Brown in Grenada for CAC Games

ST GEORGE’S: Some of the region’s top athletes are arriving here for this weekend’s XIX Central American and Caribbean Senior Athletics Championships at the National Stadium.

The championships are expected to be of high quality despite the absence of some of the Caribbean’s most accomplished athletes. Despite the late withdrawal of Trinidadian Ato Boldon the sprints will grab attention with the inclusion of Commonwealth champion Kim Collins of St Kitts, world-ranked junior Darrel Brown of Trinidad and Tobago, his compatriot Jacey Harper and Jamaican Christopher Williams.

Collins, who is ranked fourth in the world over the 100m, is highly favoured to win against the highly rated young Trinidadian Brown. Brown, who has now entered the professional circuit, will seek redemption against his hometown rival, Harper, who edged him in the 100m final of the National Championships last month. Williams, 2001 World Championship 200 metres silver medallist, should also strengthened the line-up. World-ranked quarter-miler Alleyne Francique is heading the host nation’s 30-member team which also includes NCAA 800m silver medallist Neisha Bernard-Thomas and former CARIFTA 400m gold medallist Hazel-Ann Regis.