Triple jumper Princess Brown and 800m specialist, Joanna Archer added CARIFTA Games bronze medals to their resume yesterday as Team Guyana completed a successful sojourn here in The Bahamas where the 47th edition of the event was held.
The heroics of the two debutants and the Girls U-20 4x400m relay team, brought the nation’s final medal count to nine. Guyana, represented by 17 athletes, ended the meet with a gold medal compliments of long jumper, Chantoba Bright, a silver and seven bronze medals.
Brown had a career best day in the pit, hopping, skipping and jumping to 11.97m to snatch the final podium spot behind Jamaicans, Ackelia Smith 12.58m and Velecia Williams (12.31m).
Archer ran