Gittens-Spotsville and Lewis golden in Barbados

Trinidad and Tobago athletes achieved significant success at the Barbados Grand Prix held at the Usain Bolt Sports Complex in Bridgetown. Omari Lewis and Tyra Gittens-Spotsville both captured gold medals on Saturday.

Lewis dominated the Men's 100 meters final, clocking an impressive 10.10 seconds. He had also led all qualifiers in the preliminary round with the same time. Other Trinidadian sprinters, Revell Webster and Jerod Elcock, did not advance past the preliminaries.

Gittens-Spotsville earned her gold medal in the Women's long jump, achieving a distance of 6.55 meters. The event also saw other strong performances from Trinidad and Tobago athletes, including Leah Bertrand taking second in the Women's 200m and Michelle-Lee Ahye finishing third in the Women's 100m.

Further afield, Nathan Cumberbatch competed in the Men's 800m at a meeting in France, finishing 11th overall. In New York, Kaeden Herbert won the Boys' Under-19 100m dash at the AAU Region 1 Championship. Additionally, at the Guyana Under-20 Championships, Alijah Arthur and Tayshaun Hamlet competed in the Boys' 200m, advancing to the final but being ineligible as non-nationals.