The Tribune

By BRENT STUBBS

Senior Sports Reporter

bstubbs@tribunemedia.net

FRESH off his sixth-place finish at the IAAF World Under-18 Championships in Nairobi, Kenya last week, Adrian Curry got the Bahamas on the medal chart on the first day of athletics at the sixth Commonwealth Youth Games in the men’s 100 metres.

Curry sped to a time of 10.61 seconds to trail Adell Colthrust of Trinidad & Tobago, the gold medallist in 10.59, and Kevon Stone of Jamaica in 10.59 for the silver, through the finish line in the marquee event at the Thomas A Robinson National Stadium last night.

“The three rounds were rough, but I had to still pull through and bring it home for the Bahamas, execute my race and a medal,” Curry said.

“My start was pretty good, but the Trini guy was much better. I just had to get up, maintain and push to the line to finish strong.”

Curry, 16, said while it was great to pull off the feat in front of the home crowd, he wishes that he could do it again in another event.

Taking the tape, Colthrust said his performance was for his country and his mother.

“I wasn’t really pleased because my finish was terrible, but I was able to hold on,” he said. “I wasn’t going to let the gold medal slip. The competition was tough.”

Just before the final race for the night, Tylar Lightbourn had to settle for sixth place in the women’s century race in 12.12. Louise Day of Australia claimed the gold in 11.77, followed by Julian Alfred of Australia in 11.59 for the silver and Deondra Green of Canada in 11.62 for the bronze.

“It wasn’t my best start, but I got out good enough. I felt I could have executed better, but it was all in God’s plans,” Lightbourn said. “My legs were really fatigue because we went through three rounds and I’m not accustomed to that.”

Lightbourn said despite not getting off a great start, she was still pleased because she did her personal best in running 12.12 for second place in her semifinal heat.

Two other finals were contested on the track with Erin Heather Wallace of Scotland winning the gold in the women’s 1,500m in 4:16.61, Viola Chemutai of Kenya taking the silver in 4:16.73 and Katrina Annais Robinson of Kenya getting the bronze in 4:17.19.

John Wareru of Kenya captured the gold in the men’s 1,500m in 3:48.86, followed by Joshua Lay of England in 3:49.35 and Luke Gerard Duffy, also of England, picking up the bronze in 3:49.70.

On the field, there were three finals, but the Bahamas didn’t place in any of them.

In the women’s long jump, Holly Mills of England won the gold with 6.19 metres, while Tatiana Aholou of Canada got the silver with 5.97m and Lucy Hadaway of England claimed the bronze with 5.90m.

Bahamians Amelia Peterson (5.56m) and Lakelle Kinteh (5.41m) were seventh and eighth respectively.

The men’s discus was won by Connor Bell of New Zealand with 63.17m. The silver went to James Tomlinson of Wales with 60.11m and Djimon Gumbs of the British Virgin Islands got the bronze with 56.24m.

Jordan Lewis, the lone Bahamian in the event, was ninth with 43.20m.

And in the women’s shot put, Canada’s Trinity Tutti won the gold with a heave of 17.82m. The silver went to Sarah Omoregie of Wales with 16.74m and Cyprus’ Styliana Kyriakidou got the bronze with 15.57m.

Bahamians Dachye Stubbs was tenth with 12.28m and Acacia Astwood got 15th with 8.94m.