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By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net Anthonique Strachan came home and proved that she's fit and ready to compete this year. Strachan, who is now at Auburn training under coach Henry Rolle, led a series of outstanding performances in the Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations (BAAA) Colina Carifta trials at Thomas A Robinson Track and Field Stadium over the weekend. Pulling off the under-20 girls' sprint double, Strachan posted a pair of qualifying standards for the Olympic Games in London, England, while making the qualifiers for the Carifta Games in Hamilton, Bermuda, set for the Easter holiday weekend. In the 100 metre final, Strachan ran a blistering 11.22 seconds which easily surpassed the Olympic A qualifying mark of 11.29. It also went under the World Junior Championships' time of 11.96, the Junior Central American and Caribbean Championships' mark of 11.85 and the Carifta time of 11.90. Pulling off the win, Strachan out-sprinted her former St Augustine's College team-mate Shaunae Miller, who settled for second in 11.41, which went under all of the qualifying marks except the Olympics. Carmiesha Cox also strengthened the Bahamas' team for Carifta when she produced a third place time of 11.76, which also was a qualifier for all of the meets except the Olympics. Strachan also clocked 23.23 to take the 200m. Her time surpassed the Olympic B qualifier of 23.30 and again went under the World Juniors' time of 24.56, the Jr CAC's 24.15 and the Carifta's 24.20. Grand Bahamian Rashan Brown, making a comeback after a year off, was second in 23.64 and Cox was third in 24.03 as they both went under all of the qualifying times except the Olympics. Many had anticipated that Miller would have contested the 400 but she opted not to compete in her specialty. Miller has been concentrating mainly on the sprints so far this year, while also participating in a few field events. Teshon Adderley ran 2:14.51 to win the under-20 girls 800. Her time went under the Jr CAC's qualifying time of 2:15.45 and Carifta's 2:16.50. While Strachan dominated the under-20 girls division, Jenae Ambrose topped the under-17 girls sprints. She ran 11.85 in the 100 to surpass the World Jr's mark of 11.96, the Jr CAC's 11.90 and Carifta's 12.10. Keianna Albury (12.00), Makeya White (11.05) and Kadeisha Hield (12.06) all dipped under the Carifta-qualifying time of 12.10, giving the Bahamas some depth for a solid 4 x 100 relay team. Ambrose doubled up in the 200 in 24.38 to go under the World Jr's time of 24.56, the Jr CAC's 24.45 and Carifta's 24.80. Both Juannae Lewis (24.70) and Hield (24.76) were under the Carifta-qualifying time. Another under-17 Carifta qualifier came from Dreshanae Rolle (2:19.32), Eyeiessa Darville (2:20.82) and Kristina Knowles (2:22.38), all of whom went under the qualifying time of 2:22.70. On the field, Taryn Rolle leapt 11.62 metres or 38-feet, 1 1/2-inches to win the under-17 girls triple jump to go under the Carifta-qualifying mark of 11.50m. Both Brashae Wood (34.89m or 114-06) and Janelle Curtis (33.87m or 111-01) got first and second in the under-17 girls discus as they surpassed the Jr CAC qualifying distance of 33.55m and Carifta's 35.00m. On the boys' side, there were some outstanding performances of note as well. In the under-17 boys 100, Cliff Resias ran 10.82 to dip under the Jr CAC time of 10.90 and Carifta's 11.00. Ian Kerr ran second in 10.97 to also go under the Carifta qualifier. Resias also came through in a sprint double when he won the 200 in 21.79. He was joined by Theotis Johnson in 21.86 as they both went under the Jr CAC's time of 21.90 and Carifta's 22.00. Kerr (21.93) and Janeko Cartwright (21.94) both went under the Carifta qualifier as well in third and fourth. And in the 400, Kinard Rolle (48.51) and Cartwright (48.56) both went under the Jr CAC time of 49.40 and Carifta's 50.00 for first and second. Johnson (49.43) also did the Carifta qualifier. Darren Young ran 4:17.70 to win the 1,500 to go under the Carifta qualifier of 4:21.40. And in the 400 hurdles, Xavier Coakley (54.46) and D'Mitry Charlton (54.73) both went under the Jr CAC's time of 56.40 and Carifta's 57.00. On the field, Drexel Maycock threw 15.02 (49-03 1/2), D'Varj Smith (14.14m or 46-4 3/4) and Lenzel Rahming (13.39m or 43-11 1/4) to all go under the Carifta qualifier of 13.20m. Maycock also won the discus with a toss of 52.45m (172-01) and Pratt was second with 44.82m (147-0) as they both went under the Carifta qualifying mark of 41.00m. And Pratt threw the javelin 50.05m (164-02) to surpass the Jr CAC mark of 49.50m but just missed the Carifta mark of 52.00m. In the under-20 boys' division, a number of outstanding performances were produced. In the 100m, Jonathan Farquharson ran 10.47 and Shane Jones did 10.50 as they both went under the Jr CAC's time of 10.62. Blake Bartlett Jr got third in 10.64 to even the World Jr's time. In the 200, Bartlett Jr ran 21.19, Teray Smith did 21.22 and Jonathan Farquharson 21.48 as they all ran under the World Jr's time of 21.55. In the 400, Elroy McBride's winning time of 47.54 and Julian Munroe's 47.84 were all under the Jr CAC's time of 47.94. Ashley Riley pulled off a big win in the 800 in 1:53.93 for a Jr CAC qualifier (1:54.90), the same time as the Carifta qualifier. Deleceo Stuart was second in 1:56.73 and Andre Colebrooke faded into third in 2:00.47. The 110 hurdles saw Patrick Bodie run 14.27 to surpass the Carifta qualifier of 14.30, while Jerhaine Smith's time of 53.68 was under the Carifta 400 hurdles time of 54.20. On the field, twin brothers Latario and Lathone Minns cleared 16.47m (54-00 1/2) and 15.28m (49-09 3/4) respectively to go under the Carifta qualifier of 15.10. And in the heptathlon, Desmond Major accumulated 4,236 points, Charles Sealy had 4,235 and Giovanni Poutier 4,139 as they all surpassed the Carifta qualifying mark of 4,100.