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By Anmar Goodridge-Boyce
Ashlyn Simmons and Layla Haynes were crowned CARIFTA champions after capturing gold medals for Barbados in the evening session of the region’s most prestigious junior track and field meet yesterday at the Thomas A Robinson Stadium in Nassau, Bahamas.
In one of the most memorable moments of the games so far, Haynes lived up to huge expectations and fulfilled
Ashlyn Simmons and Layla Haynes produced glorious gold medal middle-distance performances for Barbados in the evening session of day one of the 50th CARIFTA Games at the Thomas A. Robinson Stadium in Nassau, Bahamas. The team won two gold and one silver medal on the opening day of competition. Running in the first track final of the meet, 16-year-old Simmons executed an excellent race in the Under-17 girls’ 1 500 …
Barbados’ athletes ended the 49th edition of the CARIFTA Games here with a tally of 11 medals. On another encouraging evening for the 17-member team at Jamaica’s National Stadium, Layla Haynes brought the silver lining with a second-place finish in the Under-20 girls’ 800 metres. The 16 year-old who won bronze in the 1500 metres, initially finished third, clocking 2:10.58 minutes but was moved up to the silver medal position …