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| File Photo: Genard Paul (A.Clouden) |
By Michael Bascombe
CATHERINE
HALL, Jamaica, April 24, 2011 – Grenada
ended day two of the LIME CARIFTA Games in Montego Bay, Jamaica with six (6)
medals.
Adding to Kellon Alexis’ (Westerhall Secondary School) bronze medal in
the Under-20 Boys Discus on the opening day on Saturday, Genard Paul (MacDonald
College), Emron Gibbs (TAMCC), Andell Joseph (Hillsborough Secondary School),
Lyndon Toussaint (TAMCC) and Kendra Richards (St Joseph’s Convent St Andrew)
also collected medals.
Paul took gold in the Under-20 Boys Long Jump with a fifth-round best
of 7.19m after leading the first three rounds with 7.03m. He was challenged by
second-placed Clive Pullen of Jamaica (7.15m) and bronze medallist Charles
Greaves of Barbados (7.10m).
Paul bettered his winning performance of 6.95m at the Scotia Bank
Inter-Secondary Schools’ Athletics Championships.
Gibbs took silver in the Under-20 Boys Javelin (63.57m) in a
record-breaking event where Keshorn Walcott of Trinidad and Tobago copped gold
with throw of 72.04m.
Joseph and Toussaint were second and third respectively in the seven-event
Heptathlon while Richards took bronze in the Girls 3000m Open in 10:56.28.
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