ST GEORGE’S – Jamaica expectedly topped the medal standings at the Carifta Games for a record 40th successive time after dominating proceedings at the recently concluded 53rd edition in Grenada on Monday.
They ended the regional athletics meet with 71 medals, comprising 28 gold, 27 silver and 16 bronze medals.
It represented a slightly worse showing than in 2025, where they captured 78 medals (30 gold, 27 silver, 21 bronze) when the Games were held in Trinidad and Tobago.
Trinidad and Tobago finished in second place with 35 medals (nine gold, 11 silver and 15 bronze), followed by The Bahamas with 30 medals (eight gold, 12 silver and 10 bronze), Barbados with 17 medals (six gold, three silver and eight bronze) and Guyana with six medals including four gold, a silver and a bronze, rounding out the top five.
Jamaica’s star sprinter Shanoya Douglas also predictably took home the Austin Sealy Award, given to the most outstanding athlete of the Games.
The 18-year-old ended with three gold medals and became the second straight Jamaican to win the prestigious award after Kamari Kennedy won it last year and the 19th overall since it was first presented in 1977.
She began the meet by cruising to victory in the Under-20 girls’ 100 metres before delivering the performance of the Games on her way to a superb record-breaking run in the 200 metres.
Her personal best time of 22.11 seconds obliterated Shaunae Miller’s record of 22.77 that had stood since 2013 and also set a new national record. It is also the third fastest time in that division in history.
Douglas then brought the curtain down on her storied Carifta career by anchoring the Jamaican team to gold in the 4x100m relay.
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