26 Athletes Qualified For 2011 Carifta
Bermuda will be sending a large team to the the upcoming Carifta Games in Jamaica, as 26 athletes have already reached the qualifying mark – with three more opportunities for local athletes to qualify.
Bermuda Track and Field President Donna Watson said, “As of today we have 26 athletes who have reached the Carifta qualifying standard. These athletes have reached the standard during our regular track meets, school sports and Interschool sports.”
“There will be 3 more opportunities for these athletes to reach the standard as the final entries are due March 31st and the team will be selected March 29th. The Middle school Interschool sports, one track meet through the week and another over the weekend. We will also be looking at having relay teams in all of the age groups participate in the games. U17 Girls 4x100m & 4X400m, U17 boys 4x100m U20 boys 4X100m which will increase our numbers.”
“There are still several athletes who are just a few seconds from the standard or just a leap away. This will be one of the biggest teams we will be sending to the Carifta Games in a long time and we are looking to use this as our building block for next year’s Carifta Games in Bermuda when we are going to have an even bigger team.”
U17 Girls
- Shuntae Hendrickson – 1500m
- Victoria Clarke – 100m & 200m
- Tahira Butterfield – 100m
- Zakiyyah Showers – 1500m
- Fehemah(Kyrah) Scraders – 800m & 1500m
- Tyra Stovell – 100m & 200m
- Keunna Dill – 100m
- Quassie Douglas – 1500m
- Quinnae Outerbridge – 1500m
- Khianda Pearman – HJ
U20 Girls
- Ashley Berry – 1500m
- Alison Outebridge – TJ
- Taylor Ashley Bean – 1500m & 3000m
U17 Boys
- Dage Minors – 1500m
- Kyle Webb – 100m & 200m
- Justin Donawa – TJ
- Bruce DeGrilla – LJ & 100m
- Chas Smith – LJ & HJ
- Karim Creary – 400m
- Kidane Callender – 100m
- Jaquan Heatherley – SP
- Jaquan Callabras – LJ
U20 Boys
- Henry Stevens-Carty – 1500m & 800m
- Shaquille Dill – 800m & 1500m
- Jer-Quan Symonds – 100m & 200m & LJ
- Jeneko Place – 100m
