4x400 women 2nd at NACAC Champs
Shawna Fermin, Alena Brooks, Jessica James and Sparkle McKnight combined for silver in the North America, Central America and Caribbean (NACAC) Under-23 Track and Field Championship women's 4x400 metres relay, in Irapuato, Mexico, on Sunday.
The Trinidad and Tobago quartet returned a time of three minutes, 33.03 seconds to finish behind United States, the winners in 3:28.64, and ahead of archrivals Jamaica (3:34.29).
Moriba Morain was also in action on Sunday, the T&T sprinter copping fourth spot in his men's 200m preliminary round heat in 21.64 seconds. Morain was 12th overall, and did not advance to the final.
T&T earned two bronze medals and the relay silver to finish eighth on the medal table.
Quincy Wilson was the first T&T athlete to climb the podium. He finished third in Friday's men's discus event with a 57.98 metres throw. And on Saturday, Hilenn James produced a 48.90m effort to secure bronze in the women's discus.
United States emerged as the top team at the NACAC Championships, topping the table with 32 gold medals, 26 silver and 11 bronze. Mexico finished a distant second, the hosts capturing five gold medals, three silver and 11 bronze. Canada (four gold, six silver, eight bronze) were third.
Bahamas and Jamaica were the best of the Caribbean teams on show. They each earned one gold medal, one silver and four bronzes to finish joint fourth.
NACAC medal table
Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 United States 32 26 11 69
2 Mexico 5 3 11 19
3 Canada 4 6 8 18
4 Bahamas 1 1 4 6
4 Jamaica 1 1 4 6
6 Barbados 1 1 1 3
7 St Kitts & Nevis 1 0 0 1
8 Trinidad & Tobago 0 1 2 3
9 Dominican Republic 0 1 1 2
9 US Virgin Islands 0 1 1 2
11 Haiti 0 1 0 1
11 Puerto Rico 0 1 0 1
13 Bermuda 0 0 1 1
13 Costa Rica 0 0 1 1
13 St Lucia 0 0 1 1
13 Turks & Caicos 0 0 1 1
-Kwame Laurence
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