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18 athletes have now met the qualifying standards for this year’s CARIFTA Track and Field Championships set for April 19-21 in Trinidad and Tobago.
Following this weekend’s February Classic at the Usain Bolt Sports Complex, Nathan Cumberbatch, Jazzair Best and Chloe Blackman qualified in the under-17 division.
Best met the standard in the long jump while Blackman hit the target for the discus throw and Cumberbatch in the 100-metre event.
Among the under-20 girls’, Lashay Wilkinson and Laila McIntyre secured their spots in the 3000 metres, Danya Skeete in the 800, while Aniya Nurse added the 200 metres to her list of events.
Ariel Archer also clinched a qualifying time in the 400 metres while Zakaiya Hunte hit the high jump standard.
Tarell Johonson-Rouse was the only under-20 boys to meet a qualifying standard in the 400 metres.
CBC’s Anmar Goodridge-Boyce reports on the sprint events at the classic.
