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Posted: Sunday 4 April, 2010 at 9:59 AM

SKN wins first Carifta gold in seven years

Adrian Williams topped the region in the Boys U-17 Javelin.
By: Ryan Haas, SKNVibes.com

    GEORGE TOWN, Grand Cayman – BEFORE the opening ceremony was even held, St. Kitts-Nevis had already earned a gold medal at the 39th Carifta Games yesterday (Apr. 3) thanks to Nevisian javelin thrower Adrian Williams.

     

    Williams was a dark horse in the U-17 Boys Javelin because this is his first year that the 15-year-old has tried his hand at it, but it did not take his competitors long to realize he would be a serious medal contender when he launched his first throw a massive 57.42m.

     

    Barbados’ Janiel Craigg immediately answered Williams with a throw of 57.86m and the stage was set for an epic battle between the two as they closed out the first session of competition at the Truman Bodden Sports Complex.

     

    Though Craigg fouled on this second and third throws, Williams continued to trail him. Finally on his fourth attempt, Williams launched a low-flying rocket through the slightly windy conditions and tied Craigg’s mark of 57.86m.

     

    The pressure mounted as both young men tried to outdo one another in the final throws, but neither proved capable and they were forced to wait on edge as the officials turned to their second farthest throws to determine the gold medal winner.

     

    Ultimately, it would be Williams’ first throw that won him the gold, as it easily surpassed Craigg’s second best toss at 56.85m.

     

    The gold medal marks the Federation’s first at the Carifta Games since 2003 in Trinidad & Tobago when Tiandra Ponteen took the top position in the Women’s U-20 200m with a time of 23.71sec.

     

    Williams was not the only one from the Federation’s team to win a medal yesterday, however, as Kittitian Jason Rogers took silver in the Men’s U-20 100m.

     

    Rogers easily cruised to his last Carifta final when he took second place in the semi-final race with a time of 10.51sec, finishing behind Trevorvano Mackey of the Bahamas.

     

    Though it was the fifth fastest qualifying time overall, Rogers greatly surprised his opponents in the final three hours later when he exploded out of the blocks and gained a formidable lead in the first 20m of the race.

     

    A second gold for the Federation appeared to be in the bag until the final 30m of the race when Geno Jones of the Bahamas turned on the afterburners and closed the gap. Jones went on to pass Rogers ahead of the line and take gold in a time of 10.44sec, while the Kittitian grabbed silver in 10.48sec.

     

    The performances of Williams and Rogers made for one of the Federation’s best first day showings ever at the Carifta Games and should give the team momentum going into the second day, which will see 2009 Carifta bronze medalist Kadeem Smith competing in the 800m semi-finals.

     

    While they did not medal, the first day also saw spirited efforts from Dion Samuel in the Men’s U-20 Discus and Trefasana White in the Women’s U-20 400m.

     

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