On the truncated opening session of the final day of the 2026 CARIFTA Athletic Championships held in Grenada, a series of standout and mixed results unfolded for Caribbean athletes across field and track events. Saint Lucia’s rising young talent Randall Monroe made his first appearance at the regional championship a memorable one, securing a bronze medal in the Under-17 Boys’ Long Jump competition. Competing against some of the region’s top young jumpers, Monroe delivered a career-defining performance on his fifth attempt, leaping to a new personal best of 6.60 meters. The mark temporarily pushed him into the silver medal position before final adjustments to the standings dropped him one spot to third, giving him the bronze. This result marks Monroe’s second top-four finish of the championships, after he claimed fourth place in the Under-17 Men’s High Jump just the previous night. With Monroe’s bronze added to the tally, Saint Lucia’s total medal count now stands at four: one gold, one silver, and two bronze, cementing the country’s solid performance at this year’s regional meet. Across competing nations, Team Barbados looked to add to their already impressive nine-medal haul from earlier rounds of the championships, but the team left the abbreviated final-day opening session without adding any new medals to their total. Despite the lack of new medals, the day still brought multiple qualifying successes for Barbadian track athletes. In the Under-17 Girls’ 100m Hurdles semi-finals, Tiara McClean crossed the finish line in fifth place in her heat, clocking a time of 15.23 seconds. While the placing was outside the top four, her overall qualifying time was fast enough to advance her to the final of the event scheduled for Monday night. Barbadian hurdlers also saw success at the Under-20 level, with both Alika Harewood and Afia Greenidge securing their spots in the Under-20 Girls’ 100m Hurdles final. On the men’s side of the Under-20 hurdles, Tevon Cadougan earned the last available spot in the 110m Hurdles final with a time of 14.25 seconds, the slowest qualifying mark to advance. His compatriot Rashad Gibson missed out on a spot in the final by the narrowest of margins, finishing just four hundredths of a second behind Cadougan with a time of 14.29 seconds. In field event action for Barbados, Shamyra Scantlebury competed in the Under-17 Girls’ Javelin throw, posting a best throw of 27.95 meters across her attempts to finish ninth in the event. As the championships head into the final session Monday night, athletes who advanced to the finals will compete for regional gold, silver and bronze medals to cap off the annual gathering of the Caribbean’s top young track and field talent.