The 52^nd edition of the Carifta Games concluded in Trinidad & Tobago, on Easter Weekend, April 19^th to 21st, with mixed fortunes for the 13 athletes representing St. Vincent & the Grenadines.

The competition started on Saturday morning, with Carifta first timer, Tashanique Francis in the U17 Girls Shot Put. She finished in 7^th place, but had a new personal best of 10.75m.

Then came the U20 Girls 400m, where Shaquania Jacobs also had a personal best performance of 56.54. She was 4^th in her semi final, and did not advance to the final.

The 100m series saw 2 athletes getting into the finals of their respective races. Kenisha Welcome grabbed one of the automatic places, when she finished 2^nd in the first semi, with a time of 12.05. She finished 7^th in the final in 12.31.

J’mar Saunders announced his presence in a big way in the U20 Boys Semi Final, after winning it in a personal best 10.53. However tragedy struck in the final, as he pulled up injured after about 60 meters, but managed to cross the line 8^{th in 12} in 12.14 seconds.

The other 100m competitors were Romario McDowall who ran 11.38 to place 5^th in Semi Final 1 of the U17 Boys event, and Delron Delpesche, who was also 5^th, with 11.11, in the U20 Semis.

Also on Saturday afternoon, Roshaun Phillips placed 6^th in the U17 Boys Triple Jump with 13.03m, Kesian John was 9^th in the U17 Girls’ 1500m in 5:11.28, and Kenneth Gurley was 10^th in 4:44.16 in the boys U17 1500m race.

Day 2 started on Sunday morning, with J’aivar Cato in the U20 Boys’ Long Jump, where he finished 6^th with 6.98m. Kenisha Richards returned to the track, in the U17 Girls 200m, where she was 5^th in Semi Final 1, in 25.57, followed by Shaquania Jacobs in the U20 Girls half lap, where she finished her semi final 3^rd, in 24.97.

In his U20 Boys Semi Final, AJ Delpesche was 3^rd in 21.71, after losing the sole of his shoe on the home stretch.

Kesian John and Kenneth Gurley were back on track on Sunday afternoon, in the 300om events. John was 13^th after battling a sprained knee picked up in the race, but urged herself on, to finish in 14:23.20, while Gurley finished in 7^th, in 10:31.80.

The curtains closed on SVG’s Carifta 52 participation with Tedre O’neil finishing 4^th in the Boys Pole Vault with a height of 3.60m, and J’aivar Cato finishing the U20 Boys Triple Jump in 8^th place with a distance of 14.68m.