The Bahamas secured its third medal of the 24th edition of the Central America and Caribbean Games (CAC), when high jumper Shaun Miller Jr. won the bronze medal at the Estadio Nacional Jorge El Mágico González on Monday night.
Miller bowed out at 2.22 meters (m) (7' 3-1/2"), which was a season's best leap for him. His previous season's best was done back in April. The Bahamas now has one gold and two bronze medals so far.
Also competing in the high jump event for The Bahamas was Kyle Alcine, who finished with a season's best of 2.12m (6' 11-1/2").
Winning that event was Puerto Rico's Luis Castro, who posted 2.25m (7' 4-1/2"). Luis Zayas picked up the silver medal after clearing 2.25m (7' 4-1/2").
Ken Mullings returned to action yesterday in the men's decathlon. He was in the 110m hurdles and finished second with a time of 14.06 seconds. Puerto Rico's Ayden Owens won that event in a time of 13.85 seconds. Venezuelan Gerson Izaguirre was third in 14.10 seconds.
Mullings won the discus event with with a throw of 44.63m. Owens was second with a throw of 43.40.
After the morning session, Mullings sits in second place with 6,033 points after eight of 10 events. Leading the way was Owens with 6,164 points. Cuba's Yancarlos Hernandez was in third with 5,724 points.
Anthaya Charlton was in action in the women's 100m on Monday night. She got off to a bad start, but managed to recover and cross the finish line in 11.68 seconds to finish fourth. She did not qualify for the final.
Leron Rolle was in action in round 32 of the men's compound individual competition at the Polígono de Tiro con Arco Ciudad Merliot. He went up against Dominican Republic's Bryan Thompson. The two were tied at 113 points at the end of the fourth game. In the final game, Thompson edged out the Bahamian to score 29 points, to finish with 142 points, while Rolle finished with 28 points and a total of 141 points and was eliminated from the tournament. The Bahamian finished 17th overall.
The Bahamas national beach soccer team suffered its first loss of the games, when they fell 7-3 to Venezuela. They have a 1-1 win/loss record in the games, having won their opening match against Trinidad and Tobago. Scoring for The Bahamas was Wood Julmis, who had the double, and Lesly St. Fleur, who scored one goal.
The Bahamas was unable to find the back of the net in the first period, when they dug themselves in a hole as Venezuela took a 3-0 lead. That lead got extended to 5-1 at the end of the second period. The Bahamas scored two goals in the final period but it was not enough, as Venezuela also scored two goals.
They wrapped up group play last night against the host country.
The Bahamas senior men's water polo team played against a familiar foe, Trinidad and Tobago, at the Complejo Acuático Merliot. They fell 11-7 and has a 1-2 record at the games.
Five Bahamians scored and Joshua Gibson and Nicholas Whitfield-Wallace scored two goals each. Matthew Thompson, Khari Marshall and Aidan Johnson scored one goal each.
They advanced to the quarterfinals and will play against Puerto Rico tonight at 9.30 pm.
Anna Vlasov and her teammate Gulliver du Saint-Chene were in action in the second and third equestrian jumping individual qualifiers. They finished 15th in the second qualifier with a time of 72.96 seconds. They had a tougher time in the third qualifier. They finished 24th and posted a time of 94.32 seconds.
The CAC Games is a quadrennial multi-sport event for athletes in the Caribbean and Central America. It will wrap up on July 8.
There are 51 athletes representing The Bahamas in 11 sporting disciplines - athletics, swimming, water polo, men's basketball, women's softball, boxing, equestrian, archery, beach soccer, judo and triathlon.
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