The Tribune

WITH the National Track and Field Championships completed, the focus for the Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations will switch to the final Carifta trials.

The two-day meet will be held on Friday and Saturday, March 20 and 21, at the Thomas A Robinson Track and Field Stadium. Immediately following the meet, the BAAA will ratify the team that will represent the Bahamas at the Carifta Games that will be held over the Easter weekend in St Kitts and Nevis.

BAAA president Mike Sands said for the first time since they implemented the qualifying standards, only those athletes who have attained the marks will travel with the team. So far, a number of athletes have met the standards, but the complete list has not been compiled.

Even if athletes have surpassed the qualifying standards, they will still have to compete in the final trials, unless they are exempt from competing.

That includes those athletes who are away in high school and college.

Right is a look at the qualifying standards that have been set by the BAAA for athletes hoping to make the Carifta team.