43rd CARIFTA Games 2014

FORT De FRANCE, Martinique—British Virgin Islands athletes walked away from three days of stiff competition against the region’s best in the 43rd Carifta Games that wrapped up in Fort de France, Martinique last night, with five important qualitative statistics—personal bests set, medals won, National Youth and National Jr. Records broken and IAAF World Jr. Championships qualifiers.

Jamal Walton was the MVP of last year's FLYRA/flrunners.com Middle School State Championship. An eighth grader on the Miami Gardens Xpress Track team, Walton came away with gold medals in the 100,200 and 400. As a fifteen year old he is making an even bigger splash. Running unattached against a college field at the University of Miami Invitational, he finished second in 47.73 in the quarter mile and concluded the day with a personal best 21.52 to finish ninth.

FORT De FRANCE, Martinique—Two individual bronze medals and an U18 Girls 4 x 100m Relay bronze medal brought the BVI’s 43rd Carifta Games medal haul to four after the second day of intense competition in Fort de France, Martinique on Sunday night.  

FORT de FRANCE, Martinique—Sprinter Nelda Huggins won a Carifta Games medal for the fourth successive year and debutant Akeem Bradshaw leapt to a Triple Jump National Youth Record as BVI athletes closed the first day of the 43rd Carifta Games in Fort de France, Martinique on Saturday night.

ORT de FRANCE, Martinique—The BVI opened Session I of the 43rd Carifta Games in Fort De France, Martinique on Saturday morning with a fourth place finish in the Shot Put and two 400m runners advancing to tonight’s final.