By Michael Bascombe
World Youth 400m champion Kirani James kept his name on the record books as he picked up Grenada’s only medal on the opening day of the 39th Junior CARIFTA Games here at the Truman Bodden Sporting Complex on Saturday.
James, who earlier told reporters that he was looking to better his CARIFTA mark, ran his own race as he pulled away from his challengers after 200 metres to win the Boys Under 20 400m in a personal and championship record of 45.02secs.
“I’m taking it stride by stride, meet by meet,” said James, in answering reporters’ questions about a world record.
James’ victory followed a previous disqualification of Kanika Beckles in the
Girls Under 20 400 metres. Beckles, who was disqualified for stepping on the line, was later reinstated to third position in a time of 54.04 seconds. The top positions went to Katarina Smith of the Bahamas (53.71) and Sparkle McKnight of Trinidad and Tobago (53.96).
The former St. David’s Catholic Secondary School athlete, who now attends Essex County College, was among favourites for the gold medal after finishing strong in her qualifying heat.
In other results, Lucy Fortune finished fifth in the Girls Under 17 100m in 12.07 and Lyndon Toussaint won the Javelin Throw (49.19m) and finished fifth in the 200m in the Men Heptathlon. He has a combined score of 2355 points after four events (110mh, long jump, javelin, 200m).
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