The 2025 CARIFTA Games delivered a historic moment for Grenada’s track and field program, as the nation’s Under-20 men’s 4×100m relay squad secured a hard-fought bronze medal and shattered a long-standing national record in the event. The four-person team, made up of sprinters Ian George, Darrel Daniel, Kneon Mark Stanislaus, and Ethan Sam — a three-time individual CARIFTA sprint medalist — crossed the finish line in a blistering 40.18 seconds to claim a spot on the regional podium. Dominant regional track powers Trinidad and Tobago and Jamaica claimed the top two positions, with Trinidad and Tobago taking gold in 39.64 seconds and Jamaica securing silver with a 39.85-second run.
This bronze medal result marks only the fourth time in the entire history of the CARIFTA Games that a Grenadian Under-20 men’s 4×100m relay quartet has earned a place on the podium. The 2025 team joins an exclusive group of Grenadian squads that have pulled off this rare achievement, dating back more than 50 years. The previous podium finishes came most recently in 2024, when Shaquane Toussaint, Emilio Bishop, Taigon Peterkin, and Samuel Green also took home bronze; in 1973, when an unconfirmed Grenadian team also claimed third place; and all the way back in 1972, when the team of Roy Layne, Russell Lambert, Raymond Layne, and Ken Francios earned bronze.
Beyond the prestige of a regional medal, the 2025 squad’s performance carries historic statistical significance for Grenadian track and field. The 40.18-second finish time is on track to be officially ratified as the new National Under-20 record for the 4×100m relay. This mark is now the fastest time ever recorded by any Grenadian Under-20 4×100m relay team in history, bringing the nation’s rising sprint program closer than it has ever been to breaking the coveted 40-second barrier in the age category. For a small nation working to build its standing in regional track and field, the result marks a major milestone for current and future generations of Grenadian sprinters.