Kyron Mc Master in action at the Leeward Islands Youth Championships.

Z’Niah Corea top scored in the under 11 girls division and Rikkoi Brathwaite topped the 11-12 boys’ charts, as the Virgin Islands claimed more medals than St Kitts only to miss out on points.

In total, Team BVI amassed 36 medals with 9 silver and 7 bronze in addition to the gold, and totaled 456.5 points behind St. Kitts’ 505.5 in the two-day competition that wrapped up on Sunday. Hosts Anguilla was third with 387.5 points. Nevis followed with 243 and Antigua 208. The U.S. Virgin Islands edged Montserrat by half a point for sixth after scoring 60.5 points to Montserrat’s 60. St. Maarten rounded out the scoring with 16.

Z’Niah Corea won the Under 11 Girls division with 28 points while Rikkoi Bratwaithe took the Under 13 Boys class with 26 and teammate Kedrick Matthew followed with 24. Chaz Fahie was second in the Under 11 Boys division with 30—three points behind Antigua’s Miciah Washington’s 33. Kiara Huggins also finished second in the Under 13 Girls division after amassing 26.5 points.

Kiara Huggins, younger sister of Carifta Bronze Medallist, Nelda, won the U13 100 in a time of 13.43 seconds and the 200 in 27.31 seconds. Photo: Courtesy Karl Scatliffe.

Two athletes established three meet records. Corea established an U-11 Girls High Jump mark with her gold medal leap of 1.21 meters. Fahie snatched two U-11 Boys marks, breaking Alliston “Al” Potter’s Long Jump meet mark of 4.56m, when he cut the sand at 4.71m. He also lowered the 400m record winning in 65.74 seconds.

In all, there were 29 individual medal winners and seven relay medals as Team BVI dominated the 4 x 100m meters relays, winning five of the six titles at stake. They also snatched the Open Girls 4 x 400m gold and Open Boys 4 x 400m silver.

Individual medalists

Z’Niah Corea; U-11 Girls: High Jump gold, 1.21 metres- new record; Long Jump gold, 3.95 metres.

Rikkoi Bratwaithe; U-13 Boys: Long Jump gold, 4.96 m; 200m gold, 27.22 and 100m bronze, 13.31 sec

Chaz Fahie; U-11 Boys: 400m, 800m and Long Jump gold. 65.74, 2:40.53 and 4.71m.

Kedrick Matthew; U-15 Boys: Gold in Ball Throw, 59.48 m; 800m bronze, 2;32.74  and 400m silver, 60.99.

Deshaun Douglas; U-15 Boys: 400 and 800m gold. 54.38 and 2:12.00

Ashley Penn; U-15 Girls, Long Jump silver, 4.98m

Kiara Huggins; U-13 Girls, 200m gold, 100m silver. 27.31 and 13.43 seconds.

Tarika Moses; U-15 Girls, 200m gold, 25.88 secs.

Kadeon Potter; U-15 Boys Shot Put, silver, 10.86m.

Lakeisha “Mimi” Warner; U-15 Girls 400m, gold, 59.59 secs.

Kryon McMaster; U-15 Boys 200m bronze and 400m, bronze. 24.97 and 55.51. High Jump silver, 1.69m

Kala Penn; U-15 Girls High Jump, bronze, 1.45m

Kiarah Adams; U-11 Girls 100m gold, 14.73 secs. Long Jump silver, 3.85m

Arianna Hayde; U-13 Girls Ball Throw, silver, 46.81m.

Xiomora Malone; U-11 Girls High Jump, bronze, 1.10m.

RELAY TEAM MEDALLISTS

4 X 100 metre U11Girls- Gold Medal, 60.05 seconds. Kiarah Adams, Naye Penn, Tashira Edwards and Z’Niah Corea.

4 x100 metre U11 Boys-Gold Medal, 57.26 seconds. Joseph Sealey, Koen Penn, Chaz Fahie, J’Quann Smith

4 x 100 metre U13 Girls- Gold Medal, 53.88 seconds. Kiara Huggins, Zahkaria Frett, J’Nae Wong, Arianne Hayde.

4 x 100 metre U15 Girls – Gold Medal, 51.40 seconds. Kala Penn, Lakeisha Warner, Shana Richards, Tarikah Moses.

4 x 100 metre U15 Boys-Gold Medal, 48.50 seconds. Kyron McMaster, Kadeon Potter, Deshawn Douglas, Tahj Osborne

4 x 100 metre U13 Boys-Silver Medal, 53.54 seconds. Rikkoi Brathwaite, Diamante Gumbs,Kedrick Matthew, Samory Romney.

4x 400 metre Open Girls- Gold Medal, 4:07.86 secs. Tarikah Moses, Kelsha Fortune, Lakeisha Warner, Shana Richards

4 x 400 metre Open Boys-Silver Medal, 3:47.74 secs. Deshawn Douglas, Tahj Osborne, Kadeon Potter, Kyron McMaster.