CATHERINE HALL, Jamaica, April 24,
2011 – Grenada picked up one medal on the opening day of
competition at the 40th edition of the Junior CARIFTA Games at
the Montego Bay Complex on Saturday.
Kellon Alexis of Westerhall Secondary
School took bronze in the Under-20 Boys Discus with an effort of 50.60 metres.
Lindon Toussaint was fifth in the event with 48.30m. Travis Smikle of Jamaica
and Akeem Stewart of Trinidad and Tobago took the top honours with 62.84m and
51.50m respectively.
Two other athletes came close to
medalling on Saturday. Nickhalia John finished fourth in the Under-20 Girls
400m in 55.40 seconds and Sergio Wilson was also fourth in Under-17 Boys
Javelin with a throw of 51.20m.
Other performers on the opening day
were Stephen Frank (51.32) and Maxwell Ramsay (51.52) 9th and
10threspectively in the Under-17 Boys 400m; Che Mason (50.61) 13th in
the Under-20 Boys 400m; Brian Thomas (11.36) and Robin Thomas (11.70) 14th and
18th respectively in the Under-17 Boys 100m; and Lucy Fortune
(12.19) 9th in the Under-20 Girls 100m.
Medal hopes for Grenada on day two
will rely on the performances of Andell Joseph and Lindon Toussaint in the
gruelling seven-event heptathlon.
After four events, Joseph was third
on 2,758 points and Toussaint, last year’s bronze medallist, in 6th spot
with 2,600 points.
Joseph, of Hillsborough Secondary
School, won the javelin with 59.66m and Toussaint was second with 57.70m. Both
athletes won by more than 10 metres over the third placed competitor who
registered 47.18m.
Joseph and Toussaint were second and
eighth in the long jump; and sixth and seventh in the 110m hurdles. Toussaint
was fourth and Joseph was fifth in the 200m.
The remaining events on Sunday
include the high jump, discus and culminating with the 1500m at 8:20 p.m.
Eastern Caribbean Time.
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