MORE THAN 50 ATHLETES FROM CENTRAL AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN TO COMPETE IN GLASGOW 2024

Feb 29, 2024

SANTO DOMINGO.- Fifty-four athletes from the Central American and Caribbean region from 16 countries will compete in the World Athletics Indoor Championships Glasgow 24, Scotland, scheduled for March 1-3, 2024.

With an overall confirmed list of 651 athletes from 133 delegations, this event will feature twelve world champions, seven winners of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, as well as five gold medalists of the Central American and Caribbean Games San Salvador 2023.

Of the 54 athletes from the region from the member countries of Centro Caribe Sports, 30 are women and 24 are men.

Jamaica has registered 23 athletes, being the delegation of the region with the largest number for this world championship event. This list is followed by the Bahamas with six, Cuba with four, while Mexico and Puerto Rico have three each.

Among the champions of the San Salvador 2023 Games, Jereem Richards of Trinidad and Tobago, double champion in the 400 meters and the men’s 4×400 relay, has been confirmed, as well as Julien Alfred of Saint Lucia, who equaled the record in the women’s 100 meters by winning the event, and Natalia Linares of Colombia, who won gold in the long jump.

Also competing in Glasgow 24 will be Uziel Muñoz of Mexico, champion of the shot put in San Salvador 2023, as well as Lázaro Martínez of Cuba, who won the triple jump.

Below is the list of athletes from Centro Caribe Sports member countries that will compete in Glasgow 24:

BAHAMAS
NAME / NOMBREEVENT / PRUEBASAN SALVADOR 2023
Ken MullingsHeptathlonSilver / Plata
LaQuan NairnLong Jump
Donald ThomasHigh Jump
Devynne Charlton60m Hurdles
Anthonique Strachan60m
Charisma Taylor60m Hurdles / Triple Jump
 
BARBADOS
NAME / NOMBREEVENT / PRUEBASAN SALVADOR 2023
Mario Burke60m
Tristan Evelyn60m11
 
CAYMAN ISLAND
NAME / NOMBREEVENT / PRUEBASAN SALVADOR 2023
Shalysa Wray400 m12
 
COLOMBIA
NAME / NOMBREEVENT / PRUEBASAN SALVADOR 2023
Arnovis DalmeroLong Jump
Natalia LinaresLong JumpGold / Oro
 
CUBA
NAME / NOMBREEVENT / PRUEBASAN SALVADOR 2023
Lázaro MartínezTriple JumpGold / Oro
Cristian NápolesTriple JumpSilver / Plata
Leyanis PérezTriple JumpSilver / Plata
Liadagmis PoveaTriple JumpBronze / Bronce
 
DOMINICA
NAME / NOMBREEVENT / PRUEBASAN SALVADOR 2023
Thea LaFondTriple Jump4
 
EL SALVADOR
NAME / NOMBREEVENT / PRUEBASAN SALVADOR 2023
Carlos Santos3000mBronze / Bronce
 
HAITI
NAME / NOMBREEVENT / PRUEBASAN SALVADOR 2023
Vanessa Clerveaux60m Hurdles
 
HONDURAS
NAME / NOMBREEVENT / PRUEBASAN SALVADOR 2023
Kendi Rosales60m
 
VIRGIN ISLANDS
NAME / NOMBREEVENT / PRUEBASAN SALVADOR 2023
Malique Smith400m
 
BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS
NAME / NOMBREEVENT / PRUEBASAN SALVADOR 2023
Rikkoi Brathwaite60mBronze / Bronce – 100m
Beyonce De Freitas60m13 – 100m / 6 – 200m
 
JAMAICA
NAME / NOMBREEVENT / PRUEBASAN SALVADOR 2023
Ackeem Blake60m
Rajindra CampbellShot Put
Tajay GayleLong Jump
Tyler Mason60m Hurdles
Rusheen McDonald400m
Carey McLeodLong Jump
Giano Roberts60m Hurdles
Damion Thomas60m Hurdles
Leah Anderson4x400m relays
Junelle Bromfield4x400m relays
Tina Clayton60m
Shashalee Forbes60m
Natoya Goule-Toppin800m
Tissanna HicklingLong Jump
Andrenette Knight4x400m relays
Stephanie Ann McPherson4x400m relays
Megan Tapper60m Hurdles
Lanae-Tava Thomas4x400m relays
Daniel Thomas-DoddShot Put
Briana Williams60m
Kimberly WilliamsTriple Jump
Stacey Ann Williams400m / 4x400m
Charokee Young400m / 4x400m
 
MEXICO
NAME / NOMBREEVENT / PRUEBASAN SALVADOR 2023
Eduardo Herrera1500m
Uziel MuñozShot PutGold / Oro
Edgar RiveraHigh Jump4
 
PUERTO RICO
NAME / NOMBREEVENT / PRUEBASAN SALVADOR 2023
Robert Napolitano1500mSilver / Plata
John Rivera800m
Grace Claxton400m
 
SAINT LUCIA
NAME / NOMBREEVENT / PRUEBASAN SALVADOR 2023
Julien Alfred60mGold / Oro – 100m
 
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
NAME / NOMBREEVENT / PRUEBASAN SALVADOR 2023
Jereem Richards400mGold / Oro – 400m, 4x400m
Michelle-Lee Ahye60m

Jereem Richards reigning 400m record holder.
The reigning double champion of the Central American and Caribbean Games San Salvador 2023, set the World Indoor Track and Field Championship record when he won the 400m in 45.00 seconds in the last edition, held in Belgrade, Serbia.

Qualified to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, the Caribbean athlete will seek his second title and third overall, remembering that he was part of the men’s 4x400m relay in the 2012 Istanbul version, while still a junior athlete.

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