Grenadian Heptathletes battle for medals

by Michael Bascombe

HAMILTON, Bermuda, April 8, 2012 – The two Grenadian athletes in the Boys Heptathlon at the 41^st LIME Junior CARIFTA Games are trailing in the standings after two events on Sunday morning.

Cox won the long jump with 6.51 metres and was eighth in the 110m hurdles in 17.61 seconds to total 1,262 points, sixth overall in the standings.

Toussaint, who won bronze last year in Jamaica, is ninth in the standings with 1,223 points after finishing sixth in the 100m hurdles in 16.68 seconds and ninth in the long jump with 5.90m.

Both competitors are hoping to improve their standings on Sunday evening when they compete in the Javelin and 200m events.

Toussaint, the brother of national heptathlon champion Kurt Felix, is highly favoured to win the javelin in the seven events to be contested over the next two days.
The standing is led by Rhys Phillips of Barbados with 1,550 points followed by Charles Sealey of the Bahamas (1,453), Darron Hunter of Jamaica (1,450), Desmond Major of the Bahamas (1,390), Brandon Andrew of the British Virgin Islands (1,380), Kevin Cox of Grenada (1,262), Luke Cox of the Turks and Caicos Islands (1,248), Klode Thompson of Barbados (1,237) and Linden Toussaint of Grenada (1,223).