1981 CARIFTA Games

X CARIFTA Games
Dates	April 20–21
Host city	Nassau, Bahamas
Level	Junior and Youth
Events	48
Participation	about 196 athletes from 16 nations
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The 10th CARIFTA Games was held in Nassau, Bahamas on April 20–21, 1981. An appraisal of the results has been given on the occasion of 40th anniversary of the games.^[1]

Participation (unofficial)

Detailed result lists can be found on the "World Junior Athletics History" website.^[2] An unofficial count yields the number of about 196 athletes (128 junior (under-20) and 68 youth (under-17)) from about 16 countries: Antigua and Barbuda (7), Bahamas (47), Barbados (22), Bermuda (18), British Virgin Islands (1), Cayman Islands (3), Grenada (5), Guadeloupe (11), Guyana (1), Jamaica (50), Lesser Antilles (1), Martinique (6), Saint Kitts and Nevis (2), Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (4), Trinidad and Tobago (14), US Virgin Islands (4).

Medal summary

Medal winners are published by category: Boys under 20 (Junior),^[3] Girls under 20 (Junior),^[4] Boys under 17 (Youth),^[5] and Girls under 17 (Youth).^[6] Complete results can be found on the "World Junior Athletics History" website.^[2]

Boys under 20 (Junior)

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Leroy Reid (JAM)	10.5	Lester Benjamin (ATG)	10.6	Finbar Pierre (TRI)	10.7
200 metres	Scott Ferguson (TRI)	21.06	Leroy Reid (JAM)	21.07	Dennis Wallace (JAM)	21.45
400 metres	Richard Louis (BAR)	46.62	David Charlton (BAH)	46.79	Allan Ingraham (BAH)	47.49
800 metres	Michael Lawson (JAM)	1:55.0	Richard Taylor (JAM)	1:55.1	Ezra Catwell (BAR)	1:56.0
1500 metres	Wilbur Ferdinand (TRI)	3:57.82	Maurice Williams (GRN)	3:57.85	Gerald Cross (JAM)	4:03.01
5000 metres	Maurice Williams (GRN)	14:58.23	Wilbur Ferdinand (TRI)	15:16.05	Gerald Cross (JAM)	15:20.78
110 metres hurdles	Gerald Martin (JAM)	14.2	Carlisle Anderson (JAM)	14.8	David Charlton (BAH)	14.9
400 metres hurdles	David Charlton (BAH)	51.8	Ladrick Trusty (JAM)	54.4	Lennox Graham (JAM)	54.7
High jump	Nick Saunders (BER)	2.18	Steve Wray (BAH)	2.18	Dennis Richards (BAH)	2.06
Pole vault	Steve Wray (BAH)	3.99	Arvadio Ferguson (BAH)	3.88	Ramon Ramirez (BER)	3.50
Long jump	Adrian Jordan (BAR)	7.21	Brad Johnson (BAH)	7.20	Orde Ballantyne (VIN)	7.10
Triple jump	Lyndon Sands (BAH)	15.64	Lester Benjamin (ATG)	15.28	Brad Johnson (BAH)	15.14
Shot put	Orde Ballantyne (VIN)	15.68	Thierry Liveze (GLP)	15.03	Raleigh Ferguson (BAH)	14.90
Discus throw	Stanford Moss (BAH)	52.64	Allister Joseph (TRI)	49.98	Jeff Knowles (BAH)	49.36
Javelin throw	Brooke Onley (BER)	63.38	Jeff Knowles (BAH)	56.60	Lyndon Sands (BAH)	56.18
4 × 100 metres relay	Jamaica Dennis Wallace Gerald Martin Earle Laing Leroy Reid	40.9	Bahamas	42.2	Barbados	42.4
4 × 400 metres relay	Bahamas	3:12.06	Jamaica Michael Lawson Dennis Wallace Fenton Hugg Joseph Boyd	3:12.06	Trinidad and Tobago	3:15.35

Girls under 20 (Junior)

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Marie-France Loval (GLP)	11.6	Janet Burke (JAM)	11.7	Mary Ann Higgs (BAH)	12.0
200 metres	Mary Ann Higgs (BAH)	24.04	Ruperta Charles (ATG)	24.07	Liliane Gaschet (MTQ)	24.19
400 metres	Mary Ann Higgs (BAH)	53.04	Fredericka Wright (JAM)	54.93	Ruperta Charles (ATG)	55.26
800 metres	Whelma Colebrooke (BAH)	2:10.5	Eugenie Beason (JAM)	2:11.3	Marie-Anna Filomin (GLP)	2:11.8
1500 metres	Eugenie Beason (JAM)	4:44.66	Margaret Williams (JAM)	4:48.3	Whelma Colebrooke (BAH)	4:58.5
3000 metres	Margaret Williams (JAM)	10:20.97	Daphne Fearon (JAM)	10.26.57	Sharon Alleyne (TRI)	10:48.6
100 metres hurdles	Karlene Allen (JAM)	14.9	Debbie Greene (BAH)	15.1	Marjorie Knight (JAM)	15.3
High jump	Charline Scaron (MTQ)	1.75	Elna Vignerol (GLP)	1.73	Sharon Rose (BAH)	1.70
Long jump	Ingrid Boyce (BAR)	5.74	Cynthia Henry (JAM)	5.64	Debbie Greene (BAH)	5.61
Shot put	Jean-Claire Chathuant (GLP)	13.36	Sonya Smith (BER)	12.39	Marlene Lewis (JAM)	11.36
Discus throw	Kathy Bartlett (BAH)	38.92	Carol Woodside (BAH)	38.48	Sonya Smith (BER)	35.74
Javelin throw	Sonya Smith (BER)	52.38	Marie Bertimon (GLP)	46.48	Mary Brewster (BAR)	43.10
4 × 100 metres relay	Bahamas	46.36	Jamaica Cynthia Henry Fredericka Wright Karlene Allen Janet Burke	46.69	Antigua and Barbuda	46.84
4 × 400 metres relay	Bahamas	3:42.7	Antigua and Barbuda Genevieve Joseph Ruperta Charles Terry Juliens Jocelyn Joseph	3:45.5	Barbados	3:46.2

Boys under 17 (Youth)

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Ray Stewart (JAM)	10.9	Ian Esson (JAM)	11.0	Rosan Rauzduel (GLP)	11.2
200 metres	Ray Stewart (JAM)	22.32	Rosan Rauzduel (GLP)	22.34	Nigel Clarke (BAR)	22.56
400 metres	Paul Henry (JAM)	49.69	Norman Pottinger (JAM)	49.93	Victor Jordan (BAR)	50.44
800 metres	Donville Buchanan (JAM)	1:59.4	Winston Matthews (JAM)	2:00.5	Deryck Codrington (BAR)	2:02.1
High jump	Troy Glasgow (BER)	1.93	Donville Buchanan (JAM)	1.93	Troy Kemp (BAH)	1.88
Long jump	Edmund Moxey (BAH)	6.61	Andre Brown (JAM)	6.58	Lauren Stewart (BER)	6.45
Triple jump	Lauren Stewart (BER)	14.21	Devon Dixon (JAM)	13.78	Fritz Knowles (BAH)	13.68
Shot put	Lavelle Hamilton (BAH)	14.57	Georges Robin (GLP)	14.51	Gwyn Jones (JAM)	14.04
Javelin throw	Leslie Patterson (BAR)	53.52	Jefferson Stubbs (BAH)	52.40	Lavelle Hamilton (BAH)	46.64

Girls under 17 (Youth)

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Candy Ford (BER)	11.7	Camille Coates (JAM)	11.8	Maxine McMillan (TRI)	12.0
200 metres	Candy Ford (BER)	24.12	Maxine McMillan (TRI)	24.40	Eldece Clarke (BAH)	24.80
400 metres	Candy Ford (BER)	55.3	Veronica Williams (JAM)	55.5	Rosemarie Bailey (JAM)	55.8
800 metres	Bernardette John (TRI)	2:12.5	Sharon Powell (JAM)	2:14.7	Roxanne Vincent (TRI)	2:15.4
High jump	Mazel Thomas (JAM)	1.62	Janelle Kelly (TRI)	1.60	Donna Smith (BAH)	1.52
Long jump	Dalsis Billet (JAM)	5.52	Janine Tabar (GLP)	5.43	Donna Smith (BAH)	5.37
Shot put	Laverne Eve (BAH)	13.27	Jacqueline Kennedy (BER)	10.05	Minez Cargill (BAH)	9.73
Javelin throw	Laverne Eve (BAH)	39.94	Angela Hinds (BAR)	35.14	Monique Millar (BAH)	34.72

Medal table (unofficial)

  *   Host nation (Bahamas)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Bahamas (BAH)*	15	9	19	43
2	Jamaica (JAM)	13	21	8	42
3	Bermuda (BER)	8	2	3	13
4	Barbados (BAR)	4	1	7	12
5	Trinidad and Tobago (TTO)	3	4	5	12
6	Guadeloupe (GLP)	2	6	2	10
7	Grenada (GRN)	1	1	0	2
8	Martinique (MTQ)	1	0	1	2
	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (VIN)	1	0	1	2
10	Antigua and Barbuda (ATG)	0	4	2	6
Totals (10 entries)		48	48	48	144

References

1. Clarke, Clayton, 40 years of Carifta…… 30 years ago….Nassau, Bahamas, Nevis Amateur Athletic Association, retrieved January 26, 2012
2. World Junior Athletics History, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), retrieved October 8, 2011
3. "CARIFTA GAMES (UNDER 20 MEN)", Athletics Weekly, retrieved October 8, 2011
4. "CARIFTA GAMES (UNDER 20 WOMEN)", Athletics Weekly, retrieved October 8, 2011
5. "CARIFTA GAMES (UNDER 17 BOYS)", Athletics Weekly, retrieved October 8, 2011
6. "CARIFTA GAMES (UNDER 17 GIRLS)", Athletics Weekly, retrieved October 8, 2011

External links

• World Junior Athletics History