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Three Jamaicans Break Records at CARIFTA Games

Shannon Kalawan, Shiann Salmon, and Zico Campbell maintained Jamaica’s excellent reputation at the CARIFTA Games when all three broke records. Kalawan won the Under-20 Girls’ 400-meter hurdles with a time of 56.29, defeating a 13-year-old record set by Jamaican Camille Robinson. Salmon beat the 2015 time of 59.55 in the Under-18 400-meter hurdles by Jamaica’s Junelle Bromfield; Salmon ran the distance in a record-breaking 59.50 seconds. Campbell was a first-time Jamaican representative at CARIFTA and broke a record in the Under-18 Boys’ Shot Put, throwing a distance of 17.75 meters to beat the old record of 17.56 meters set in 2015. Sanique Walker of Jamaica took second place in the Under-18 400-meter hurdles.

Source: CARIFTA

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