Jamaica once again asserted its regional dominance at the CARIFTA Games, finishing at the top of the medal standings for a record 40th consecutive time at the 53rd edition held in Grenada.
The country finished the competition with a total of 71 medals, including 28 gold, 27 silver, and 16 bronze.
Although still comfortably ahead of the rest of the region, this was a slight dip compared to their 2025 performance, when they collected 78 medals at the Games hosted in Trinidad and Tobago.
Trinidad and Tobago finished second overall with 35 medals, including nine gold, 11 silver, and 15 bronze. The Bahamas placed third with 30 medals (eight gold, 12 silver, and 10 bronze), followed by Barbados with 17 (six gold, three silver, and eight bronze), and Guyana, rounding out the top five with six medals, which included four gold, a silver, and a bronze medal.
Jamaica’s star sprinter Shanoya Douglas, who delivered a series of exceptional performances, won the prestigious Austin Sealy Award, which was presented to the most outstanding athlete of the Games.
The 18-year-old secured three gold medals and firmly established herself as one of the region’s rising sprint talents.
Douglas opened her campaign by winning the Under-20 girls’ 100 meters with ease before producing the defining moment of the meet in the 200 meters. There, she ran a personal best of 22.11 seconds, shattering the previous record of 22.77 seconds set by Shaunae Miller in 2013.
Her time also set a new Jamaican national record and stands as the third-fastest mark ever recorded in that age category.
She concluded her CARIFTA journey by anchoring Jamaica to gold in the 4x100m relay, capping off a dominant and memorable championship performance.
