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1 gold & 2 silver medals for Team VI @NACAC U18 & U23 C/ships in Mexico

(L-R) Medallists at the 2026 NACAC U18 & U23 Championships in Mexico: Andre Smikle, Jah'kyla Morton, and T'Keiya Smith. Photo: BVIAA
The Virgin Islands contingent returned to the territory on Monday, July 13, 2026, after competing in the 2026 NACAC U18 & U23 Championships in Tlaxcala, Mexico. Photo: BVIAA
The Virgin Islands contingent returned to the territory on Monday, July 13, 2026, after competing in the 2026 NACAC U18 & U23 Championships in Tlaxcala, Mexico. Photo: BVIAA
TLAXCALA, Mexico- Team Virgin Islands (VI) captured 1 gold and 2 silver medals at the NACAC U18 & U23 Championships in Tlaxcala, Mexico. The championships were held from July 10 to 12, 2026.

T'Keiya Smith leapt to first place and gold in the U18 High Jump with a 1.64 meters. Andre Smikle won silver with 47.80 meters in the Hammer Throw in the U23 Division and had a 6th-place finish in the U23 Discus with a distance of 46.94 meters. 

Jah'kyla Morton won silver in the U23 High Jump with a jump of 1.69 meters. 

Other athletes in the contingent had impressive showings, with M'Kenzii Crabbe, Ty'Rique Charles, and Tiondre Frett all qualifying for the U18 100M finals. Crabbe ended the championship 8th overall, and Charles finished 7th overall and 5th overall in the 200M. 

Jahshani Farrington finished 7th overall in the U23 800M, and Othniel Gillings finished 9th overall in the U18 High Jump. Mario Carter competed in the U23 200M and made it to the semis, but did not advance to the finals. 

Medals won are tangible confirmation of hardwork

President of the BVIAA, Mr Steve Augustine, congratulated the young athletes. 

“The conditions were very unfavourable, but even in all-weather conditions each athlete gave a valiant effort… the medals they won bring a tangible confirmation that all their hard work throughout the athletic year is worth it. We are very proud of each of them all.”

The team returned to the VI on Monday, July 13, 2026. 

Meanwhile, VI athletes have a busy summer schedule, with the CAC Games in the Dominican Republic and the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow from July 23 to August 8, 2026. 

8 Responses to “1 gold & 2 silver medals for Team VI @NACAC U18 & U23 C/ships in Mexico”

  • Soul sold (14/07/2026, 09:04) Like (11) Dislike (0) Reply
    Human $acrifice for gold
  • live (14/07/2026, 13:29) Like (13) Dislike (1) Reply
    @soul sold. Lord have mercy. But the jump gold aint nothing to talk about. 1.65 is low no one really compete for that even.

    The silver medal high jump, she us not moving fro. The standard neither.

    Their standard are not impressive.
  • Crooks (14/07/2026, 13:34) Like (13) Dislike (0) Reply
    The enteir BVIAA commite need to revamped. St a hand pick they are doing.

    They have the athletes charles doing 100 & 200 m.
    While the athlete Fraites run a better 200m. And they didnt select him. Set a wicked people.
    The BVI will not get anywhere.
  • See (14/07/2026, 13:36) Like (17) Dislike (0) Reply
    The smith athlete only get pick because no other athletes wanted to go. She aint read as yet. Need to skills trainning.
    • @see (14/07/2026, 18:18) Like (11) Dislike (0) Reply
      The Sm!+h athlete need fine tune attitude adjustment. Buh then again ayo see who she fah?
    • @see (14/07/2026, 23:41) Like (8) Dislike (0) Reply
      The Sm!+h athlete need a fine tune attitude adjustment. But see who she for?

    • ?? (15/07/2026, 16:42) Like (0) Dislike (12) Reply
      Okay so she only got to go because no one else wanted to go, but does that even matter? She got a medal and several went and came back with done! So great job Ms. Smith!


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