A final push towards the medal podium was made by Team Bahamas in the closing session of the Central American and Caribbean Junior A and B Championships.
Up to press time, The Bahamas was sitting in sixth place with a total of 24 medals, three gold, eight silver and 13 bronze. Jamaica was out front with 30 medals, followed by Mexico and Puerto Rico with 14 medals each. The Dominican Republic had won five gold medals and had an overall total of nine medals, so far, which gave them the edge over Trinidad and Tobago who had won 15 medals, but only four gold. The championships were staged in San Salvador, El Salvador. No result from the evening session was available up to press time.
In the first session of the final day of competition, Taryn Rolle hopped, skipped and jumped her way onto the medal podium. She had a best of 11.77m in the triple jump event for B girls and picked up a bronze medal. The golden mark was 12.16m turned in by Tamara Moncrieffe of Jamaica and Lopez Garrido Mayeli was second with 12.03m.
Tamara Myers followed the medaling suit of Rolle by the second bronze medal on the day in the triple jump for A girls. Myers landed 12.42m for bronze. Placing fifth overall was Antonique Butler 11.63m.
In the discus throw B girls' final, Brashe Wood had a best of 38.30m, which was good enough for a bronze. The winning throw was marked at 50.24m, which now stands as a new championship record. Bahamian Denise Taylor held the old record, of 43.50m, which was set back on June 28, 1986. Racquel Williams was just shy of capturing a medal, in the discus throw A girls' final. Of the six throws, Williams' best was 36.02m.
Carmiesha Cox ran 24.18 seconds for silver in the 200m B girls' final. She trailed Saqukine Cameron of Jamaica who posted 24.10 seconds for the gold. Natalliah Whyte was third in 24.35 seconds. Also running that race was Makeya White, of The Bahamas. The time of 21.33 seconds gave Blake Bartlett the bronze in the 200m A boys final. Teammate Teray Smith was expected to run in the final but was a no show.
White's time of 24.91 seconds placed her seventh overall. Janeko Cartwright was also seventh, in the 200m B boys' final. His time was 21.78 seconds.
The relay squad of Kadeisha Hield, Devynne Charlton, White and Cox placed second overall in 45.72 seconds. The gold, for the girls 4x100m relay B, went to Jamaica and the bronze to Trinidad and Tobago. In the 4x100m relay final for boys in the B division, The Bahamas was third in 41.61 seconds. That team consisted of Cliff Resias, Janeko Cartwright, Delano Davis and Rashad Gibson. Jamaica took home the gold and Dominican Republic the silver.
The team of Smith, Anthony Farrington, Shane Jones and Bartlett posted 39.80 seconds for the silver in the A final. Jamaica would take the gold, once again, and Trinidad and Tobago was third.
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