photomark 1 1024x531 1024x531 1 1024x531 1 1024x531 1 1024x531 1 1024x531 1Morning session

9:30am Men’s DISCUS-Qualifying (65.50m or at least the 12 best advance to FINALS)
Group A: Second to throw-Fedrick Dacres (JAM)

9:35am Women’s HEPTATHLON-100m hurdles
Section Three: lane 7-Yorgelis Rodríguez (CUB)
Section Four: lane 2-Akela Jones (BAR)

10:05am Women’s SHOT PUT-Qualifying (18.40m or at leaf 12 best advance to FINALS)
Group A: Seventh to throw: Saily Viart (CUB); Twelfth to throw: Cleopatra Borel (TTO)
Group B: Fifth throw: Daniel Thomas (JAM)

10:50am Women’s HEPTATHLON-High jump
Pool A: Sixth to jump-Yorgelis Rodríguez (CUB); Tenth to jump-Akela Jones (BAR)

11:55am Women’s 100M Preliminary Round For who did not attain the Olympic standard (First 2 in each heat and next 2 fastest advance to HEATS in the afternoon session)

Afternoon session

8:35pm Women’s HEPTATHLON-Shot put
Pool A: Third to throw-Akela Jones (BAR)
Pool B:Ninth to throw-Yorgelis Rodríguez (CUB)

8:40pm Women’s HAMMERQualifying (72.00m or at 12 best to advance to FINALS)
Group A: Twelfth to throw-Daina Levy (JAM)

9:05pm Men’s 400mHeats (First 3 in each heat and the next 3 fastest to SEMIFINALS)
Heat One: lane 2-Machel Cedenio (TTO), lane 4-Yoandys Lescay (CUB), lane 6-Fitzroy Dunkley (JAM)
Heat Two: lane 4-Bralon Taplin (GRN)
Heat Three: lane 2-Lugelin Santos (DOM), lane 4-Alonzo Russell (BAH), lane 5-Brandon Valentine-Parris (VIN), lane 8-Javon Francis (JAM)
Heat Four: lane 1-Chris Brown (BAH); lane 5-Lalonde Gordon (TTO), lane 7-Gustavo Cuesta (DOM)
Heat Five: lane 5-Deon Lendore (TTO)
Heat Six: lane  5-Rusheen McDonald (JAM), lane 6-Kirani James (GRN), lane 7-Winston George (GUY)
Heat Seven: lane 1-Steven Gardiner (BAH)

9:20pm Men’s LONG JUMP Qualifying (8.15m or at least 12 best advance to FINALS)
Group A: Second to jump-Tyrone Smith (BER), Fourteen to jump-Aubrey Smith (JAM)
Group B: Sixth to jump-Damar Forbes (JAM), Seventh to jump (Maykel Masso (CUB)

10:00pm Women’s SHOT PUT FINALS

10:05pm: Women’s HEPTATHLON200m
Section Three: lane 2-Yorgelis Rodríguez (CUB)
Section Four: lane 4-Akela Jones (BAR)

10:10pm Women’s HAMMER-Qualifying (72.00m or at 12 best to advance to FINALS)
Group B:Sixteenth to throw- Yirisleydi Ford (CUB)

10:40pm Women’s 100m-Heats

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Clayton Clarke is a freelance track and field journalist since 2005. He is a former athlete and an IAAF Level III coach (Sprints & Hurdles). He has been a writer with Track Alerts since its inception in 2009. He worked with several media houses (radio, tv, newspaper, website) in Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, St. Kitts Nevis and the Bahamas. The Tobago native has covered the Carifta Games since 2005, the 2010 Commonwealth Games, 2011 World Athletic Championships and numerous local and regional track and field events.. Though track and field is his passion and main interest, he has served as media liaison with numerous sporting bodies in T&T and in particular in Tobago, namely cycling, chess, football, beach soccer, taekwondo, rugby, swimming, tennis and beach volleyball.

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