St Kitts and Nevis: 3 high jump athletes qualify for CARIFTA 2024

Three Athletes from St Kitts and Nevis have secured their spot in the CARIFTA 2024 in the high jump category.

2024-07-07 15:56:10

St Kitts and Nevis's High jump athletes

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Three Athletes from St Kitts and Nevis have secured their spot in the CARIFTA 2024 in the high jump category. Notably, Kaden Mills, Kirkland Harris and Jermahd Huggins were selected during the first-ever jump-off Event held on Saturday at the Nevis Athletics Stadium. The Under 17 champions, Kaden Mills and Kirkland Harris, recorded the highest jump of 1.75m and 1.80m, respectively. Meanwhile, the Under 20 Champion, Jermahd Huggins, successfully recorded at 2.00m. Notably, the CARIFTA Games 2024 will be hosted in the Spice Isle of Grenada from March 30 to April 1, 2024, at the Kirani James Athletic Stadium in Georgetown. The trials will take place at the Nevis Athletics Stadium till March 2. These are hosted by the St Kitts and Nevis Athletics Association. So far, about 18 sports champions from St Kitts and Nevis have successfully made their spaces reserved. In addition to this, earlier last week, about five new athletes and qualifiers of Horsfords Classic Track and Field in Nevis were made for the CARIFTA 2024. These athletes are DeCheynelle Thomas, Malik Freeman, Kilan Morton, Dethrone Harris and Jalen Daniel.

Here's the list of Qualifiers of CARIFTA 2024 from St Kitts and Nevis:

The list is all follows- Name of the Athlete/qualified trial

DeCheynelle Thomas 400m- Early Bird Meet
Akanye Samuel 400mh- KFC Classic
Jaheem Clarke Javelin- SKNOC Track and Field Classic
Abijah Nemdhari U17 Javelin- SKNOC Track and Field Classic
Kirkland Harris High Jump U17- Jump Off Event
Kaden Mills- High Jump U17- Jump Off Event
Jermardh Huggins High Jump U20- Jump Off Event
Aaliyah Weeks Javelin- Throw Mania
Devandrae Moses Javelin U17- Throw Mania
Kayzg Boyles Shot Put U20- Throw Mania
Jaheem Clarke Shot put U17- Throw Mania
Zelaunjah Carty Javelin U20- KFC Classic
Mikayla Gumbs U20 High jump- US-based
T'anna Liburd U20 400m- US based
DeCheynelle Thomas U17 200m- SLH Classic
Malik Freeman U17 Shot Put- SLH Classic
Kilan Morton U20 Shot Put- SLH Classic
Dethrone Harris U20 Shot Put- SLH Classic
Jalen Daniel U20 Javelin- SLH Classic

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