2017 Flow CARIFTA GamesApr 13, 2017 by Dennis Young
Top Seven Athletes To Watch At The CARIFTA Games
Top Seven Athletes To Watch At The CARIFTA Games
Junelle Bromfield, Christopher Taylor, and Khalifa St. Fort highlight the 2017 CARIFTA Games.
Viewers in North America can catch a glimpse of the next wave of superstar Caribbean sprinters at this weekend's CARIFTA Games, live on FloTrack. Every top island sprinter goes through the CARIFTA Games as a right of passage, and new stars will likely emerge this weekend. Here are some of the names to watch.
1. Avindale Smith
Country: Trinidad & Tobago
Event: U18 Boys 100m
When: Saturday, 6:20 PM ET
Why: Smith is just 15 and has already run 10.71 in the 100m, which would make him the fastest high school freshman in the U.S. by nearly a quarter second.
2. Christopher Taylor
Country: Jamaica
Event: U20 Boys 400m
When: Saturday, 5:45 PM ET
Why: Taylor is the 2015 world youth champion in the 400m and ran 45.27 seconds, still his PR, at age 15. He's 17 now and has already run 45.41 this season.
3. Khalifa St. Fort
Country: Trinidad & Tobago
Event: U20 Girls 100m
When: Saturday, 6:30 PM ET
Why: St. Fort, 19, has run in world championship and Olympic finals in the 4x100 already. She took bronze at the world junior championships in the 100m last summer.
4. Kevona Davis
Country: Jamaica
Event: U18 Girls 100m
When: Saturday, 6:20 PM ET
Why: Davis, who is just 15, has already run a wind-legal 11.43 and 23.07 in the 100m and 200m.
5. Junelle Bromfield
Country: Jamaica
Event: U20 Girls 400m
When: Saturday, 5:40 PM ET
Why: Bromfield, who still doesn't turn 20 until next year, won silver and bronze medals at world juniors last summer in the 4x400m and 400m. Her PB is a blazing 51.74.
6. Jhevoughn Matherson
Country: Jamaica
Event: U20 Boys 100m
When: Saturday, 6:35 PM ET
Why: Matherson, 18, has run 10.25 in 2016 and 20.66 already this year. He most recently pulled out of Jamaica's high school national championships with an injury.
7. Michael Stephens
Country: Jamaica
Event: U18 Boys 200m
When: Monday, 5:55 PM ET
Why: Stephens, a 16-year-old who competes for Jamaican sprint powerhouse Calabar, set the world youth lead when he ran a PB of 10.37 seconds in March. He'll try to step up to the 200--where his best is 20.93--in Monday's final.
1. Avindale Smith
Country: Trinidad & Tobago
Event: U18 Boys 100m
When: Saturday, 6:20 PM ET
Why: Smith is just 15 and has already run 10.71 in the 100m, which would make him the fastest high school freshman in the U.S. by nearly a quarter second.
2. Christopher Taylor
Country: Jamaica
Event: U20 Boys 400m
When: Saturday, 5:45 PM ET
Why: Taylor is the 2015 world youth champion in the 400m and ran 45.27 seconds, still his PR, at age 15. He's 17 now and has already run 45.41 this season.
3. Khalifa St. Fort
Country: Trinidad & Tobago
Event: U20 Girls 100m
When: Saturday, 6:30 PM ET
Why: St. Fort, 19, has run in world championship and Olympic finals in the 4x100 already. She took bronze at the world junior championships in the 100m last summer.
4. Kevona Davis
Country: Jamaica
Event: U18 Girls 100m
When: Saturday, 6:20 PM ET
Why: Davis, who is just 15, has already run a wind-legal 11.43 and 23.07 in the 100m and 200m.
5. Junelle Bromfield
Country: Jamaica
Event: U20 Girls 400m
When: Saturday, 5:40 PM ET
Why: Bromfield, who still doesn't turn 20 until next year, won silver and bronze medals at world juniors last summer in the 4x400m and 400m. Her PB is a blazing 51.74.
6. Jhevoughn Matherson
Country: Jamaica
Event: U20 Boys 100m
When: Saturday, 6:35 PM ET
Why: Matherson, 18, has run 10.25 in 2016 and 20.66 already this year. He most recently pulled out of Jamaica's high school national championships with an injury.
7. Michael Stephens
Country: Jamaica
Event: U18 Boys 200m
When: Monday, 5:55 PM ET
Why: Stephens, a 16-year-old who competes for Jamaican sprint powerhouse Calabar, set the world youth lead when he ran a PB of 10.37 seconds in March. He'll try to step up to the 200--where his best is 20.93--in Monday's final.