record in the books, though (at least for events still being contested in the modern Games), belongs to a Bermudan, Sonya Smith, whose Under-20 Javelin Throw performance of 53.98m has been on the books since 1979. The oldest boys' record is 15.03m, the winning distance for Lyndon Sands of the Bahamas in the 1980 Under-17 Triple Jump.
Kareem Streete-Thompson went on to become one of the world's leading horizontal jumpers, but his CARIFTA performances have earned legendary status. In 1989, he set an Under-17 Long Jump record with a leap of 7.83m, and a year later his 7.94m was an Under-20 record, in his first year competing at that level for Cayman Islands. Both marks remain untouched. The women's horizontal jump records are almost as long-lived, Jackie Edwards' 1987 mark of 6.14m was the Under-17 winning distance that year, and Daphne Saunders' leap of 6.93m won her the 1989 title. Both ladies are from the Bahamas.
Here are the seven CARIFTA records currently held by T&T athletes:Event Record Athlete Nationality Date Games Location
Men Under 201500 m 3:47.56
Gavyn Nero Trinidad and Tobago 11 April 2009 2009 Vieux Fort
400 m hurdles 49.76
Jehue Gordon Trinidad and Tobago 4 April 2010 2010 Georgetown
3000 m steeplechase 9:59.62
Junior Mitchell Trinidad and Tobago 31 March 1991 1991 Port of Spain
Javelin throw (800 g) 77.59 m
Keshorn Walcott Trinidad and Tobago 9 April 2012 2012 Hamilton
Boys Under 18Shot put (5.0 kg) 17.56 m
Isaiah Taylor Trinidad and Tobago 4 April 2015 2015 Basseterre
Javelin throw (700 g) 70.73 m
Tyriq Hosford Trinidad and Tobago 5 April 2015 2015 Basseterre
Girls Under 17 (until 2013)Shot put (3 kg) 14.48 m
Chelsea James Trinidad and Tobago 30 March 2013 2013 Nassau
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2015 CARIFTA Games Final Medal Table CountHere is copy of Full Medal Table from this link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_CARIFTA_GamesYou can go to this link to view thread with last year's Carifta Games Startlists, Discussions & Results:
44th CARIFTA Games 2015: 3rd to 6th April, Kim Collins Stadium, St Kitts & Nevis________________________________________________________________________________________
SCHEDULE OF EVENTSNB: Events highlighted in
RED include T&T athletes
Session: 1 SATURDAY 26TH MARCH - MORNING
Day 1 - Saturday 26/03/2016 - Starts at 09:00 AMTime Event Round 9:00 AM #1 Girls High Jump UNDER 18 Finals
9:00 AM #2 Boys Javelin Throw UNDER 18 Finals
9:00 AM #3 Girls Shot Put UNDER 18 Finals
9:05 AM #4 Heptathlon: #1 Girls 100 Meter Hurdles OPEN Finals
9:10 AM #5 Octathlon: #1 Boys 100 Meter Dash OPEN Finals
9:20 AM #6 Girls 100 Meter Dash UNDER 18 Prelims
9:35 AM #7 Boys 100 Meter Dash UNDER 18 Prelims
9:50 AM #8 Girls 100 Meter Dash UNDER 20 Prelims
10:05 AM #9 Boys 100 Meter Dash UNDER 20 Prelims
10:10 AM #4 Heptathlon: #2 Girls High Jump OPEN Finals
10:15 AM #5 Octathlon: #2 Boys Long Jump OPEN Finals
10:20 AM #10 Girls 400 Meter Dash UNDER 18 Prelims
10:30 AM #11 Boys 400 Meter Dash UNDER 18 Prelims
10:40 AM #12 Girls 400 Meter Dash UNDER 20 Prelims
10:50 AM #13 Boys 400 Meter Dash UNDER 20 Prelims
MEDAL PRESENTATION
Session: 2 SATURDAY 26TH MARCH - EVENING
Day 1 - Saturday 26/03/2016 - Starts at 03:00 PM3:00 PM
OPENING CEREMONY
ORDER OF COUNTRIESAnguilla (AIA)
Antigua & Barbuda (ANT)
Aruba (ARU)
Bahamas (BAH)
Barbados (BAR)
Belize (BIZ)
Bermuda (BER)
British Virgin Islands (IVB)
Cayman Islands (CAY)
Curaçao (CUW)
Dominica (DMA)
French Guiana (FGU)
Grenada (GRN)
Guadeloupe (GPE)
Guyana (GUY)
Haiti (HAI)
Jamaica (JAM)
Martinique (MTQ)
Montserrat (MNT)
St. Kitts & Nevis (SKN)
St. Lucia (LCA)
St. Maarten (SXM)
St. Vincent & the Grenadines (VIN)
Suriname (SUR)
Trinidad & Tobago (TTO) Turks & Caicos (TKS)
US Virgin Islands (ISV)
Grenada (GRN) Host
Time Event Round 4:00 PM #14Boys Triple Jump UNDER 18 Finals
4:05 PM #4 Heptathlon: #3 Girls Shot Put OPEN Finals
4:10 PM #6 Girls 100 Meter Dash UNDER 18 Semis
4:25 PM #7 Boys 100 Meter Dash UNDER 18 Semis
4:40 PM #8 Girls 100 Meter Dash UNDER 20 Semis
4:10 PM #5 Octathlon: #3 Boys Shot Put OPEN Finals
4:50 PM #9 Boys 100 Meter Dash UNDER 20 Semis
5:10 PM #15 Boys High Jump UNDER 20 Finals
5:15 PM #16 Boys Discus Throw UNDER 20 Finals
5:10 PM #17 Girls 1500 Meter Run UNDER 18 Finals
5:20 PM #18 Boys 1500 Meter Run UNDER 18 Finals
MEDAL PRESENTATION
5:35 PM #21 Girls 1500 Meter Run UNDER 20 Finals
5:50 PM #22 Boys 1500 Meter Run UNDER 20 Finals
MEDAL PRESENTATION
5:55 PM #19 Girls Long Jump UNDER 20 Finals
5:55 PM #20 Girls Shot Put UNDER 20 Finals
6:00 PM #10 Girls 400 Meter Dash UNDER 18 Finals
6:05 PM #11 Boys 400 Meter Dash UNDER 18 Finals
MEDAL PRESENTATION
6:15 PM #12 Girls 400 Meter Dash UNDER 20 Finals
6:20 PM #13 Boys 400 Meter Dash UNDER 20 Finals
6:25 PM #5 Octathlon: #4 Boys 400 Meter Dash OPEN Finals
6:30 PM #4 Heptathlon: #4 Girls 200 Meter Dash OPEN Finals
MEDAL PRESENTATION
6:45 PM #6 Girls 100 Meter Dash UNDER 18 Finals
6:50 PM #7 Boys 100 Meter Dash UNDER 18 Finals
6:55 PM #8 Girls 100 Meter Dash UNDER 20 Finals
7:00 PM #9 Boys 100 Meter Dash UNDER 20 Finals
MEDAL PRESENTATION
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Session: 3 SUNDAY 27TH MARCH - MORNING
Day 2 - Sunday 27/03/2016 - Starts at 09:00 AMTime Event Round 9:00 AM #4 Heptathlon: #5 Girls Long Jump OPEN Finals
9:05 AM #5 Octathlon: #5 Boys 110 Meter Hurdles OPEN Finals
9:10 AM #23 Girls Discus Throw UNDER 18 Finals
9:15 AM #24 Girls 400 Meter Hurdles UNDER 18 Prelims
9:25 AM #25 Girls 400 Meter Hurdles UNDER 20 Prelims
9:35 AM #26 Boys 400 Meter Hurdles UNDER 18 Prelims
9:45 AM #27 Boys 400 Meter Hurdles UNDER 20 Prelims
9:55 AM #28 Girls 800 Meter Run UNDER 18 Prelims
10:05 AM #29 Boys 800 Meter Run UNDER 18 Prelims
10:15 AM #30 Girls 800 Meter Run UNDER 20 Prelims
10:25 AM #31 Boys 800 Meter Run UNDER 20 Prelims
10:30 AM #5 Octathlon: #6 Boys High Jump OPEN Finals
10:35 AM #4 Heptathlon: #6 Girls Javelin Throw OPEN Finals
10:35 AM #32 Girls 200 Meter Dash UNDER 18 Prelims
10:50 AM #33 Boys 200 Meter Dash UNDER 18 Prelims
11:05 AM #34 Girls 200 Meter Dash UNDER 20 Prelims
11:20 AM #35 Boys 200 Meter Dash UNDER 20 Prelims
MEDAL PRESENTATION
Session: 4 SUNDAY 27TH MARCH - EVENING
Day 2 - Sunday 27/03/2016 - Starts at 4:00 PMTime Event Round 4:00 PM #36 Boys High Jump UNDER 18 Finals
4:05 PM #37 Girls Long Jump UNDER 18 Finals
4:10 PM #5 Octathlon: #7 Boys Javelin Throw OPEN Finals
4:15 PM #38 Boys Shot Put UNDER 18 Finals
4:20 PM #39 Girls Triple Jump UNDER 20 Finals
4:25 PM #40 Girls 4x100 Meter Relay UNDER 18 Prelims
4:40 PM #41 Boys 4x100 Meter Relay UNDER 18 Prelims
4:55 PM #42 Girls 4x100 Meter Relay UNDER 20 Prelims
5:10 PM #43 Boys 4x100 Meter Relay UNDER 20 Prelims
5:25 PM #44 Boys Pole Vault OPEN Finals
5:25 PM #24 Girls 400 Meter Hurdles UNDER 18 Finals
5:35 PM #25 Girls 400 Meter Hurdles UNDER 20 Finals
MEDAL PRESENTATION
5:55 PM #26 Boys 400 Meter Hurdles UNDER 18 Finals
6:05 PM #27 Boys 400 Meter Hurdles UNDER 20 Finals
6:15 PM #45 Boys Javelin Throw UNDER 20 Finals
6:20 PM #46 Boys Long Jump UNDER 20 Finals
MEDAL PRESENTATION
6:20 PM #32 Girls 200 Meter Dash UNDER 18 Semis
6:30 PM #33 Boys 200 Meter Dash UNDER 18 Semis
6:40 PM #34 Girls 200 Meter Dash UNDER 20 Semis
6:50 PM #35 Boys 200 Meter Dash UNDER 20 Semis
7:00 PM #4 Heptathlon: #7 Girls 800 Meter Dash OPEN Finals
7:05 PM #5 Octathlon: #8 Boys 1500 Meter Dash OPEN Finals
7:20 PM #47 Girls Discus Throw UNDER 20 Finals
MEDAL PRESENTATION
7:25 PM #48 Girls 3000 Meter Run OPEN Finals
7:45 PM #49 Boys 3000 Meter Run UNDER 18 Finals
MEDAL PRESENTATION
8:10 PM #40 Girls 4x100 Meter Relay UNDER 18 Finals
8:15 PM #41 Boys 4x100 Meter Relay UNDER 18 Finals
MEDAL PRESENTATION
8:30 PM #42 Girls 4x100 Meter Relay UNDER 20 Finals
8:35 PM #43 Boys 4x100 Meter Relay UNDER 20 Finals
MEDAL PRESENTATION
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Session: 5 MONDAY 28TH MARCH - MORNING
Day 3 - Monday 28/03/2016 - Starts at 09:00 AMTime Event Round 9:00 AM #50 Girls Javelin Throw UNDER 18 Finals
9:05 AM #51 Girls High Jump UNDER 20 Finals
9:10 AM #52 Boys Long Jump UNDER 18 Finals
9:15 AM #53 Girls 100 Meter Hurdles UNDER 18 Prelims
9:35 AM #54 Girls 100 Meter Hurdles UNDER 20 Prelims
9:55 AM #55 Boys 110 Meter Hurdles UNDER 18 Prelims
10:05 AM #56 Boys 110 Meter Hurdles UNDER 20 Prelims
10:25 AM #57 Girls 4x400 Meter Relay UNDER 18 Prelims
10:45 AM #58 Boys 4x400 Meter Relay UNDER 18 Prelims
10:55 AM #59 Girls 4x400 Meter Relay UNDER 20 Prelims
9:00 AM #60 Boys 4x400 Meter Relay UNDER 20 Prelims
MEDAL PRESENTATION
Session: 6 MONDAY 29TH MARCH - EVENING
Day 3 - Monday 28/03/2016 - Starts at 4:00 PMTime Event Round 4:00 PM #61 Girls Javelin Throw UNDER 20 Finals
4:05 PM #62 Girls Triple Jump UNDER 18 Finals
4:10 PM #63 Boys Shot Put UNDER 20 Finals
4:15 PM #53 Girls 100 Meter Hurdles UNDER 18 Finals
4:25 PM #54 Girls 100 Meter Hurdles UNDER 20 Finals
4:35 PM #55 Boys 110 Meter Hurdles UNDER 18 Finals
4:45 PM #56 Boys 110 Meter Hurdles UNDER 20 Finals
5:00 PM #64 Boys Triple Jump UNDER 20 Finals
5:05 PM #65 Boys Discus Throw UNDER 18 Finals
MEDAL PRESENTATION
5:05 PM #28 Girls 800 Meter Run UNDER 18 Finals
5:10 PM #29 Boys 800 Meter Run UNDER 18 Finals
5:15 PM #30 Girls 800 Meter Run UNDER 20 Finals
5:20 PM #31 Boys 800 Meter Run UNDER 20 Finals
MEDAL PRESENTATION
5:40 PM #32 Girls 200 Meter Dash UNDER 18 Finals
5:45 PM #33 Boys 200 Meter Dash UNDER 18 Finals
MEDAL PRESENTATION
5:50 PM #34 Girls 200 Meter Dash UNDER 20 Finals
5:55 PM #35 Boys 200 Meter Dash UNDER 20 Finals
MEDAL PRESENTATION
6:20 PM #66 Boys 5000 Meter Run UNDER 20 Finals
MEDAL PRESENTATION
6:45 PM #57 Girls 4x400 Meter Relay UNDER 18 Finals
6:55 PM #58 Boys 4x400 Meter Relay UNDER 18 Finals
MEDAL PRESENTATION
7:05 PM #59 Girls 4x400 Meter Relay UNDER 20 Finals
7:15 PM #60 Boys 4x400 Meter Relay UNDER 20 Finals
MEDAL PRESENTATION
CLOSING CEREMONY