XLII CARIFTA Games
Dates	March 29-April 1
Host city	Nassau, Bahamas
Venue	Robinson National Stadium
Level	Junior and Youth
Events	68: 16 junior boys + 1 exhibition + 1 open; 15 junior boys + 2 exhibition (incl. 1 open); 15 youth boys + 1 exhibition; 15 youth girls; 2 special olympics
Participation	423 athletes from 25 nations
Records set	7 CR
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The 2013 CARIFTA Games took place between March 30-April 1, 2013. The event was held at the Thomas Robinson Stadium in Nassau, Bahamas. A report of the event was given for the IAAF.^[1] The games mark the seventh time in which the event was held in The Bahamas. The other years being 1976, 1978, 1981, 1984, 1992 and 2002.

Bidding Process

Bidding took place during the 2012 CARIFTA Games held in Bermuda. Initially four countries, namely the Bahamas, Barbados, the Cayman Islands and Martinique, had showed some interest in hosting the games. But ultimately Martinique withdrew its bid in favour of the Bahamas, and Barbados did not come forward with an official bid. The Bahamas was eventually chosen over the Cayman Islands to host the event. This was attributed to a myriad of reasons such as the newly constructed Thomas Robinson Stadium, the Bahamas's fortieth independence celebrations in 2013, and the fact that the country hadn't host the event in ten years.^[2]

Venue

The 2013 Games will be staged in the 15,000 seater, thirty million dollar Thomas A. Robinson National Stadium. Fifty million dollars are being spent to beautify the area and upgrade utilities around the stadium, which is the Queen Elizabeth Sports Centre, in time for both the CARIFTA games and the IAAF World Relays.^[3]

Austin Sealy Award

The Austin Sealy Trophy for the most outstanding athlete of the games was awarded to Shaunae Miller, Bahamas.^[1] She won three gold medals (200 m, 400 m, and 4 × 100 metres relay) in the junior (U-20) category setting a new 200m games record in 22.77s.

Records

A total of 7 new championship records (CR) were set.^[4][5][6][7]

Event	Record	Athlete	Country	Type
Boys Under 20 (Junior)
4 × 400 metres relay	3:05.68	Lennox Williams Omar McLeod Jevaughn Minzie Jovan Francis	Jamaica	CR
Girls Under 20 (Junior)
200 m	22.77s (wind: +1.7 m/s)	Shaunae Miller	Bahamas	CR
High jump	1.87m	Jeanelle Scheper	Saint Lucia	CR
Boys Under 17 (Youth)
Triple jump	15.19m (wind: -0.6 m/s)	Miguel Van Assen	Suriname	CR
Javelin throw (700g)	64.01m	Anderson Peters	Grenada	CR
Girls Under 17 (Youth)
Shot put (3 kg)	14.48m	Chelsea James	Trinidad and Tobago	CR
Javelin throw (500g)	43.89m	Shanee Angol	Dominica	CR

Key

Medal summary

Medal winners were published for boys^[4][5] and for girls.^[6][7]

Boys under 20 (Junior)

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: -0.4 m/s)	Zharnel Hughes  Anguilla	10.44	Jazeel Murphy  Jamaica	10.48	Tahir Walsh  Antigua and Barbuda	10.49
200 metres (wind: +3.4 m/s)	Teray Smith  Bahamas	20.58 w	Jevaughn Minzie  Jamaica	20.64 w	Jereem Richards  Trinidad and Tobago	20.69 w
400 metres	Machel Cedenio  Trinidad and Tobago	45.93	Javon Francis  Jamaica	46.00	Stephen Newbold  Bahamas	46.01
800 metres	Mark London  Trinidad and Tobago	1:51.34	Andre Colebrook  Bahamas	1:51.43	Marbeq Edgar  Saint Lucia	1:51.74
1500 metres	Mark London  Trinidad and Tobago	4:01.07	Marbeq Edgar  Saint Lucia	4:01.75	Chadoye Dawson  Jamaica	4:04.14
5000 metres	Akeem Marshall  Trinidad and Tobago	16:49.96	Clifton Betje  Suriname	16:55.00	Juma Mouchette  Bermuda	16:59.09
110 metres hurdles (wind: NWI)	Wilhem Belocian / Guadeloupe	13.49	Omar McLeod  Jamaica	13.57	Ruebin Walters  Trinidad and Tobago	13.66
400 metres hurdles	Omar McLeod  Jamaica	51.46	Kion Joseph  Barbados	51.94	Ruebin Walters  Trinidad and Tobago	52.31
4 × 100 metres relay	Jamaica Jevaughn Minzie Jazeel Murphy Tyler Mason Odail Todd	39.92	Trinidad and Tobago Breon Munnings Ayodelle Taffe Jereem Richards John Mark Constantine	40.36	Turks and Caicos Islands Ifeanyi Otuonye Angelo Garland Junior Fils-Aime Frzleyant Benjamin	44.11
4 × 400 metres relay	Jamaica Lennox Williams Omar McLeod Jevaughn Minzie Javon Francis	3:05.68 CR	Trinidad and Tobago Asa Guevara Jereem Richards Theon Lewis Machel Cedenio	3:06.23	Bahamas James Williams Janeko Cartwright Stephen Newbold Andre Colebrook	3:07.44
High jump	Christoff Bryan  Jamaica	2.14m	Laquan Nairn  Bahamas	2.11m	Demar Robinson  Jamaica	2.11m
Pole vault‡	Xavier Boland  Jamaica	4.40m	Adrian Riley  Jamaica	3.00m
Long jump	Laquan Nairn  Bahamas	7.40m (wind: +0.8 m/s)	Clive Pullen  Jamaica	7.38m w (wind: +2.3 m/s)	Kevin Philbert  Curaçao	7.36m (wind: +0.5 m/s)
Triple jump	Clive Pullen  Jamaica	15.44m (wind: +1.5 m/s)	Charles Greaves  Barbados	15.26m (wind: -1.7 m/s)	Akeel Edwards  Trinidad and Tobago	14.99m (wind: -1.4 m/s)
Shot put	Hezekiel Romeo  Trinidad and Tobago	18.66m	Chadrick Dacosta  Jamaica	18.42m	Eldred Henry  British Virgin Islands	18.01m
Discus throw	Fredrick Dacres  Jamaica	61.27m	Chadrick Dacosta  Jamaica	55.61m	Eldred Henry  British Virgin Islands	52.06m
Javelin throw	Alexander Pascal  Cayman Islands	67.50m	Janeil Craig  Barbados	63.36m	Adrian Williams  Saint Kitts and Nevis	63.22m
Heptathlon†	Desmond Major  Bahamas	4707	Adrian Riley  Jamaica	4665	Charles Sealy  Bahamas	4611

^†: Open event for both junior and youth athletes.
^‡: Exhibition event (no medals).

Girls under 20 (Junior)

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: -0.8 m/s)	Devynne Charlton  Bahamas	11.60	Carmiesha Cox  Bahamas	11.61	Monique Spencer  Jamaica	11.64
200 metres (wind: +1.7 m/s)	Shaunae Miller  Bahamas	22.77 CR	Shericka Jackson  Jamaica	22.84	Carmiesha Cox  Bahamas	23.66
400 metres	Shaunae Miller  Bahamas	51.63	Chris-Ann Gordon  Jamaica	53.22	Kadecia Baird  Guyana	54.28
800 metres	Simoya Campbell  Jamaica	2:06.22	Sonia Gaskin  Barbados	2:06.84	Titania Markland  Jamaica	2:09.74
1500 metres	Jevina Straker  Guyana	4:43.27	Vanessa Philbert  Curaçao	4:47.97	Lisa Buchanan  Jamaica	4:52.21
3000 metres†‡	Shanieke Watson  Jamaica	10:56.07	Derica Pitters  Jamaica	11:05.58	Zakiyyah Showers  Bermuda	11:30.06
100 metres hurdles (wind: -3.2 m/s)	Megan Simmonds  Jamaica	13.89	Akela Jones  Barbados	14.10	Devynne Charlton  Bahamas	14.25
400 metres hurdles	Kimone Green  Jamaica	59.31	Tatiana Wolfe  Jamaica	1:00.65	Tia-Adana Belle  Barbados	1:01.36
4 × 100 metres relay	Bahamas Devynne Charlton Carmiesha Cox Shaunae Miller Keianna Albury	44.77	Barbados Shakera Hall Akela Jones Ariel Jackson Shavonne Husbands	45.67	Trinidad and Tobago Aaliyah Telesford Lisa Wickham Alzola Peli Kayelle Clarke	45.71
4 × 400 metres relay	Jamaica Yanique McNeil Simoya Campbell Shericka Jackson Chris-Ann Gordon	3:34.36	Barbados Tia-Adana Belle Sonia Gaskin Shavonne Husbands Ariel Jackson	3:41.89	Bahamas Juanae Lewis Kadeisha Hield Pedrya Seymour Racheal Brown	3:45.95
High jump	Jeanelle Scheper  Saint Lucia	1.87m CR	Akela Jones  Barbados	1.80m	Thea LaFond  Dominica	1.80m
Long jump	Akela Jones  Barbados	6.19m (wind: +0.9 m/s)	Tamara Moncrieffe  Jamaica	6.01m (wind: +1.2 m/s)	Claudette Allen  Jamaica	5.97m (wind: -0.7 m/s)
Triple jump	Shardia Lawrence  Jamaica	12.99m (wind: +0.6 m/s)	Tamara Moncrieffe  Jamaica	12.95m (wind: +1.8 m/s)	Thea LaFond  Dominica	12.68m (wind: +1.5 m/s)
Shot put	Christine Gavarin / Guadeloupe	13.04m	Gleneve Grange  Jamaica	13.02m	Trevia Gumbs  British Virgin Islands	12.59m
Discus throw	Gleneve Grange  Jamaica	47.95m	Rochelle Frazer  Jamaica	42.33m	Shaunna Downey  Trinidad and Tobago	41.95m
Javelin throw	Sandrine Mezin / Martinique	43.97m	Tynelle Gumbs  British Virgin Islands	35.74m	Charissa Douglas  Suriname	35.67m
Pentathlon†	Gleneve Grange  Jamaica	3628	Miquel Roach  Bahamas	3318	Chelsey Linton  Dominica	3151

^†: Open event for both junior and youth athletes.
^‡: Exhibition event (no medals).

Boys under 17 (Youth)

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: +0.5 m/s)	Mario Burke  Barbados	10.61	Keanu Pennerman  Bahamas	10.85	Jelani Walker  Jamaica	10.93
200 metres (wind: +2.2 m/s)	Martin Manley  Jamaica	21.35 w	Mario Burke  Barbados	21.42 w	Jaheel Hyde  Jamaica	21.45 w
400 metres	Martin Manley  Jamaica	47.72	Kinard Rolle  Bahamas	48.05	Jason Yaw  Guyana	48.53
800 metres	Shevon Parks  Jamaica	1:58.62	Akeem Marshall  Barbados	1:58.77	Rayon Butler  Jamaica	1:59.61
1500 metres	Jauavney James  Jamaica	4:06.63	Shevon Parks  Jamaica	4:07.50	Benjamin Najman  Bahamas	4:17.52
3000 metres	Jauavney James  Jamaica	9:26.45	Alvin Nardin / Guadeloupe	9:27.32	Alexander Haleem  Trinidad and Tobago	9:49.59
110 metres hurdles‡ (wind: -2.3 m/s)	Jaheel Hyde  Jamaica	13.86	Roje Jackson-Chin  Jamaica	14.14	Michael Nicholls  Barbados	15.04
400 metres hurdles	Rivaldo Leacock  Barbados	53.11	Orlando Smith  Jamaica	56.89	Mikhail Bethel  Bahamas	58.06
4 × 100 metres relay	Jamaica Roje Jackson-Chin Jelani Walker Jaheel Hyde Raheem Chambers	41.38	Barbados Rivaldo Leacock Mario Burke Michael Nicholls Ramarco Thompson	41.87	Bahamas Shalom Cash Keanu Pennerman Javan Martin Scharann Cash	41.89
4 × 400 metres relay	Bahamas Henri Delauze Tyler Bowe Kinard Rolle Mikhail Bethel	3:16.12	Barbados Rivaldo Leacock Ramarco Thompson Akeem Marshall Mario Burke	3:16.38	Jamaica Martin Manley Jaheel Hyde Caniggia Harriott Jauavney James	3:16.47
High jump	Miguel Van Assen  Suriname	2.03m	Ken Mullings  Bahamas	2.03m	Obrien Wasome  Jamaica	1.95m
Long jump	Andwuelle Wright  Trinidad and Tobago	7.29m (wind: NWI)	Ajani James  Jamaica	7.20m w (wind: +3.2 m/s)	Che Richards  Trinidad and Tobago	7.01m w (wind: +4.2 m/s)
Triple jump	Miguel Van Assen  Suriname	15.19m (wind: -0.6 m/s) CR	Dean Pika  Suriname	14.59m (wind: -0.5 m/s)	Obrien Wasome  Jamaica	14.38m w (wind: +2.7 m/s)
Shot put	Warren Barrett  Jamaica	16.88m	Vashon McCarthy  Jamaica	16.47m	Anderson Peters  Grenada	15.53m
Discus throw	Vashon McCarthy  Jamaica	48.37m	Sanjae Lawrence  Jamaica	48.26m	Mathieu Badof / Guadeloupe	41.51m
Javelin throw	Anderson Peters  Grenada	64.01m CR	Travis Ferguson  Bahamas	58.76m	Mickel Joseph  Grenada	57.24m

^‡: Exhibition event (no medals).

Girls under 17 (Youth)

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: +0.6 m/s)	Natalliah Whyte  Jamaica	11.88	Nelda Huggins  British Virgin Islands	11.94	Shellece Clarke  Jamaica	12.00
200 metres (wind: +2.1 m/s)	Natalliah Whyte  Jamaica	23.65 w	Jenae Ambrose  Bahamas	24.04 w	Tirana Mitchell  Guyana	24.05 w
400 metres	Tiffany James  Jamaica	55.13	Tarika Moses  British Virgin Islands	55.83	Doneisha Anderson  Bahamas	56.36
800 metres	Faheemah Kyrah Scraders  Bermuda	2:11.62	Cassey George  Guyana	2:12.64	Lakeisha Warner  British Virgin Islands	2:12.71
1500 metres	Cassey George  Guyana	4:36.67	Faheemah Kyrah Scraders  Bermuda	4:39.43	Britnie Dixon  Jamaica	4:47.45
100 metres hurdles (wind: -3.3 m/s)	Rushelle Burton  Jamaica	13.96	Janeek Brown  Jamaica	14.30	Jemenise Parris  Trinidad and Tobago	14.64
300 metres hurdles	Jemenise Parris  Trinidad and Tobago	43.24	Patrice Moody  Jamaica	43.73	Tristan Evelyn  Barbados	44.84
4 × 100 metres relay	Jamaica Janeek Brown Natalliah Whyte Safiyah Thompson Rushelle Burton	45.62	Barbados Jalisa Burrowes Timeka Jordan Tiana Bowen Tristan Evelyn	46.56	Bahamas Blayre Catalyn Jenae Ambrose Brianne Bethel Doneisha Anderson	46.58
4 × 400 metres relay	Jamaica Shannon Kalawan Tiffany James Patrice Moody Asshanni Robb	3:44.13	British Virgin Islands Lakeisha Warner Tarika Moses Nelda Huggins Judine Lacey	3:48.76	Bahamas Shaquana Dorsette Dreshanne Rolle Doneisha Anderson Brianne Bethel	3:49.38
High jump	Britny Kerr  Jamaica	1.68m	Sakari Famous  Bermuda	1.65m	Shiann Salmon  Jamaica	1.60m
Long jump	Jalisa Burrowes  Barbados	5.77m (wind: NWI)	Andira Ferguson  Bahamas	5.75m (wind: +1.7 m/s)	Kristal Liburd  Saint Kitts and Nevis	5.74m w (wind: +2.5 m/s)
Triple jump	Yanis David / Guadeloupe	12.52m w (wind: +3.6 m/s)	Britny Kerr  Jamaica	12.43m w (wind: +2.9 m/s)	Fidella Boorie  Suriname	11.98m w (wind: +6.1 m/s)
Shot put	Chelsea James  Trinidad and Tobago	14.48m CR	Janell Fullerton  Jamaica	13.75m	Brashae Wood  Bahamas	12.60m
Discus throw	Shanice Love  Jamaica	40.16m	Janell Fullerton  Jamaica	39.91m	Shaiann Charles  Trinidad and Tobago	39.19m
Javelin throw	Shanee Angol  Dominica	43.89m CR	Hayley Matthews  Barbados	40.30m	Daneliz Thomas  Cayman Islands	37.99m

Special Olympics – Boys

^‡: Exhibition event (no medals).

Special Olympics – Girls

^‡: Exhibition event (no medals).

Medal table (official)

The official count is in accordance with the medal count published by Carifta 2013's Local Organizing Committee.^[8]

  *   Host nation (Bahamas)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Jamaica	29	25	15	69
2	Bahamas*	8	10	13	31
3	Trinidad and Tobago	8	2	10	20
4	Barbados	4	14	2	20
5	/ Guadeloupe	3	1	1	5
6	Suriname	2	2	2	6
7	Guyana	2	1	3	6
8	Bermuda	1	2	1	4
9	Saint Lucia	1	1	1	3
10	Dominica	1	0	3	4
11	Grenada	1	0	2	3
12	Cayman Islands	1	0	1	2
13	Anguilla	1	0	0	1
	/ Martinique	1	0	0	1
15	British Virgin Islands	0	4	4	8
16	Curaçao	0	1	1	2
17	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0	0	2	2
18	Antigua and Barbuda	0	0	1	1
	Turks and Caicos Islands	0	0	1	1
Totals (19 entries)		63	63	63	189

Participation

According to an unofficial count (without relays and special olympics), 423 athletes from 25 countries participated.