Latest update March 30th, 2025 6:57 AM
8 Athletes short-listed for Junior CARIFTA Games
Tiffany Carto
Chavez Ageday
Final team to be named after AAG meeting
Kaieteur Sport understands that eight athletes were short-listed on the Junior CARIFTA Games team that will represent Guyana in the Cayman Island early in April following the trials that were held on Sunday at Police Sports Club Ground.
The team was supposed to have been selected yesterday but among the things that put off the final selection was the fact that the Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) is also in consideration of the South American Youth Championships.
Apparently the two events are clashing. The CARIFTA Games will be held during April 2-5 while the South American event is scheduled for during the same time. The athletics association wants to field teams to both competitions.
Contacted yesterday, AAG President, Colin Boyce said that the association will have its priority work to do. He said that several things will be discussed when the association sits down to discuss the teams for the two disparate events.
“We are looking at the possibility of attending both events,” Boyce said, adding
Curtis Fraser
that he is of the opinion that both will give local athletes the opportunity to qualify for the World’s Youth Olympics in Singapore later this year.
The South American event is for athlete under the age of 18 while the CARIFTA Games has Under-17 and Under-20 categories. Boyce informed that the AAG want two athletes to go to Brazil and eight to the CARIFTA Games.
He did not disclose who those athletes were but rather indicated that the association will make a formal release when the cost factors, logistics and other arrangements have been finalised for those short-listed to attend the meets.
However, based on their performances at the trials, one can expect that Tiffany Carto, Curtis Fraser, Chavez Ageday, Jenella Jonas, Jevina Straker and Kevin Bayley were on the list of those named for national selection.
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