The Tribune

By BRENT STUBBS

Senior Sports Reporter

bstubbs@tribunemedia.net

TWO CARIFTA-qualifying performances, posted in the under-20 boys’ shot put at Roadrunners Track Club’s Dianna Lynn Thompson Time Trials over the weekend at Thomas A Robinson Track and Field Stadium, have been revoked.

The official results sheet had both Xtreme Athletics’ Leonardo Taylor and Noble Preparatory Academy’s Leon Williams as automatic qualifiers with their winning and second place finishes with distances of 9.94 metres and 9.35m respectively.

Based on the scoresheet, they both surpassed the qualifying standards of 7.07m. But after careful review, it was discovered that the officials submitted the wrong qualifying standard.

The actual standard is 17.07m and not 7.07m, so the performances by Taylor and Williams were not anywhere near the mark for CARIFTA. So far, according to Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations statistics, 13 athletes have attained the qualifying standards so far for CARIFTA, the top regional track and field meet that will be making a return during the Easter holiday weekend in Kingston, Jamaica, after a two-year hiatus because of the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.

However, there are an additional 12 athletes who have attained the B standard, which will only apply if there are no automatic qualifiers in their events once the BAAAs final trials is held next month before the team is selected.

Grand Bahamian Shatalya Dorsett has produced a pair of automatic qualifying times in both the under-17 girls’ 100m of 11.94 and 24.50 in the 200m. The automatic standards are 11.96 in the 100m and 24.58 in the 200m. Kianna Henchell has gone under the 100m B standard of 12.20 with her time of 12.16.

Terell McCoy has surpassed the automatic qualifying mark of 12.63m in the under-17 shot put with 12.76m, while both Kamara Strachan (37.25m) and Dior-Rae Scott (36.86m) have both inked their names on the javelin qualifying mark of 34.39m.

Lanaisha Lubin rounds out the divisional qualifiers in the triple jump with her leap of 11.62m. The automatic mark is 11.60m.

In the under-17 boys division, Aiden Kelly and Roshane Tucker ran 10.95 and 10.96 respectively to qualify in the 100m, which has an automatic time of 11.02. Andrew Brown (11.08), Turmani Scott (11.21) and Ishmael Rolle (11.24) have done the B standard of 11.24.

University of Kentucky’s freshman Anthaya Charlton is the only automatic qualifier in the under-20 girls division, having popped 5.94m in the triple jump, surpassing the standard of 5.66m.

Paige Archer has done the B standard of 11.92 with her time of 11.80 in the 100m. The A standard is 11.69. And Javonya Walcourt‘s time of 55.05 is better than the B standard of 55.85 in the 200m. The A standard is 54.76.

And in the under-20 boys division, Zion Campbell (10.20), Lynden Johnson (1-0.25) and Antoine Andrews (10.39), have all clocked below the automatic qualifying time of 10.50 in the 100m.

Shamar Smith (10.40), Carlos Brown (10.44), Albert Leathern (10.53), Michael Styles (10.64) and Deangelo McKie (10.70) have all ran faster than the B standard of 10.71.

Andrews has also ran 48.25 in the 400m hurdles to surpass the B standard of 48.28. The automatic time is 47.34.

Keyshawn Strachan, increasing his Bahamian national record to 75.41m, has surpassed the automatic qualifying standard of 60.94 in the javelin.

This weekend, coaches in New Providence and Grand Bahama are hoping to increase the number of qualifiers when they take their athletes to compete in the Speed Capital Track Commission in Miramar, Florida.

More than 100 athletes from various clubs are expected to compete in the meet, which they hope to use as a qualifier for CARIFTA.