Elite Distance Programme News Today

Long distance runner Luke McIntyre of the Elite Distance Programme (EDP) ran his way to a CARIFTA qualifying standard in the Under-17 Boys’ 3 000 metres as the National Junior Championships climaxed at the Usain Bolt Sports Complex on Sunday night. The 14-year-old athlete, who is in his first year of the Under-17 division carried a steady pace and rallied to the finish line in 9 minutes 32.62 seconds to …

Kishawna Niles captured the Under-20 girls sprint double to open the 2022 local track and field season in blazing style on Saturday at the Usain Bolt Sports Complex. Niles, the 17-year-old Deighton Griffith star sprinter who switched from Elite Distance Programme to Velocity Management, signalled her intent to book a spot on Barbados’ CARIFTA team heading to Jamaica in April, coming within touching distance of last year’s 100 metre standard …