Source: www.guardian.co.tt
Recently-crowned double Carifta champion Nicholas Landeau led a successful T&T team to the 5th EME meeting de I:Asc Siruco at the Les Abymes Stadium in Guadeloupe on Saturday, April 30, as all five members won their races. Landeau captured the boys under 17 800m in 1:58:22 as fellow Carifta medallist Nicholas Douglas and Zakiya Denoon took the boys and girls under 17 100m respectively.
At the Carifta Games in Montego Bay, Jamaica over the Easter weekend Landeau copped the boys under 17 1500m (4:04:84) and 3000m (8:47:05) to improve silver in both events in 2010 when he was second behind another TT athlete Mark London. Douglas of Mason Hall Secondary took the boys under 17 100m in a wind aided time of 10.78 (+2.2) while Speyside’s High Denoon was the winner in the girls’ event in 12.52.
At the Carifta Games, Douglas was third in the 100m (10.87) and anchored TT’s boys under 17 4x100m relay squad to silver (41:13). Denoon was part of TT’s girls under 17 4x100m relay team which took gold in Jamaica. Joel Dillon was the winner in the men’s 100m in 10.56 (-0.3) as Travis Fredrick took the men’s 400m in 48.91.
The meet attracted athletes from Canada, Martinique, St. Martin, Antigua and Barbuda and hosts Guadeloupe. The national contingent returned on Monday.