Guyana tallies seven at Carifta Games 2022

Apr 20, 2022 Sports

Javon Roberts

Adriel Austin

Kaieteur News – Following three days of intense competition in the Caribbean’s most prestigious junior track and field event, Caritas 2022, Guyana emerged with a total of seven medals.
Leading the way for the Guyanese was the impressive middle distance runner, Attoya Harvey, who accounted for three of the seven medals.
Harvey won Gold in the Girls Under-17 1500m on Saturday, then claimed silver in the Girls U-20 3000m the following day.
She topped her campaign off with a hard fought bronze medal which she claimed in the Girls U-17 800m on the final day (Monday).
Narissa McPherson secured a silver medal on Sunday in the Girls U-17 400m while Anisha Gibbons achieved a marvelous feature of securing Guyana’s first U-20 Javelin Gold. She added that to her U-17 Javelin Gold which she won at the same event in 2019.
Adriel Austin accounted for Guyana final medal on Day three when she secured a bronze medal in the Girls U-20 800m race. Austin stopped the clock in a time of 2:13.62s behind the victor from Jamaica, Jody-Ann Mitchell (2:09.73s) and the second place finisher of Barbados, Layla Haynes (2:10.58s).
Prior to Austin’s event, Guyana’s Javon Roberts suffered a painstaking end to his 2022 Carifta campaign when he was obstructed in the Boys U-17 800m final and fell, immediately taking him out of the end.
Roberts was bumped into by a wild movement from Turks and Caicos’ Hency Gedeon who was disqualified for his action at the end of the race. Roberts was among the first to secure medals for Guyana on the opening day when he placed second in the Boys U-17 1500m.
Meanwhile, it was a tough outing for the remainder of the Guyanese contingent that did not seize the opportunity to secure a medal, but without a doubt it was a gainful experience.
The other members of the team included Shamar Horatio, Ezekiel Newton, Wesley Tyndall, Gabriel Lim, Trevon Hamer, Keliza Smith, Karese Lloyd, Hannah Reid and Stafon Roach.