Schillonie Calvert
TOLUCA, Mexico (CMC)
Quarter-miler Bobby-Gaye Wilkins won Jamaica's second gold medal at the North American Central American and Caribbean Under-23 Champion-ships on Saturday.
One-two finish
Following Schillonie Calvert's 100-metre victory run on Friday afternoon, Wilkins cruised to victory in the women's 400-metre dash in a time of 51.34 seconds. The event saw a one-two finish for Jamaica, as Anastasia Le-Roy copped the silver medal with 52.21 to hold off Canada's Jenna Martin in 52.45.
In the women's 100-metre hurdles event, which was affected by a slight headwind, Jamaican Latoya Greaves managed to recover from a slow start to hurdle her way to a bronze medal in 13.51 seconds. In the men's 110-metre hurdles, which was also wind affected, Barbadian former World Youth silver medallist Ryan Brathwaite followed American Jason Richardson to the line in 13.50. Richardson's winning time was 13.32. Jamaica's Kallinka Pitt crossed the line with a time of 14.04 for fourth place.
A quartet of Samantha Henry, Greaves, Calvert and Le-Roy then captured silver in the women's 4x100-metre relay in a time of 43.73, after being edged out by USA, whose winning time was 43.64. The Dominican Republic was a distant third in 46.23.
Gold medal
In the men's equivalent, the USA also won the gold medal, outclassing the field with a fast 38.39 performance. Canada won the silver in 39.31 with the bronze going to the Cayman Islands in 39.68 and Jamaica finishing in fourth place in 39.95.
In the men's 400 metre dash, Jamaicans Riker Hylton (46.30) and Michael Mason (46.43) finished outside the medal places in fourth and fifth, respectively.