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Tianna Springer shines brightest for Guyana at CARIFTA Games
— Team returns today with five medals from 42 athletes
Kaieteur Sports- Guyana’s largest-ever contingent to the CARIFTA Games, 42 athletes strong, wrapped up competition in Trinidad and Tobago with five medals, falling short of expectations despite some standout performances.
Rodel Greene leaps to a bronze medal in the Boys U20 Triple Jump.
The team is scheduled to return home today, with Tianna Springer’s gold in the Girls’ U20 400m highlighting the campaign as the only top-of-the-podium finish for Guyana in Port-of-Spain.
Malachi Austin captured silver in the Boys’ U20 400m, while Attoya Harvey claimed bronze in the 1500m.
CARIFTA debutant Ebo McNeil earned bronze in the 3000m and will return to Linden with his first international medal.
Guyana’s Kaidon Persaud and Javon Roberts battling it out in the finals of the Boys U20 800m finals. (PHOTOS: News Room/Jeremy Jagroop)
Springer, Austin, and Harvey secured their medals on the opening day, while McNeil claimed his on day two at the Hasely Crawford Stadium.
On the final day of competition, Rodel Greene delivered a strong performance to give Guyana a final reason to celebrate, claiming bronze in the Boys’ U20 triple jump with a personal best of 15.50 metres.
Jamaicans Chavez Penn (16.14m) and Michael-Andre Edwards (15.66m) took gold and silver, respectively. Fellow Guyanese Duel Europe finished 11th in the same event with a best effort of 13.33 meters.
Attoya Harvey, who won the 3000m in 2022 and earned silver in both 2023 and 2024, did not make the podium this year but captured bronze in the 1500m. PHOTOS: News Room/Jeremy Jagroop)
In one of the most competitive races on the final day, the Boys’ U20 800m, Guyana’s Kaidon Persaud and Javon Roberts both delivered personal bests but fell just short of the podium.
Roberts, the 2023 U17 800m champion, clocked 1:52.53 to finish fifth, with Persaud closely behind in sixth at 1:52.56.
Jamaica’s Shavan Jarrett claimed gold in 1:51.19, Grenada’s D’Angelo Brown took silver in 1:51.21, and Barbados’ Arron Morris secured bronze in 1:51.90.
In the Boys’ U17 800m, Bryson Anderson finished sixth in 2:01.16. Trinidad and Tobago’s Brion Scott captured gold in 1:56.48, followed by Jamaica’s Luke Plummer (1:58.13) and Yohance Carty (1:58.16) with silver and bronze, respectively.
The curtain closed on Guyana’s campaign in the highly anticipated 4x400m relays, but the team finished outside of the medal positions in both the U17 and U20 categories.
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