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VI athletes off to represent at 2019 Carifta Games
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – As the Virgin Islands (VI) athletics team head off to the Cayman Islands for the 2019 edition of the XLVIII Carifta Games, team members were told to “visualize your race,” by President of the BVI Athletics Association (BVAA) Mr Steve Augustine.
Brathwaite advances to 200m final @ 2018 Carifta Games
NASSAU, The Bahamas- Bronze medalist in the 100m Boys Under 20 event Rikkoi A.R. Brathwaite will be eyeing another podium finish on the closing day of the 47th Flow Carifta Games in Nassau, The Bahamas later today, April 2, 2018.
Carifta mix-up sees Brathwaite collect silver then stripped!
NASSAU, The Bahamas, WI- It is not the first time such confusion has happened in athletics but it can be a little disappointing when officials get the results of an event wrong and then have to make the correction after medals would have been already handed out.
Jaleel Croal surpasses 2018 Carifta Games qualifying standards
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Virgin Islands team for the 2018 Flow Carifta Games continues to expand, with sprinter Jaleel Croal becoming the latest to achieve qualifying standards.
Djimon L. Gumbs surpasses Carifta Games qualifying standards
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Djimon L. Gumbs surpassed the qualifying standards of 52.00m for Carifta Games with a discus throw of 52.73m to highlight the BVI Athletics Association (BVIAA) Dag Samuels Developmental meet series number two (2) over the weekend.
Double Carifta Silver for Phillip
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, V - Elinah Phillip won two silver medals representing the Virgin Islands at the 32nd Carifta Swimming Championships held in the Bahamas from April 15-19, 2017.
Gumbs qualifies for World Youth C/ships with new National Record
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The highlight of a cold and blustery night at the 2nd BVI Athletic Association’s Development Meet on Friday January 13, 2017, at the A.O. Shirley Ground was the new National Record set by DJimon Gumbs.
UPDATE: VI’s medal hopes dented with 100m disappointment
BIRD ROCK, St Kitts & Nevis- The first full day of action at the 44th Carifta Games on Saturday April 4, 2015 in St Kitts and Nevis ended with tears and disappointment for three of the territory’s top sprint medal hopes.
Guyana’s CARIFTA Games team grounded
By Edison Jefford
After four years of consistent performances at the Caribbean’s most prestigious Junior Track and Field Championships, The CARIFTA Games, Guyana’s locally-based athletes will miss the 2015 Games scheduled for this weekend in St. Kitts and Nevis.
Twilight to highlight int’l Track Stars
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Whilst the attention of Track and Field fans turns towards next Weekend’s Carifta Games in Martinique, closer to home excitement is beginning to build for the 2nd Twilight Invitational Track Meet on June 7, 2014.