The National Association of Athletics Administrations of Trinidad and Tobago (NAAATT) has selected its largest-ever contingent of 97 members, including 78 athletes and 19 officials, to represent Trinidad and Tobago at the upcoming Carifta Games, which will take place at Hasely Crawford Stadium, Mucurapo, from April 19 to 21, 2025.
Among the athletes selected to wear the national colours are the defending Girls’ Under-20 Long Jump gold medallist and record holder and the 2024 winner of the prestigious Austin Sealy Award, Janae De Gannes. Joining her is last year’s Boys’ Under-17 200m gold medallist, Kadeem Chinapoo, and Commonwealth Youth Games high jump silver medallist Jaidi James.
For the second consecutive year, the team will feature three sets of twins: the Frederick sisters, Sanaa and Sole; the Lewis brothers, Khordae and Khordel; and the sibling duo Tyrique and Tenique Vincent – a rare occurrence for any team.
In the lead-up to the selection, over 500 athletes vie for a place on the team from three days of Carifta Games Trials held at Hasely Crawford Stadium Training Field, where the field events were contested on Friday, 4 April, while the track events took place at the Manny Ramjohn Stadium, Marabella, on Saturday and Sunday (April 5 and 6).
This will be T&T's sixth hosting of the Games after holding it for the first time in 1973. Prior to that T&T hosted the regional premier junior track and field event in 1987, 1991, 1998, 2003, and 2005. This year's Games will be the 52nd edition. There were Games in 2020 and 2021 because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
T&T Carifta Gamers Track and Field team
T&T Athlete*Event*Event*Event
Xiah Tobias* 100m*Long Jump* 4x100m Relay
Mikayla Granderson* 200m*4x100mRelay
Eden Chee-Wah *200m* 4x100mRelay* 4x400m Relay
Shian Lewis*800m*1500m
Nyla Kerr* 800m*4x400m Relay
Oshea Cummings* 1500m
Zariah Pascall* 100mH*400mH*4x400m Relay
Khemyah Anderson*100mH*4x100m Relay
Durlaina Rouse *400mH*4x400m Relay
Reyann Graham*High Jump
Addalia Sylvester*Discuss Throw
Karissa Williams*Javelin Throw
Zada Charles* 4x100mRelay
Alex Seepersad *100m*200m*4xl00m Relay
Jayden Goodridge*100m*200m* 4x100m Relay
Brion Scott* 400m*800m*4x400m Relay
Darion Whiteman* 400m*400mH*4x400m Relay
Christopher Sammy*1500m*3000m
Armani Dillon*1500m*3000m
Omari Brown*110mH*Octathlon
Devonte Romeo*110mH*4x100m Relay
Elijah Soanes*Long Jump* 4x100m Relay
Michal Paul* Long Jump* High Jump* 4x400m Relay
Jhariel Williams* Triple Jump
Nykel Gomez* Discuss Throw
Kai Francis *Discuss Throw
Jaafari Shaw *Shot Put
Alexander Alfred* Shot Put
Aaron Baird *Javelin Throw
Tannon Niemeyer *Javelin Throw
Jquan Douglas* 4x100m Relay
Khordel Lewis* 4x400m Relay
Khordae Lewis* 4x400m Relay
Sanaa Frederick* 100m*200m* 4x100m Relay
Sole Frederick* 100m* 200m*4x100m Relay
Amaris Pope *800m* 4x400m Relay
Kayleigh Forde* 800m* 1500m
Natalia Eastman* 1500m*400mH
Oshea Cummings* 3000m (Already Included in U17 Girls)
Aniqua Bailey *3000m
Gianna Paul *100mH*Long Jump
Jenna Marie Thomas*100mH* 400mH* 4x400m Relay
Keneisha Shelbourne *Triple Jump
Seannah Parsons *Triple Jump
Tenique Vincent* High Jump* Heptathlon
Adrianna Quamina *Discus Throw
Ruth Irvine* Discus Throw
Nattaly Lindo* Shot Put
Peyton Winter* Shot Put
Alexxe Henry* 4x100m Relay
Noemi Theodore* 4x100m Relay
Kayla Charles *4x400m Relay
Sierra Joseph* 4x400m Relay
Jenae De Gannes* long Jump*4x100m * 4x400m Relay
Dylan Woodruffe *100m*4x100m Relay
Kadeem Chinapoo *100m*4xl00m Relay
Hakeem Chinapoo *200m* 4xl00m Relay
Daeshaun Cole* 200m*4x400m Relay
Makaelan Woods* 400m*4x400m Relay
Da Shaun Lezama* 400m*4x400m Relay
Keeran Sriskandarajah* 800m
Omare Thompson *800m*1500m
Darius Harding* 1500m* 5000m
Isaiah Alder* 5000m
Cheyne West* 110mH*400mH* 4x400m Relay
Tyrique Vincent *110mH*Decathlon
Jeremiah Francis *400mH
Kristiano Perez *Triple Jump
Joshua Gonzales *Triple Jump
Jaidi James *High Jump
Jaydon Nedd* Discus Throw
Aaron Aparicio *Javelin Throw
Jaheem Homer* Javelin Throw
Kaleb Campbell *Decathlon
Trevaughn Stewart *4x100m Relay
Zaccheus Charles* 4x100m Relay
Joshua Perry* 4x400m Relay
Ben Israel Bannister* 4x400m Relay
Kayla Charles *Mixed Open* 4x400 Relay
Joshua Perry *Mixed Open* 4x400 Relay
Sierra Joseph* Mixed Open* 4x400 Relay
Ben Israel Bannister* Mixed Open* 4x400 Relay
Eden Chee-Wah *Mixed Open *4x400 Relay
Khordel Lewis* Mixed* Open 4x400 Relay