FREEPORT, Grand Bahama – There was a record-setting gold medal performance to go along with a pair of bronze medals for Team Bahamas as the 2022 North American, Central American and Caribbean’s Anita Doherty Championships sizzled in the heat on day two at the Grand Bahama Sports Complex, The Tribune reported on Sunday, August 21, in an article written by Senior Sports Reporter Brent Stubbs.
Leading the parade of medalists was Shaunae Miller-Uibo, who added one of the two medals missing from her collection – a NACAC gold – to her resumé after Devynne Charlton picked up the host country’s first medal in the women’s 100m hurdles, while Grand Bahamian Donald Thomas settled for the bronze in the men’s high jump in his return home.
“It’s the end of the season, so I just wanted to come out here and have some fun,” said Miller-Uibo, who pulled away from the field for the victory in 49.40 seconds to erase the championship record of 50.82 that was set by American Courtney Okolo in 2015 in San Juan, Costa Rica.
Sada Williams, the Commonwealth Games champion in Birmingham, England two weeks ago, got the silver in 49.86 and Jamaica’s Commonwealth Games’ silver medalist Stephanie-Ann McPherson got the bronze in 50.36.
Miller-Uibo, 28, has now achieved a 400m medal at every major international competition, including the Olympic Games, World Championships, World Indoors, Commonwealth Games, Diamond League, World Under-20 and Under-18 as well as Carifta Games.
The only medal missing is the Pan American Games, but to her credit, she joined her team-mates Rashan Brown, Katrina Seymour and Katarina Smith in snatching a bronze in the women’s 4 x 400m relay at the Pan Am Junior Championships in Trinidad & Tobago in 2009.
Charlton, the World Indoor and Commonwealth Games silver medalist, added a third medal to her collection for the year when she secured the bronze in the final of the women’s 100 metres hurdles, running 12.71 seconds.
She trailed American gold medalist Alaysha Johnson, who won in 12.62 with Jamaica’s Megan Tapper picking up the bronze in 12.68.
“I felt pretty good. The first part of my race was about execution,” Charlton said. “Yesterday, I think I clipped the hurdle down the line and I paid for it towards the end. But I still held my composure. I was proud of myself for just staying on my feet and going through the line.”
Despite doctor’s orders not to compete because of a slight injury, Thomas delighted his hometown crowd with a leap of 7-4 ½ (2.25m) for the bronze. He lost on the countback on the same height to Cuba’s gold medalist Luis Enrique Zayas and Canada’s silver medalist Django Lovett.
“It felt good,” Thomas said. “This is home, so I wanted to come home and represented the Bahamian people to the best of my abilities. I fell a little short, but I will take it.” See complete article in The Tribune at http://www.tribune242.com/news/2022/aug/20/nacac-open-championships-three-medals-team-bahamas/
