Four Established As Carifta Qualifiers

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(PLTM) - The BVI Athletics Association (BVIAA) held its first Dag Samuels Development Series to kick off the Track and Field season over the weekend, which saw four athletes established as Carifta qualifiers during the opener.

Diamante Gumbs - 16.80m shot put- (qualifying mark 16.75m); Diamante Gumbs - 52.33m discus-(qualifying mark 52.00m); Jaleel Croal - 10.99 sec 100m-(qualifying mark 11.25seconds); Palesa Ceasar - 34.90m discus-(qualifying mark 34.00m); and Djimon Gumbs - 54.10m discus -(qualifying mark 52.00m).

BVIAA President, Steve Augustine commented that they are especially happy with the results of development meet #1.

"With a total of five qualifiers in four events at our first development meet, it’s clear that the road map to the 2019 Carifta Games is already being set”, he said.

Special mention was made of new comer Ceasar, who was among four of the qualifiers.

"....Ceasar, who worked extremely hard over the pre-season in the throwing events, solidifying her ability of making the BVI qualifying standard in the Discus throw at our first Development Meet”.

“Be it the Carifta Games qualifiers, personal bests marks or general competition, the meet proved memorable and indicative of a great season that lay ahead," Augustine concluded.

Also, Eldred Henry competed in his first meet of the year in the Shot Put event with a throw of 19.44m, setting a new school record, National Qualifier and NCAA division 2 leader.

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