Handal Roban, as expected, copped gold in the Under-23 men’s 800m at the North American, Central American and Caribbean Athletics Association (NACAC) U-18/ Under-23 championships last Sunday, July 23, in San Jose, Costa Rica.
His NACAC gold, won in a time of 1:47.43, followed his gold gained over the same distance at the Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Games in El Salvador earlier this month.
Second was Sean Dolan of the USA, in 1:47.54 and Dominican -Denrick Luke was third in 1:47. 62.
Roban’s gold was the lone medal pouched by St Vincent and the Grenadines, who was represented by five other athletes.
Keo Davis and AJ Delpesche finished sixth in the Under-18 male, 100 and 400m respectively.
Davis’ time in the final was 10.85 seconds, while Delpesche’s time in the one lap event was 51.03s.
Meanwhile, Amal Glasgow placed sixth in the Under-23 male 400m, with a 47.01 clocking.
Also placing sixth was national debutant- Earl Simmonds in the Male Under-23 100m. Simmonds after posting a wind assisted 10.16 seconds in the semifinals, stopped the clock at 10.35s in the final.
And, Uroy Ryan was fourth in the Under-23 men’s Long Jump, with a leap of 7.80m.
St Vincent and the Grenadines’ next outing is the Commonwealth Youth Games in Trinidad and Tobago.