ST GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – 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 here on Monday. They ended the regional athletics meet with 71 medals, including 28 gold, 27 silver, and 16 bronze.
It represented a slightly worse showing than in 2025, when they captured 78 medals (30 gold, 27 silver, 21 bronze) at the Games 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 meters before delivering the performance of the Games on her way to a superb record-breaking run in the 200 meters.
Her personal best of 22.11 seconds obliterated Shaunae Miller’s 22.77, which had stood since 2013, and set a new national record. It is also the third-fastest time in that division’s 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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