 Well, at the end of March, hundreds of the Caribbean's best young athletes will assemble in Grenada for the 51st staging of the Carifta Games, with the first meet being less than a month away. The athletes are going through trials in their respective countries, host Grenada as well as Tinkets and Nevis and Trinidad and Tobago, joined reigning champions Jamaica in holding their trials after weekend. The ride, Mauricio Lee, was in Kingston, where he witnessed some impressive sprint performances. The National Stadium in Kingston was the venue for Jamaica's three-day Carifta trials, which ended on Sunday. All eyes were on the sprint events, as fans got a glimpse of what to expect at boys and girls' champs later this month. Natrice East from Wormers dominated the under-17 girls' category, winning the 100-200-meter double, with times of 11.62 and a 23.86 second respectively. Edwin Anastandle-Tiannelly-Terralong beat Sabino Dockery through the top spot in the under-20 girls' 100 meters, stopping the clock at 11.25 seconds, which makes her the sixth fastest ever Jamaican at the under-18 level. Dockery, who was second in 11.49, was again beaten in the under-20 girls' 200 meters. And quite likely the performance of the weekend, Shanoia Douglas of Moschette high raced to a superb at 22.85 seconds. A positive 2.1 meters per second win denied the 2023 Carifta under-17 finalists a personal best. Kingston College's Nyron Wade, who produced a personal best 10.46 in qualifying, took the under-17 boys' 100 meters in 10.49, turning the table on a corporate-area champion that sells here as a Malik Nujen to produce a PD 10.52 per second. And in the absence of 2022 Carifta champion DeAndre Daly devoured Dockery, the former Steppes athlete, now at Elite Performance Track Club, spent a 10.32 seconds to win the event. Dockery, last year's Carifta under-2200 meters civil medalists, did a competing and a half laugh event, which was won by Gary Card of Rumors and a fast personal best of 20.79, ahead of Johan Ramado-Smith of a Moschette at 21.19. The trials climaxed with the Sprint hurdles after a sharp shower in the country's capital, but that didn't stop the excitement. The girls were first out the blocks with the 100 meter hurdles. St. Jago's Malia Duncan took the under-17 division in 13.21 seconds. And then for Habibahari, stopped the senior girls in 12.95 seconds, making her the sixth fastest Jamaican junior in the history of the event. Brianna Campbell of St. Jago, the second, in 13.14. St. Jago had the winner of the under-17 boys' category. Michael Dwyer, winning the 110 meter hurdles in 13.85, ahead of Calabas Robert Miller who stopped the clock at 14.10. And then Shukrin Gordon, also from Calabar, the 23 Commonwealth Youth Champion, took the under-20 boys' event, winning in 13.32 seconds to finish ahead of JC's Daniel Beckford who clocked 13.44. Jamaica's the most successful nation in the history of the Carifted Games and have topped the medal table for the last 37 stages. You can catch the 51st edition of the Carifted Games, March 30th to April 1st, live on Sportsmax and on the Sportsmax app. All right, we're here at Sportsmax getting ready Ricardo for Carifted Games to be held in Grenada and live action will be coming to you on Sportsmax and of course on our Sportsmax app. So Natrice East, one of the standard performance from the weekend, Ricardo? Yeah, for sure, without a doubt, although for me I think the performance of the weekend came from Shania Douglas of Moschette, 22.85, positive 2.1 meters per second in the under-20 girls 200 meters, but that is sensational. Only a handful of Jamaican high schoolers have gone below 23 seconds for 200 meters. Of course, one will remember the likes of Anisha McLaughlin, Veronica Canberra-Brown went sub-23 as well in more recent, well, you had Simone Facy and then in more recent times Kevona Davis went sub-23. So a lot of quality to run 22.85. This is a young lady, Lance and Mariah, who got to the Carifter under 17 final last year, but was, I think, fifth in the final. And she has turned it around brilliantly this season. She looks like a significantly improved athlete. And to blow Dockry away, Dockry was a favorite for the under-17 title last year. She first started in the final, absolutely blew Dockry away in this 200 meters. This was a sensational performance and yeah, I can't wait to see what she delivers first at the Boys and Girls Championships and then at the Carifter Games later this year. But this one looks like quite a find for 2024. Yeah, a lot of quality to pick from at the Jamaican trialed, Lance. Yeah, well, that's normal, isn't it? The Jamaicans haven't been... Is it? Yes, it is. The Jamaicans are phenomenal in Carifter Games. No team has stopped the medal table at the Carifter Games outside of Jamaica since 1984 at the Bahamas, so we are accustomed to seeing Jamaican athletes put down these kinds of performances and, you know, I cannot see in the near future any team toppling them. They just have like a proliferation of talent. Yeah. It's like a factory just producing winners of 15, 16, 17 year olds. Yeah, a lot of quality, for sure. Well, what about Trinidad and Tobago? They announced that their team for the Easter weekend event has a look at the full team. So in the girls, we have Kaya Heisen, Anika Bailey, Tanik Vinson in the 100 meter high jump, Jenna Thomas, Dirlena Roos in the 400 meters, Zarya Pascal in the 400 meters, Peyton Winter in the shot put on the discourse, Lashia Bigart in the high jump and Laqueen Welch in the high jump. What about in the boys' category? Cameron Parmel in the 100 meters, Caden Herbert in 100 meters, Shane Kameho also in the 100 meters, Kadeem Chinapu will be doing the 100 and 200, Isaiah Alda the 1500, Jaden Alexander 1500 meters, Omari Brown 110 meters, Hurdles and the long jump. And Tariq Vinson the 110 meters, Hurdles, the long jump and the triple jump. So Ricardo, have you studied the Trini team just yet or? Yeah, they have some quality there, Trinidad and Tobago and Waldron was probably the performer of the weekend, Tafari Waldron won the 5,000 meters at the Carifta Games last year and he broke a 37 year old Trinidad and Tobago national junior record by going under 15 minutes which is by Caribbean standards, breaking 15 minutes at 5,000 meters is quite special and at least for now I can't see anyone who is really going to threaten the defense of his title in Grenada this year. So that was a magnificent performance. I've also been extremely impressed with Kadeem Chinapu who will run the under 17 sprint double, ran a wind assisted 21-66 for 200, wind assisted 10-58 for 100 meters and I can't wait to see what he delivers at the Carifta Games. I would like to think he will be in significantly better form by the time he gets the Grenada at the end of the month. Jamaica put together two quality sprinters at the under 17 level, Nairo and Wade running 10-49 to win the Jamaica Carifta trials and Malik running 10-52 to finish in second position but I like this Chinapu kid also by the time they get to the Carifta Games and we've seen this from time to time because the Jamaican athletes will have the boys and girls championship from the 19th to the 23rd of March and that will be a week before the Carifta Games and if someone like Kadeem can come into Carifta and he is fresh and there is no doubting the quality then I think he could really strike an upset if you would want to look at it that way but I was quite impressed with him and his performances at the Here's the Crawford Stadium and I can't wait for him to come up against the best of the Carifta region. I saw that under 17 Tyreek Vincent as well, he won the long jump, the triple jump and they sprint hurdles. Well, he has he contested all three so the likelihood is that he will contest all three at the Carifta Games so we'd have to look for him as well. I think he has a sister who is a multiple Carifta medalist who is at the under 21 level. No, I'm not sure if she's on the team. I should take a close look. There's a Tyreek Vincent? Yes, Tyreek. Yes, Tyreek Vincent. She's she's also multi-talented, high jump hurdles. She's done the heptathlon at the Carifta Games with a good effect as well, Lance. Yeah, I think we put up the under 17 team just now. I didn't was there the under 20? We didn't see the the U12. Well, she's it looks as if she's still U17. Tyreek Vincent, she's right there 100 and high jump but a real talented one all round. By the way, the Saint Vincent and the Grenadines trials will be this weekend so everybody in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines go out and support the young ones for that event and then watch the Carifta Games right here on Sportsmax at the end of the month into April one. Yeah, we don't want to miss it. Great time.