Ani­quah Bai­ley made good on a promise to nev­er miss out on a podi­um fin­ish when she pow­ered her way to the Girls Open 3000 me­tres ti­tle on the sec­ond evening of the 53rd CARIF­TA Games at the Ki­rani James Sta­di­um in St. George’s, Grena­da, on East­er Sun­day.

Bai­ley’s win­ning time of 10:14.10 sec­onds to blew her sea­son’s best of 10:39.09 away as she found an­oth­er gear on the home straight to beat Bar­ba­dos’ Laila McIn­tyre (10:15.61) to the line. Ja­maica’s Sushana John­son was third in 10:26.90.

In 2025, the Team TTO ath­lete fin­ished fifth in 10:40.42 sec­onds.

Then Os­hea Cum­mings copped bronze, how­ev­er, this year, the 2026 Girls 1500 me­tre sil­ver medal­list was dis­qual­i­fied af­ter tak­ing a tum­ble in the se­mi-fi­nal heats, de­spite pick­ing her­self up and fin­ish­ing the race.

Bai­ley and her fa­ther in the stands were over­come with emo­tion af­ter cap­tur­ing the ti­tle at long last.

“Those emo­tions were built over the years. Bai­ley ex­plained, still hold­ing back tears, “I’ve al­ways come to CARIF­TA and lost my both events, no mat­ter the hard train­ing I’ve put in.

“And I told my­self last year I nev­er want to lose at CARIF­TA af­ter. I want­ed to give up, and my dad and my coach just stuck with me, and I just want to say thank you so much, Dad­dy, and thank you so much (coach) for the help.”

Tyrique Vin­cent com­plet­ed his Boys de­cathlon ti­tle de­fense with a fi­nal point to­tal of 6824, Kaleb Camp­bell made it a Team TTO 1-3 as he earned 6598 points, and Ja­maica’s Jaquan Souden was sec­ond with 6790.

On open­ing day, the pair was con­fi­dent of a TTO 1-2 fin­ish and looked good for it for most of their 10-event pro­gramme.

Vin­cent won the 100 me­tre (10.86s), long jump (7.36m), 110 me­tre hur­dles (14.20s), dis­cus (41.49m) was sec­ond in the high jump (1.97m) and third in the javelin (44.41m).

With the per­for­mance, Vin­cent eclipsed his Carif­ta record 6522 points, set at the Hase­ly Craw­ford Sta­di­um in Mu­cu­rapo in 2025.

Camp­bell won the 400 me­tres (49.56s), and was steady through­out, get­ting to sec­ond-place fin­ish­es in the shot put (12.88m), 110 me­tre hur­dles (14.91s), pole vault (3.45m), and the 1500 me­tres (4:53.24)

Team TTO’s Un­der-20 4x100 me­tres quar­tet closed day two in the best pos­si­ble way.

Af­ter a sol­id start by Za­c­cheus Charles and Boys’ Un­der-20 100 me­tre bronze medal­list Tre­vaughn Stew­art.

Makae­lan Woods put some dis­tance be­tween him­self and Ja­maica’s Eli­jah Smeik­le, be­fore Kae­den Her­bert held San­jay Sey­more off in a strong fin­ish to send the Trinidad an To­ba­go Track and Field Sup­port­ers As­so­ci­a­tion (TT­TF­SA) con­tin­gent wild in their po­si­tion close to the fin­ish.

Charles, Stew­art, Woods and Her­bert won in a time of 39.64 sec­onds. Ja­maica was sec­ond in 39.84 and Grena­da third in 40.18.

In oth­er re­lay re­sults, the Girls Un­der-17 quar­tet of Dai­ja Reid, Jael Pe­ters, Eden Chee-Wah, and Xi­ah To­bias claimed bronze in 46.10, a re­peat of their 2025 per­for­mance.

The team fea­tured 2025 bronze medal­lists, Chee-Wah and To­bias.

The 4x100 me­tres Un­der-17 Boys team im­proved on last year’s bronze to the sil­ver medal.

Christi­na Parks, 2025 team mem­ber and 2026 Boys Un­der-17 100m bronze medal­list, Jaquan Dou­glas, Dario Tav­ernier, and Isa­iah Tees­dale ran to a 41.56 sec­ond place be­hind de­fend­ing cham­pi­ons Ba­hamas, who re­peat­ed with a 41.36 lap of the Ki­rani James mon­do.

Bar­ba­dos was third in 42.25, Ja­maica flubbed their sec­ond pass, and did not fin­ish.

And Imani Mills, Noe­mi Theodore, Za­da Charles and 100 me­tres sil­ver medal­list Alexxe Hen­ry al­so copped sil­ver in the Girls Un­der-20 4x100 re­lay in a time of 44.17 sec­onds.

Ja­maica, with 100 me­tres gold medal­list Shanoya Dou­glas in the squad, won gold in 43.76 sec­onds. Bar­ba­dos im­proved on their 2025 fourth-place with sil­ver in 45.40s.

Omari Brown kept his eyes on the prize and surged from fourth to sec­ond at the line to grab sil­ver in the Boys Un­der-20 400 me­tre hur­dles from Robert Miller.

Brown’s time, 50.91 sec­onds, saw him to his first medals of the games be­tween two Ja­maicans, Jah­vanie Tyrell (50.35) and Robert Miller (50.97)

Jen­na-Marie Thomas al­so per­se­vered to the end to take bronze in the Girls Un­der-20 400 me­tre Hur­dles (0.76m).

Thomas looked to be pipped off the podi­um but ben­e­fit­ed when the ath­lete in front of her fell me­tres be­fore the fin­ish.

La Queen Welch was just short of a bronze in the Girls Un­der-17 400 me­tre hur­dles; she was fourth in 1:03.89.

Shot Put­ter Pey­ton Win­ter was Team TTO’s first medal­list on Day 2 of the 53rd CARIF­TA Games at the Ki­rani James Ath­let­ics Sta­di­um in St. George’s, Grena­da.

Trinidad and To­ba­go now has 13 medals in Grena­da, af­ter tak­ing 11 on Day 1.

Win­ter’s fifth at­tempt, a throw of 14.14 me­tres, earned her a sil­ver medal in the Girls Un­der-20 (4kg). Ja­maica’s Able Mills won gold with a throw of 15.27, her last ef­fort of the morn­ing.

An­oth­er Ja­maican, Mar­la-Kay Lam­part, took bronze with a first at­tempt of 13.81

Win­ter’s ef­fort was a per­son­al best but af­ter im­prov­ing on her 2025 fifth place, she be­lieves she could’ve sur­passed even that

“I could have done a lot more be­cause I wait­ed un­til the last minute to ex­e­cute with more pow­er with­in my throws,” Win­ter said, adding, “but I felt amaz­ing about that PB to be hon­est be­cause I didn’t know what was go­ing to hap­pen as I have a slight in­jury in my hand.”

Else­where in the field, Jaa­fari Shaw took bronze with his fourth at­tempt of 15.19. His fourth 15.06 briefly saw him in­to sil­ver medal po­si­tion, but he even­tu­al­ly set­tled for third be­hind home­town hero Kaz­im Teles­ford (15.67m), Bar­ba­dos’ Ka­maal Arm­strong won gold with a best ef­fort of 15.96 me­tres.

Sean­nah Par­sons al­so added a bronze to her Triple Jump gold won on Sat­ur­day evening, with a dis­tance of 5.76 me­tres. Be­lize’s Brook­lyn Lyt­tle won gold with a 6.16 me­tre best. Riv­ka Goede was sec­ond with a leap of 5.80 me­tres.

So that’s 24 medals for Team TTO af­ter two days of com­pe­ti­tion in St. George’s, now just one away from last year's medal haul of 25 medals.

Re­sults

Girls Open 3000m

Aniqah Bai­ley (T&T) 10:14.10

Laila McIn­tyre 9Bar­ba­dos) 10:15.61

Sushana John­son (Ja­maica) 10:26.90

Boys De­cathlon

Tyrique Vin­cent (T&T) 6824 pts

Jaquan Souden(Ja­maica) 6760 pts

Kaleb Camp­bell (T&T) 6598 pts

Girls Un­der-20 Shot Put (4kg)

Able Mills (Ja­maica) 15.57m

Pey­ton Win­ter (T&T) 14.14m

Mar­la-Kay Ram­part (Ja­maica) 13.81

Boys 400m Hur­dles (0.91m)

Jah­vanie Tyrell (Ja­maica) 50.35s

Omari Brown (T&T) 50.91s

Robert Miller (Ja­maica) 50.97

Girls Un­der-20 400m hur­dles (0.76m)

Nas­tas­sia Fletch­er (Ja­maica) 58.05s

Mar­ria Cross­field (Ja­maica) 58.74s

Jen­na-Marie Thomas (T&T) 59.20s

Boys Un­der-17 Shot Put

Ka­maal Arm­strong (Bar­ba­dos) 15.96m

Kaz­im Teles­ford (Grena­da) 15.67m

Jaa­fari Shaw (T&T) 15.19m

Girls Un­der-17 4x100m re­lay

Ba­hamas “A” 44.21 (CR)

Ja­maica “A” 45.02

T&T “A” (Dai­ja Reid, Jael Pe­ters, Eden Chee-Wah, Xi­ah To­bias) 46.10

Boys Un­der-17 4x100m re­lay

Ba­hamas “A” 41.36s

T&T “A” (Chris­t­ian Parks, Jaquan Dou­glas, Dario Tav­ernier, Isa­iah Tees­dale) 41.56s

Bar­ba­dos “A” 42.25s

Girls Un­der-20 4x100m re­lay

Ja­maica “A” 43.76s

T&T “A” (Imani Mills, Noe­mi Theodore, Za­da Charles, Alexxe Hen­ry) 44.17s

Bar­ba­dos “A” 45.40s

Boys Un­der-20 4x100m re­lay

1. T&T “A” (Zacheus Charles, Tre­vaughn Stew­art, Makae­lan Woods, Kae­den Her­bert) 39.64s

2. Ja­maica “A” 39.84s

3. Grena­da “A” 40.18

Girls Un­der-20 Long Jump

1. Brook­lyn Lyt­tle (Be­lize) 6.16m

2. Riv­ka Goede (Cu­ra­cao) 5.80m

3. Sean­nah Par­sons (T&T) 5.76m