The 40th CARIFTA Games was held at the
Montego Bay Sports Complex
Montego Bay Sports Complex (sometimes referred to as Catherine Hall Sports Complex) is a multi-purpose sports stadium in the Catherine Hall area of the city of Montego Bay, Jamaica. It is also the home field for Montego Bay United F.C., Montego ...
in
Montego Bay, Jamaica
Montego Bay () is the capital of the parish of St. James in Jamaica. The city is the fourth most populous urban area in the country, after Kingston, Spanish Town, and Portmore, all of which form the Greater Kingston Metropolitan Area, home t ...
, on April 23–25, 2011. Initially, the games should be hosted for the second time after 2007 by Saint Kitts and Nevis, but they declared to be unable to stage the games because of financial issues.
[
] The games could have been cancelled for the first time in its history,
but Jamaica finally agreed to host the games at short notice.
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Detailed reports on the results were given.
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Records
A total of 8 new games records were set.
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Austin Sealy Award
The Austin Sealy Trophy for the
most outstanding athlete of the games was awarded to Anthonique Strachan
Anthonique Strachan (; born 22 August 1993) is a Bahamian sprinter, she is the 2012 100m and 200m World Junior Champion. She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics, 2016 Summer Olympics and the 2020 Summer Olympics, in 200 m. and 4 × 400 m rela ...
of the Bahamas.[ She won two gold medals (100 m, and 200 m) in
the junior (U-20) category equalling ]Veronica Campbell
Veronica Campbell Brown (born 15 May 1982) is a retired Jamaican track and field sprinter, who specialized in the 100 and 200 meters. An eight-time Olympic medalist, she is the second of three women in history to win two consecutive Olymp ...
's 200 metres games
record.
Medal summary
Complete results can be found on the games' website
Boys under 20 (Junior)
: Open event for both junior and youth athletes.
Girls under 20 (Junior)
: Open event for both junior and youth athletes.
Boys under 17 (Youth)
Girls under 17 (Youth)
Medal table (unofficial)
Participation (unofficial)
Detailed result lists can be found on the games' website[ and
on the World Junior Athletics History website.][ An unofficial
count yields the number of about 453 athletes (238 junior (under-20) and 215
youth (under-17)) from about 27 countries. The lists contain the names of 12
athletes assigned to the Netherlands Antilles. Rather, after its
dissolution in October 2010, teams
from two successor states were participating: nine athletes from Curaçao,][
] and three from Sint Maarten.[
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There athletes from French Saint Martin were aksi part of the team from Guadeloupe.[
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References
External links
World Junior Athletics History
{{CARIFTA Games
CARIFTA Games
2011 in Jamaican sport
CARIFTA Games
The CARIFTA Games is an annual athletics competition founded by the Caribbean Free Trade Association (CARIFTA). The games were first held in 1972 and consist of track and field events including sprint races, hurdles, middle distance track ev ...
2011 in Caribbean sport
International athletics competitions hosted by Jamaica