Darrel Brown joins Carifta team

REIGNING 100 metres champion Darrel Brown has joined the Trinidad and Tobago team ahead of the Carifta Track and Field Championships, scheduled from Saturday to Monday at the Hasely Crawford Stadium, Mucurapo.

According to team manager Jim Clarke, the 18-year-old Brown, the current World Youth 100m prince, arrived home from Auburn University, USA on Monday night and, following a workout with his Phoenix clubmates at the Larry Gomes Stadium, Malabar, Arima, is expected to join the team. The 70-member team will stay at the Games Village — the Crowne Plaza Hotel — from today, upon the arrival of the US-based trio of 400m hurdler Josanne Lucas, fellow Auburn University teammate, high-jumper Danille Prime and pentathlete Charisse Bacchus from the University of Alabama.

“All the selectees are under the supervision of their respective coaches while those in Tobago are under assistant coach Gerald Franklin,” noted Clarke, who added that the Trinidad-based competitors are fine-tuning their skills at their respective clubs. Among the leading gold medal candidates in the national squad are 2002 Under-17 high jump champ Cory Gibbs, reigning U-20 800m champ Simeon Bovell, sprinters Kelliann Baptiste, Wanda Hutson, Dion Rodriguez, Jamal James, Jamil James and Joel Pile.