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SPORTS SECTION E

TUESDAY, APRIL 3, 2018

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By RENALDO DORSETT Tribune Sports Reporter rdorsett@tribunemedia.net

At the 2017 meet in Willemstad, Curacao, the Bahamas finished third with 31 medals, including six golds, but Trinidad and Tobago (22 total medals) had the advantage with seven gold medals. Day three got off to a recordsetting start with Rhema Otabor’s performance in the Under-17 Girls Javelin. Otabor won gold and set a new meet record with her throw of 44.21 metres. Miranda Tucker finished fifth with a throw of 30.58m. “I was pretty excited when I won the event and to get a new record was just unbelievable,” she said. “It was amazing to win in front of this crowd and to hear the people cheer.” Tarajh Hudson won his second medal in the throws with a bronze in the U-17 Boys Discus. His mark of 46.94m trailed a pair of Jamaican athletes, Zackery Dillon (57.15m) and Ralford Mullings (53.81m). The Jamaicans swept the

SWEET SILVER: Shown (l-r) are the Under-20 Girls 4 x 100m relay team members - Sasha Wells, Devine Parker, Denisha Cartwright and Lakelle Kinteh - who placed second for the silver in their event. Photo: Shawn Hanna/Tribune Staff short sprint hurdles, but the Bahamas reached the medal podium in three of the four divisions. On the track, Sasha Wells won the Bahamas’ first medal of the day in the opening event of the final session with a bronze medal in the U-20 Girls 110m Hurdles. Wells

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ran 13.44 seconds but Jamaica took the top spots as Amoi Brown set a new meet record in 13.15 and Dazray Freeman was second in 13.39. Raymond Oriaki picked up his third medal of the meet with a

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By RENALDO DORSETT Tribune Sports Reporter rdorsett@tribunemedia.net THE Bahamas’ CARIFTA swim team has been the most dominant in the region for the past four years and is on pace to add another meet title to their résumé. In the chase for their fourth CARIFTA Swimming Championship title in the last five years, the Bahamas leads the 18-team field in the CARIFTA Swim Championships at the National Aquatic Centre in Kingston, Jamaica. The team leads the standings with 605 points, 149 points ahead of Guadeloupe with 456 points. Jamaica is third with 444 points, Trinidad and Tobago fourth with 431 points and the Cayman Islands round out the top five with 388.50 points. The medal haul on day three began with the 200m Individual Medley. Lily Higgs won gold in the Girls 15-17 in 2:25.27 seconds. Zaylie-Elizabeth Thompson won silver in the Girls 13-14 in 2:33.22, Lamar Taylor also won silver in the Boys 13-14 and LukeKennedy Thompson won bronze in the Boys 15-17 in 2:13.66. The 50m Breast was the most successful event for Team Bahamas in the meet thus far and produced six total medals, including five golds. Nigel Forbes took gold in the Boys 11-12 in 34.03, ZE Thompson added her second medal of the night with gold in the Girls 13-14 race in 36.08 while Jamilah Hepburn took bronze in 36.18. Erald Thompson III won another gold in the Boys 13-14 in 32.13, Higgs won gold once again in the Girls 15-17 in 33.46 and Izaak Bastian took gold in the Boys 15-17 in 28.69.

JOB WELL DONE: Team Bahamas ended up with a second-place finish overall in the 47th Flow CARIFTA Track and Field Championships, after three days of competition at the Thomas A Robinson National Stadium. Photo: Terrel W Carey/Tribune Staff

eam Bahamas improved on last year’s performance and in their role as hosts with a second-place finish at the 47th Flow CARIFTA Track and Field Championships. The 80-member team finished with a total of 35 medals – six gold, 14 silver and 15 bronze - after three days of competition at the Thomas A Robinson National Stadium. Perennial champions Jamaica once again claimed the meet title in dominating fashion with a total of 82 medals – 44 gold, 27 silver, and 11 bronze. Trinidad and Tobago finished third with 17 medals – four gold, six silver and seven bronze, Barbados was fourth with 13 medals - three gold, five silver and five bronze - and St Vincent and the Grenadines was fifth with two gold medals. Briana Williams of Jamaica won the Austin Sealy award as the Most Outstanding Athlete at this year’s meet.

Commonwealth

Villanova routs Michigan 79-62 to take NCAA Championship By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — They chanted his name from the cheap seats: “Di-Vin-cen-zo, DiVin-cen-zo.” By the time Donte DiVincenzo was done doing his damage, Villanova had another title and college basketball had its newest star. The redhead kid with the nickname Big Ragu scored 31 points last night to lift ‘Nova to another blowout tournament victory — this time 79-62 over Michigan for its second title in three seasons. The sophomore guard had 12 points and an assist during a first-half run to help the Wildcats (36-4) pull ahead, then scored nine straight for Villanova midway through the second to put the game away — capped by a 3-pointer he punctuated with a wink over to TV announcers Jim Nantz and Bill Raftery on the sideline.

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Villanova won all six games by double digits over this tournament run, joining Michigan State (2000), Duke (2001) and North Carolina (2009) in that rare air. One key question: Could this be one of the best teams of all-time? Maybe so, considering the way Jay Wright’s team dismantled everyone in front of it in a tournament that was dripping with upsets, underdogs and parity. Maybe so, considering the Wildcats won in seemingly every way imaginable. This victory came two nights after they set a Final Four record with 18 3-pointers, and one week after they relied more on defence in a win over Texas Tech in the Elite Eight. That debate’s for later. DiVincenzo squashed any questions about this game with a 10-for-15 shooting night that was better than that. He opened his game-sealing run with an around-the-back dribble to get to the hoop and get fouled. On the other end, he delivered a two-handed rejection of Michigan’s Charles Matthews, when Matthews tried to bring it into the paint. The three that sealed it came from a big step behind the arc; yes, the man was feeling it. About the only drama as the night closed was whether DiVincenzo could unwrap himself from his teammates’ mob hug to toss the ball underhanded toward the scoreboard. He succeeded there, too.

VILLANOVA guard Donte DiVincenzo, centre, celebrates with teammates at the end of the championship game against Michigan in the Final Four NCAA college basketball tournament last night in San Antonio. (AP Photo/David J Phillip)


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