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2000 CARIFTA Games

Field	Value
Name	XXIX CARIFTA Games
Size	200px
Host city	St. George's, Grenada Grenada
Dates	April 22–24
Stadium	Grenada National Stadium
Nations participating	about 21
Athletes participating	about 265
(154 junior, 111 youth)
Events	61
(34 junior, 27 youth)
Records set	12 championships records
Level	Junior and Youth
Previous	1999 Fort-de-France
Next	2001 Bridgetown

(154 junior, 111 youth) (34 junior, 27 youth)

The 29th CARIFTA Games was held at the National Stadium in St. George's, Grenada on April 22–24, 2000. A detailed report on the results was given. | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20050107120945/http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20000424/sports/s5.html | archive-date =January 7, 2005 | url-status =dead

Participation (unofficial)

Detailed result lists can be found on the "St. Lucia online" |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20051124020139/http://www.slucia.com/archive/sports/carifta_results.html |archive-date = November 24, 2005 |url-status = dead and on the "World Junior Athletics History" website. An unofficial count yields the number of about 265 athletes (154 junior (under-20) and 111 youth (under-17)) from about 21 countries: Anguilla (5), Antigua and Barbuda (7), Bahamas (27), Barbados (23), Belize (1), Bermuda (9), British Virgin Islands (2), Cayman Islands (7), Dominica (3), Grenada (33), Guadeloupe (12), Guyana (2), Jamaica (55), Martinique (35), Netherlands Antilles (1), Saint Kitts and Nevis (2), Saint Lucia (1), Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (2), Trinidad and Tobago (35), Turks and Caicos Islands (1), and the US Virgin Islands (2).

Records

A total of 12 championships records were set.

In the boys' U-20 category, Dwayne Henclewood from Jamaica threw the discus 50.41 m.

In the girls' U-20 category, Veronica Campbell from Jamaica finished the 200 metres in 23.05 seconds. Sheree Francis from Jamaica equalled the 1.79 m jumped by Nicola Springer, Barbados, in high jump in the year 1987. Claudia Villeneuve from Martinique set new records in shot put (15.29 m) and discus throw (50.14 m). Keitha Moseley from Barbados achieved 3,695 points in heptathlon. Moreover, Adrianna Lamalle from Martinique reached 13.64 s in the 100 metres hurdles event.

In the boys' U-17 category, the star of the games, Darrel Brown from Trinidad and Tobago, set two new records of 10.36 s in 100 metres and 21.20 s in 200 metres, and (most probably) helped the Trinidad and Tobago 4 × 100 metres relay team to finish in 40.87 s. 16.07 metres is the new shot put record for Kimani Kirton from Jamaica.

Finally, in the girls' U-20 category, Janill Williams from Antigua and Barbuda won the 1,500 metres in the new championships record time of 4:32.89.

Austin Sealy Award

The Austin Sealy Trophy for the most outstanding athlete of the games was awarded for the second time in the role to Darrel Brown from Trinidad and Tobago.{{ Citation |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120425061142/http://www.cariftagames2011.herobo.com/web_documents/carifta_magazine_sm_part2.pdf |archive-date = 2012-04-25 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120425061211/http://www.cariftagames2011.herobo.com/web_documents/carifta_magazine_sm_part3.pdf |archive-date = 2012-04-25 |url-status = dead

Medal summary

Medal winners are published by category: Boys under 20 (Junior), Girls under 20 (Junior), Boys under 17 (Youth), and Girls under 17 (Youth). Complete results can be found on the "St. Lucia online", and on the "World Junior Athletics History" website.

Boys under 20 (Junior)

4 × 400 metres relay		3:12.73		3:13.76		3:14.58

: Open event for both junior and youth athletes.

Girls under 20 (Junior)

4 × 400 metres relay		3:35.33		3:42.13		3:43.46

: Open event for both junior and youth athletes.

Boys under 17 (Youth)

4 × 100 metres relay		40.87 CR		42.10		42.53

Girls under 17 (Youth)

4 × 100 metres relay		45.91		46.95		47.32

Medal table (unofficial)

References

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