Seven make CARIFTA Games qualifying times

Adriel Austin emphatically won the Girls U-17 800m in 2:16.37s to book her spot on the CARIFTA Games team. She won the bronze medal at last year’s Games in the Cayman Islands. (Emmerson Campbell photo)

Seven track and field athletes potentially booked their tickets to compete at the 49th CARIFTA Games in Bermuda over the Easter weekend following the first trials yesterday at the National Track and Field Centre.

Usual suspects, Adriel Austin, Princess Browne, Wesley Tyndall, Keliza Smith, Annalisa Barclay along with Trevon Hamer and Randy Hamilton were the athletes  who equalled or bettered the Athletic Association of Guyana (AAG) qualifying standard in their respective events.

With their heroics, the standout teen stars perhaps punched their tickets to the island to compete at the prestigious April 10-13 fixture which will be staged at the Bermuda National Sports Centre.