Shaquane Gordon and Sabrina Dockery headline an updated final squad named by the Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association (JAAA) to represent the nation at the 52nd staging of the CARIFTA Games scheduled for April 19-21 in Trinidad & Tobago.
Dockery, who took Class One 100m gold at the recently concluded ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls Championships, will compete in the Under-20 100m, 200m and 4x100m.
Muschette High star Shanoya Douglas will be competing alongside Dockery in the Under-20 Girls sprint double.
Gordon, gold medallist at Champs, will compete in the sprint hurdles alongside Kingston College’s Daniel Clarke who he just out-dipped in that Champs final.
He was also scheduled to compete in the 100m originally alongside Champs 100m gold medallist Gary Card but will instead focus on the hurdles.
Card is out with injury and has been replaced on the team by Calabar’s Jamal Stephenson. Edwin Allen’s Antonio Powell will compete in the Under-20 Boys 100m alongside Stephenson while Calabar’s Junior Gallimore and St. George’s College’s Tyreece Foreman will compete in the 200m.
The KC pair of Tajh-Marques White and Marcinho Rose have been selected for the Under-20 Boys 400m.
The Under-17 Boys group is led by Holmwood Technical’s sprint double winner at CARIFTA Trials, Jaydon Collins and also includes talented middle-distance runner Cavel Nooks.
The full squad is as follows:
U17 Female: Adora Campbell, Shayon Smith, Rihanna Scott, Seana Wilson, Shamieka McLean, Tracey-Ann Evans, Alikay Reynolds, Kevongaye Fowler, Denique Palmer, Malayia Duncan, Nickayla Russell, Alyssa Carty, Tshani Armstrong, Sackoya Palmer, Zavien Bernard, Jamie-Lee Tulloch, Davieka Lewis.
U17 Male: Jaydon Collins, Michael Graham, Kalel Archibald, Rushaine Richards, Dwayne Sharpe, Luke Plummer, Yohance Carty, Carvel Nooks, Brandon Bennett, Mark-Daniel Allen, Jayden Campbell, Eshanee Porter, Amani Phillips, Selethel Johnson, Kamari Kennedy, Brandon Lawrence, Kevaun Grant
U20 Female: Sabrina Dockery, Shanoya Douglas, Shevaughn Thomas, Abrina Wright, Jovi Rose, Cindy Rose, Sushana Johnson, Ahsara Frater, Tiana Marshall, Bryana Davidson, Rhianna Lewis, Rohanna Sudlow, Danielle Noble, Shanniqua Williams, Jaeda Robinson, Sabrina Atkinson, Shamoyea Morris, Marla-Kay Lampart, Kimeka Smith, Anastacia Hall
U20 Male: Jamal Stephenson, Shaquane Gordon, Junior Gallimore, Tyreece Foreman, Antonio Powell, Tajh-Marques White, Marcinho Rose, Shavan Jarrett, Joel Morgan, Daniel Clarke, Princewell Martin, Robert Miller, Michael-Andre Edwards, Rickoy Hunter, Chavez Penn, Aaron McKenzie, Joseph Salmon, Devontae Edwards, Despiro Wray, Tarique Daley, Paul Henry, Daniel Wright.
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