The Tribune

By BRENT STUBBS

Senior Sports Reporter

bstubbs@tribunemedia.net

CARMIESHA Cox, Pedrya Seymour, Brashae Wood, Ashley Riley, Drexel Maycock, Teshon Adderley, Devinn Cartwright and Racquel Williams were among the list of double winners who also turned in qualifying performances for one of the two international meets this summer as the Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations' Atlantis Junior Nationals was held at Thomas A Robinson Track and Field Stadium over the weekend.

The athletes are among a list of competitors who surpassed the qualifying standards for both the Junior Central American and Caribbean Championships that is slated to be held in San Salvador, El Salvador, and the IAAF World Junior Championships set for Barcelona, Spain.

The two junior meets are scheduled for July. The BAAA is expected to announce the two teams in short order.

Carmiesha Cox

The 17-year-old took the under-18 girls 100 metres (11.76) and was joined by 17-year-old Devynne Charlton (11.97) and 16-year-old Makeya White (12.05) as they all went under the Jr CAC qualifying time of 12.15. However, in the 200, there was a wind reading of 3.0, well over the legal mark of 2.0 so although Cox (23.88), White (24.68) and 16-year-old Juanae Lewis (24.74) all surpassed the Jr CAC time of 24.90, they were wind-aided.

Pedrya Seymour

This 17-year-old had to battle right to the tape to win the under-18 girls 400 in 57.60, just edging out Lewis (57.61), which was shy of the Jr CAC qualifier of 56.60 but Seymour made sure that her winning time of 1:01.02 in the 400 hurdles was good enough to surpass the qualifying time of 1:03.60. Carlisa Russell just missed it with her second place in 1:03.87.

Brashae Wood

Clearly the strongest female competitor in the 15-year-old age bracket, Wood had two dominating performances as she did the Jr CAC qualifying performances in both the under-18 girls shot put and discus. In the shot, her heave of 13.79m surpassed the mark of 12.20m and in the discus, her toss of 43.40m was well over the qualifying mark of 35.00m.

Ashley Riley

Considered one of the best half-milers in high school, 17-year-old Riley proved the point when he took the under-18 boys 400 in 48.69, holding off 16-year-old Janeko Cartwright (48.97) as they both went under the Jr CAC qualifying time of 49.00. Riley also ran 1:55.37 to easily go under the Jr CAC time of 1:56.50 as well.

Drexel Maycock

He just missed surpassing the Jr CAC under-18 boys shot put qualifier of 15.20m with his winning throw of 15.03m but 16-year-old Maycock led two others competitors in the discus with his first place feat of 47.22m. The qualifying mark was 41.00m that was also achieved by 17-year-old Kyle Higgs (46.32m) and 16-year-old Denzel Pratt (45.55m).

Teshon Adderley

As the lone competitor in the under-18 girls division, Adderley ran 2:11.78 to go under the Jr CAC qualifying time of 2:15.45 but was off the IAAF World Jr time of 2:09.10. The 19-year-old also won the 1,500 in 5:14.95 but neither times were near the Jr CAC time of 4:46.45 and the IAAF World Jr time of 4:28.00.

Devinn Cartwright

Well ahead of the rest of the field, Cartwright ran 14.16 to win the under-20 girls 100 hurdles, surpassing both the Jr CAC time of 14.35 and the IAAF World Jr time of 14.20. The 19-year-old also duplicated the feat in the 400 hurdles in her winning time of 1:00.24. The Jr CAC time was 1:01.70 and the IAAF World Jr time was 1:00.75.

Raquel Williams

The 19-year-old strong woman won the under-20 girls shot put with 13.96m and was followed by Cymone Hamilton (19) with 13.00m as they both surpassed the Jr CAC qualifying mark of 12.65m. However, they were off the IAAF World Jr mark of 14.50m. Ashley Oembler (19) was third with 10.67m. Williams doubled up in the discus with 37.14m over Oembler (36.53m) but neither were close to the Jr CAC mark of 38.30m or the IAAF World Jr mark of 47.50m.

The two-day meet also produced a number of single qualifiers in both the Jr CAC and IAAF World Jrs.

JR CAC

Taryn Rolle (16) won the under-18 girls triple jump with a leap of 11.74m to surpass the qualifying mark of 11.50m, Cliff Resias (16) won the under-18 boys 100 in 10.76, followed by Delano Davis (17) in 10.77 as they both went under the qualifying time of 10.90. Kirk Lewis (13.94) and Xavier Coakley (14.28), who are 17 and 16 respectively, both went under the under-18 boys 110 hurdles Jr CAC time of 14.50 as did 16-year-olds D'Mitry Charlton (54.55) and Coakley (55.65) in the under-18 boys 400 hurdles as they surpassed the qualifying time of 56.00.

Also, Trae Carey (17) leapt 7.10m to win the under-18 boys long jump as he surpassed the qualifying mark of 6.70m, Ashton Butler (17) cleared 14.91m to win the under-18 boys triple jump and qualifying distance of 15.20m, Denzel Pratt (16) threw the under-18 javelin 56.67m to surpass the qualifying mark of 53.50m to lead the field competitors.

On the track, the under-20 boys 100 Jr CAC qualifying time was 10.62 and the IAAF World Jr was 10.64. Teray Smith (18) won in 10.42, followed by Blake Bartlett(19) in 10.54 and Shane Jones (19) in 10.57. However, on the result sheet, the three times posted were only listed as Jr CAC qualifiers and not IAAF World Jrs.

Elroy McBride won the under-20 boys 400 in 47.90 to go under the Jr CAC time of 47.94. He should have also gone under the IAAF World Jr qualifier of 47.95 but it also wasn't indicated.

And Andre Colebrooke (18) won the under-20 boys 800 in 1:52.93 to dip under the Jr CAC time of 1:54.90 but missed the World Jr of 1:51.00. 19-year-old James Carey (4:00.94) out-sprinted Colebrooke (4:03.66) as they both went under the Jr CAC qualifying time of 4:04.00 but they were well off the World Jr time of 3:48.00, while Leonardo Forbes (19) ran 15:27.85 to go under the Jr. CAC time of 16:18.10. The World Jr time was 14:15.00.

On the field, Ryan Ingraham (19) matched the Jr CAC mark of 2.10m to win the under-20 boys high jump. He already did the World Jr standard of 2.15m. Gerrard Burrows (18) threw the under-20 boys discus 45.06m to go under the Jr CAC qualifying mark of 45.00. The World Jr mark is 55.00m. And Desmond Major (18) compiled 5,801 points to win the under-20 boys decathlon to go over the Jr CAC qualifier of 5,500. The World Jr is 7,090.

World Junior

Latario Collie-Minns (18) posted the only other individual World Jr performance when he soared 16.46m to win the under-20 boys triple jump over his twin brother Lathone Collie-Minns (15.54m). The qualifying mark was 15.60. His winning leap was also over the Jr CAC mark of 15.60m.