CUC Youth Championships: Day 1 results

By Cayman Sports Buzz
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Updated: 24 February 2018

Rasheem Brown wins the U20 Men 100m to close the night.

The opening evening of the 2018 CUC Youth and CARIFTA Track and Field Championships saw rising stars putting on a show at the Truman Bodden Sports Complex on 23 February.

Competitive finals in the U17 Girls, U17 Boys, and U20 Men 100m sprints brought the crowd to life as the evening’s competition closed. Ashante Graham of Falcon Athletics (12.59) edged Danneika Lyn of Mustang Track Club (12.60) and Tori-Ann Gonez (12.61) in a tight finish of the U17 Girls event.

Mustang Track Club’s Derrick Francis and Neil Brown of HyTech Tigers tied in the U17 Boys sprint. Both were clocked at 11.71 seconds. Francis, however, pulled up as he crossed the line with an apparent hamstring injury.

Rasheem Brown, who returned home from Milligan College in Tennessee for the meet, won the U20 Men’s 100m in his season debut.

In the field, all three competitors in the U17 Girls javelin recorded personal bests. Kylie Porter of HyTech Tigers won with 10.36m, with YaNelli Dawkins of Mustang Track Club second with 8.82m and HyTech’s Shal-Mauve Campbell third with 7.08m. Although Porter did not make the CARIFTA qualifying standard, she said she was confident about attaining it at the Inter-Secondary Track and Field Championships next week.

Caribbean Utilities Company (CUC) Limited’s President and CEO Richard Hew was on hand as the championships opened. “It is CUC’s pleasure to continue supporting the event. It is very important for the CIAA to develop these young athletes,” he told the crowd, as he wished the competitors all the best as the meet got underway.

RESULTS

U17 Boys 100m Finals (wind 0.1)

Pos.	Athlete	Club	Time
1	Derrick Francis	Mustang Track Club	11.71
2	Neil Brown	HyTech Tigers	11.71
3	Silver Hurlston	Mustang Track Club	11.83
4	Errol Smith	Mustang Track Club	11.99
5	Jori Ebanks	Mustang Track Club	12.06
6	Che Andrews	HyTech Tigers	12.99
7	Jacob Kelly	Mustang Track Club	12.35
–	Deondre Wright	Mustang Track Club	DNF

U17 Girls 100m Finals (wind 0.6)

Pos.	Athlete	Club	Time
1	Ashante Graham	Falcon Athletics	12.59
2	Danneika Lyn	Mustang Track Club	12.60
3	Tori-Ann Gonez	Unattached	12.61
4	Jaden Francis	Falcon Athletics	12.74
5	Monique Gordon	Unattached	13.42

U15 Boys 100m Finals (wind 0.7)

Pos.	Athlete	Club	Time
1	Bradley Erskine	Falcon Athletics	12.41
2	Alex Gordon	HyTech Tigers	12.63
3	Stephen Watson	Mustang Track Club	13.53
4	Berris Greene	Mustang Track Club	14.48

U15 Girls 100m Finals (wind 0.2)

Pos.	Athlete	Club	Time
1	Renadra Powell	Mustang Track Club	13.48
2	Brianna Smith	Mustang Track Club	14.33
3	Raven Hillard	345 Athletic Club	15.77

U17 Boys 100m Finals (wind 0.1)

Pos.	Athlete	Club	Time
1	Derrick Francis	Mustang Track Club	11.71
2	Neil Brown	HyTech Tigers	11.71
3	Silver Hurlston	Mustang Track Club	11.83
4	Errol Smith	Mustang Track Club	11.99
5	Jori Ebanks	Mustang Track Club	12.06
6	Che Andrews	HyTech Tigers	12.99
7	Jacob Kelly	Mustang Track Club	12.35
–	Deondre Wright	Mustang Track Club	DNF

U20 Men Long Jump

Pos.	Athlete	Club	Distance
1	Louis Gordon	Unattached	6.21 (NWI)

U20 Men 100m Finals (wind 0.1)

Pos.	Athlete	Club	Time
1	William Edwards	345 Athletics	4:21.68
2	Wyatt Bodden	345 Athletics	4:51.95
3	Charles Sokohl	345 Athletics	5:14.54

U20 Boys Discus Throw

Pos.	Athlete	Club	Distance
1	Leroy Malcolm Jr	HyTech Tigers	31.66m
2	Fabian O’Connor	Unattached	26.53m

U17 Boys 1500m Finals

Pos.	Athlete	Club	Time
1	Levi Superville	345 Athletic Club	4:33.49
2	Juan Pablo Valerio	345 Athletic Club	4:33.75
3	James Crooks	345 Athletic Club	4:47.38
4	Pierre Sokohl	345 Athletic Club	5:27.88
5	Joshua Hayden	345 Athletic Club	6:14.86

U17 Girls 1500m Finals

Pos.	Athlete	Club	Time
1	Ava Hider	345 Athletic Club	5:00.07
–	Alice Bromby	HyTech Tigers	DNS
–	Charlene Seymour	Falcon Athletics	DNS

U20 Men 400m Finals

Pos.	Athlete	Club	Time
1	Karim Murray	Invictus	49.18
2	Michael Smikle	Mustang Track Club	50.76

U20 Women 400m Finals

Pos.	Athlete	Club	Time
1	Claudina Morgan	Mustang Track Club	1:02.67

U17 Boys 400m Finals

Pos.	Athlete	Club	Time
1	Shemar Crawford	Mustang Track Club	53.53
2	Samuel Campbell	Mustang Track Club	53.87
3	Darson Philips	Mustang Track Club	59.81