By: Staff Writer
April 22, 2025
Jamaica has topped the medal table for the 39th consecutive year at the CARIFTA track and Field competition with The Bahamas topping the medal count at the Aquatics competition.
The Jamaicans, who ended the three-day championships winning both girls’ 4x400m relays and dominating in the field events, won 30 gold, 27 silver and 21 bronze, well ahead of second-placed The Bahamas which won both boys’ mile relay events and had a total of 37 medals — just short of the 40 they targeted.
The Bahamas in swimming garnered 602 points to second place Aruba with 559 and Jamaica in third position with 548 points.
Team Bahamas added a wave of medals to its tally during Sunday’s finals at the 2025 CARIFTA Aquatics Championships, capturing three golds in relay showdowns and securing podium finishes across multiple events.
The girls’ 11-12 medley relay team of Sienna Campbell, Isabella Munroe, Taylen Nicolls, and Semaiah Rolle powered to gold in 5:00.41, while the boys’ 11-12 team of Kai Bastian, Logan Comarcho, Dexter Russell, and Da’Kari Cooper claimed victory in 4:45.69. The girls’ 13-14 quartet of Skyler Smith, Kimaya Saunders, Saleste Gibson, and Dndn McKenzie also triumphed in their 400m medley relay with a time of 4:36.70.
The Bahamas also captured silver in both the girls’ and boys’ 15-17 medley relays, as well as the boys’ 13-14 division.
Individually, standout performances included a silver for McKenzie (2:14.03) and bronze for Gibson (2:15.54) in the girls’ 13-14 200m freestyle, and a bronze in the girls’ 13-14 50m butterfly by Violet Saralegui (29.47). Skyler Smith (1:08.21) and David Singh (1:05.25) also picked up bronze in the 100m backstroke.
Reported in the Jamaica Observer, after a slower than usual start on Saturday, Jamaica fell just short of the 84 medals they won last year in Grenada, matched the 78 won in 2023, but were well off the record 92 they won when they hosted the 2022 edition.
Kamari Kennedy was one of the standout athletes over the three days, and added a second championship record on Monday when he threw 60.87m to win the Under-17 boys’ discus throw a day after he had broken the shot put record on Sunday.