Kamari Kennedy of Jamaica has been named the Austin Sealy Award winner for the most outstanding athlete at the 52nd CARIFTA Games, which concluded Sunday night at the Hasely Crawford Stadium in Trinidad and Tobago.
The Bahamas maintained a comfortable lead in the standings at the end of day three of the 2025 CARIFTA Aquatic Championships in Couva on Monday.
The 52nd CARIFTA Games came to a thrilling conclusion in Trinidad and Tobago on Monday night, and it ended the way much of the competition unfolded — with dominant displays from two of the meet’s standout performers: Eagan Neely of The Bahamas and Shanoya Douglas of Jamaica. Both athletes anchored their respective 4x400m relay teams to gold, sealing their fourth gold medals of the championships in unforgettable fashion.
Jady Emmanuel of St Lucia and Shanoya Douglas of Jamaica lit up Hasely Crawford Stadium on Monday, producing unforgettable performances to secure the coveted 100m/200m sprint double on the final day of the 52nd CARIFTA Games in Trinidad and Tobago.
Defending champions Barbados have all but secured a spot in the final of the West Indies Rising Stars Under-15 Championship thanks to a 140-run win over the Windward Islands in round four at the Antigua Recreation Ground on Monday.
Michelle Smith of the U.S. Virgin Islands brought the curtain down on a storied CARIFTA Games career in style on Monday, claiming her fourth consecutive 800m title with a composed and dominant run in the U20 Girls final at the 52nd edition of the championships in Trinidad and Tobago.
Annae Mackey of The Bahamas delivered one of the most stunning performances of the final day of the 52nd CARIFTA Games in Trinidad and Tobago, throwing a massive personal best of 53.87m to capture gold in the U20 Girls Discus — and in the process, dethroned the Jamaican favourites.
Jamaica reaffirmed its sprint hurdles supremacy on the final day of the 52nd CARIFTA Games in Trinidad and Tobago, winning three of the four sprint hurdles finals and setting a new championship record in the U20 Boys 110m hurdles.
Despite the West Indies Women narrowly missing out on qualification to the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup, three of their standout players at the recently concluded qualifying tournament in Pakistan were rewarded for some strong performances throughout the campaign.
Jamaica’s Amani Phillips secured his second gold medal at the 52nd CARIFTA Games in Port of Spain with gold in the Under-17 Boys Long Jump during the morning session at the Hasely Crawford Stadium on Monday.
