Dominica Amateur Athletic Association News

3 New National Records

Sun, 04 May 2008 16:30:00 -0400

Three Senior National Records have been broken in the early stages of the 2008 Outdoor Athletics Season - CONGRATULATIONS!

Andy Baron: Javelin - 61.64 m (broke his record of 61.21m, 2007)
Chris Lloyd: 100m - 10.33s (broke Sherwin James record of 10.47s, 2003)
Chris Lloyd: 200m - 20.31s (broke his record of 20.56s, 2007)

Cowley Tiger T&F Invite 08 Results (23 KB) - Houston Invitational Results (30 KB)

Chris Lloyd's Outdoor Opener In Hard Conditions

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 14:50:00 -0400

Chris Lloyd ran his first outdoor race this weekend [26/4/2008] at Drake Relays and ran a solid 46.80 despite the cold weather and very strong winds. I have attached the results below and a quote from the paper about the conditions.

"as competitors struggled to perform to their peak with temperatures in the low 40s and swirling winds throughout the day.

The temperature dropped almost 20 degrees by noon, and wind gusts of up to 28 mph knocked down all the plants on the medal stand.

Folks that view the Drake Relays as the unofficial event of spring bundled up in winter coats, gloves and hats and packed concession stands selling coffee and hot chocolate. The fans stuck around though, even giving the sun a sarcastic round of applause when the it made a brief appearance midway through the afternoon."

Reported by Jerome Romain
our US track & field correspondent

Official Results

NACAC U-23 Championships 2008 Entry Standards

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:35:00 -0400

Entry Standards for the NACAC U-23 Championships to be held in Toluca, Mexico from July 18-20 2008 are now up.

Entry Standards (91 KB)

Results: Carifta Games 2008

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:12:00 -0400

Results from the 37th Carifta Games held in St. Kitts from March 22-24, 2008 are now up.

Official Carifta Games 2008 Final Results
Carifta Games 2008 Results (Dominican athletes highlighted) (34 KB)
Carifta Games 2008 Report (535 KB)

World Indoor Championship 2008 Report

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 19:00:00 -0400

A report on the 12th IAAF World Indoor Championships, which took place in Valencia Spain from the 7th - 9th March 2008, is now up.

World Indoor Championship 2008 Report

We Need A Synthetic Track

Wed, 26 Mar 2008 15:20:00 -0400

Just a short Note after a successful weekend at the Carifta Games:

We were consistently very good at Carifta in the throws in the past years, but definately there are talented athletes in Dominica that would be able to participate as potential medalists in the track events and jumps events as well. But for this to happen we need a 400m synthetic track in Dominica.

Athletes succeeding at the Carifta Games are often potential future Olympic Games qualifiers and represent their country at various World Games. They also stand a good chance to receive a full athletic scholarship at a top US University.
Let's get the kids off the streets, let's invest and offer them programs to nurture their God given talent - giving them the opportunity to make it through sports. I believe that a 400m track in Dominica is worth the investment - St.Kitts proved it this Easter weekend - maybe we should aim to host the Carifta Games e.g. in 2011, as was done by Turks and Caicos in 07 and St.Kitts - they did not have a track previously either - let's go for it!

Andy

Dillon Simon Wins Second Medal At Carifta Games 2008

Wed, 26 Mar 2008 02:30:00 -0400

Outstanding Dillon Simon won a gold in the U-17 Shot Put on Saturday (22 March, 2008) - topping it with a new prestigeous Carifta Record - and added a silver medal Monday (March 24, 2008) in the U-17 Discus event.

Brilliant Merfilius Leslie brought home the bronze medal by throwing his personal best on Sunday (March 23, 2008).

Dillon Simon: Gold Medal in the U-17 Shot Put

1 Simon, Dillon Dominica 16.63m (new Carifta Record!)

2 Jones, John Barbados 15.93m

3 Gayle, Rajae Jamaica 14.75m
Dillon Simon: Silver Medal in the U-17 Discus

1 Gayle, Rajae Jamaica 48.54m

2 Simon, Dillon Dominica 47.00m

3 Dacres, Rojay Jamaica 46.70m
Merfilius Leslie: Bronze Medal in the U-17 Javelin

1 Jones, John Barbados 55.98m

2 Gibbs, Emron Grenada 54.72m

3 Leslie, Merfilius Dominica 51.90m (PB)

Carifta Games 2008 Final Results

Great News From Carifta

Mon, 24 Mar 2008 10:15:00 -0400

The Dominican throwers who were in action the first 2 days at the Carifta Games in St.Kitts, were very successful!

Dillon Simon: Gold Medal in the U-17 Shot Put

1 Simon, Dillon Dominica 16.63m

2 Jones, John Barbados 15.93m

3 Gayle, Rajae Jamaica 14.75m
Merfilius Leslie: Bronze Medal in the U-17 Javelin

1 Jones, John Barbados 55.98m

2 Gibbs, Emron Grenada 54.72m

3 Leslie, Merfilius Dominica 51.90m

Monday (March 24, 2008) is the last day of the competition and Dillon will be throwing in the U-17 Discus event at 6 PM.

Carifta Games 2008 Detailed Results

World Junior Championships 2008 Entry Standards

Fri, 21 Mar 2008 11:10:00 -0400

Entry standards for the IAAF World Junior Championships in Athletics which will be held in Bydgoszcs, Poland on the 8-13 July 2008 are now up.

Entry Standards (26 KB)

Dominica Carifta Team 2008

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 19:15:00 -0400

A list of members of the Dominican Team that will participate at the Carifta Games 2008, which will be held in St.Kitts on the Easter weekend (22nd to 24th March) is now up.

Dominica Carifta Team 2008 (698 KB)

1	Simon, Dillon	Dominica	16.63m (new Carifta Record!)
2	Jones, John	Barbados	15.93m
3	Gayle, Rajae	Jamaica	14.75m

1	Gayle, Rajae	Jamaica	48.54m
2	Simon, Dillon	Dominica	47.00m
3	Dacres, Rojay	Jamaica	46.70m

1	Jones, John	Barbados	55.98m
2	Gibbs, Emron	Grenada	54.72m
3	Leslie, Merfilius	Dominica	51.90m (PB)

1	Simon, Dillon	Dominica	16.63m
2	Jones, John	Barbados	15.93m
3	Gayle, Rajae	Jamaica	14.75m