Castries, Saint Lucia: Workforce Saint Lucia completed its innings within the 2024 CARIFTA Video games with two medals together with one gold and one bronze on the ultimate day. Athletes equivalent to Naya Jules and Alex Johnson secured the primary and third positions respectively and opened the medal tally of the nation.
Naya Jules participated within the Pole Vault and gained the first-ever gold for Saint Lucia with a throw of two.90m which is the brand new file of the CARIFTA Video games. She has now turn out to be the Pole Vault Champion and made the nation stand highest on the rostrum.
The 18-year-old athlete has retained her place within the 51st version of the video games as she was the champion of the Pole Vault Feminine Open within the 50th CARIFTA Video games which was held in 2023. She had additionally gained a bronze medal within the Below 17 Ladies Javelin in the identical meet final 12 months.
The second medal for Saint Lucia within the sport has come from Alex Johnson who captured the bronze in Pole Vault Championships and added one other rating to the medal tally. She is the daughter of former nationwide file holder and sportsman of the 12 months, Dominic Johnson.
The medals are Saint Lucia’s first for the Observe and Subject constituent of the 2024 CARIFTA Video games and offered a superb tempo to the tea. Saint Lucia has been represented by 9 ladies on the video games which have been held at Kirani James Stadium from March 30 to April 1, 2024.
Notably, the Saint Lucia staff gained eight medals in final 12 months’s CARIFTA Video games, together with double silver wins within the ladies’ U17 100m and 200m. The staff had collected one gold, 5 silver and two bronze medals in whole in fiftieth version of the video games.
Athletes lineup included:
Naya Jules who participated in Paul Vault Open Ladies and Javelin U20 Champions. The second athlete within the lineup was Hannah Charles who participated in Below 20 400m and 4x400m combined relay open. Alexandra Johnson was the third athlete and medal winner who participated in Pole Vault Open, Excessive Bounce U20, and 4x400m combined relay open.
Syesha Rogers was the fourth one who performed for the Below 17 Lengthy Bounce within the CARIFTA Video games 2024. Casyah Paul participated within the three occasions together with Below 17 400m, Below 17 4x400m, and 4x 400 combined relay open.
Tesley Lesporis participated in two occasions together with Below 17 400m and Below 17 4 x 400m. The seventh athlete of the event was Jady Emmanuel who performed in three occasions equivalent to Below 17 100m, Below 17 200m, and Below 17 4x 400m.
Maiya Landers was the eighth lady for the CARIFTA Video games who participated in 800m Below 17 and Below 17 4x 400m. Isabella Emilienne participated in Below 17 4x 400m.
