TEAM Trinidad and Tobago concluded the 2025 Carifta Athletics Championships on home soil with two final-day gold medals from Brion Scott and Tenique Vincent, adding a bright finish to the campaign.
The annual event, held this year at the Hasely Crawford Stadium, provided a platform for young Caribbean athletes to showcase their talent and compete for regional supremacy.
Scott powered to victory in the boys Under-17 800m, leading from the gun to the tape in 1:56.48, demonstrating his physical conditioning and tactical awareness.
Vincent, meanwhile, completed a dominant display in the girls Under-20 heptathlon, topping a strong field with standout results in the 100m hurdles, high jump, and javelin, finishing more than 350 points over her nearest challenger, Clementine Carias, from Guadeloupe.
Vincent's win mirrored the previous day's gold by her twin brother, Tyrique, in the decathlon - a rare double for the Vincent family, adding a unique narrative to TT's campaign.
TT ended the three-day athletics programme with nine gold, six silver, and ten bronze medals - 25 in total. The overall haul fell short of last year's tally of 27 (four gold, 11 silver, 12 bronze), but this year the team earned more gold medals.
Jamaica finished atop the table with 78 medals (30 gold), while the Bahamas claimed 37 (16 gold), replicating the same top-three finish as in 2024.
TT's best-ever medal haul at the Carifta Games remains the 36 medals (13 gold, 14 silver, 9 bronze) won in 2005 when the country hosted the event in Tobago.
Still, this year's crop left home fans with memories and moments of brilliance.
Scott's win was clinical. The 15-year-old held his pace over the two laps to hold off Jamaica's Kemarene Brown, who clocked 1:56.89. It was TT's only gold on the track on April 21. Darion Whiteman finished fourth in the same race, adding to TT's strong showing in the event.
Vincent's heptathlon dominance was never in doubt. After leading overnight, she closed out two of the final three events with consistency - adding 715 points in the long jump, 527 in the javelin, and 507 in the 800m. Her total of 5,053 points was more than 350 points clear of runner-up Caris of Guadeloupe. In the High Jump section of the heptathlon, Vincent cleared 1.60m.
TT's girls Under-17 4x400m quartet claimed bronze in 3:47.25, with Eden Chee-Wah, Kyah Hyson, Shian Lewis, and Durlaina Rouse showing grit to hold off the fast-finishing Jamaicans. Their performance underscored the depth of talent in TT's junior ranks.
The girls Under-20 4x100m team (44.76) and the boys Under-17 4x100m team (41.61) also claimed bronze medals. The boys Under-20 4x100m earned silver in 39.75, finishing behind Jamaica (39.31).
In the boys Under-20 4x400m relay, the TT team of Makaelan Woods, Shaun Lezama, Daeshaun Cole, and Ben-Israel Bannister earned bronze in 3:09.62. Joshua Perry also ran in the semi-final, contributing to TT's place in the final.
Sole Frederick was one of the stars of TT's sprint crew. She claimed silver in the girls Under-20 200m (
