By: T. Chapman
Rising track star and triple gold medallist Shanoya Douglas was on Monday named the winner of the Austin Sealy award for the most outstanding athlete at the 53rd staging of the Carifta Games in St George’s, Grenada.
Back To Back Titlees: Douglas broke her one week old national junior 200m record when she ran 22.11 seconds (1.9m/s) to capture back-to-back Under-20 sprint double titles at the regional meet.
Douglas, who won the girls’ Under-20 100m on Saturday and anchored the Jamaican team to gold in the 4x100m relay on Sunday, broke the Jamaican national record 22.36 seconds she had set at the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls Athletics Championships.
The rising track star also broke the Carifta record 22.77 seconds set in 2013 by Shaunae Miller of the Bahamas. She ran 22.11 and is now tied with American Allyson Felix as the third fastest Under-20 female ever. She trails only Namibia’s Christine Mboma- 21.78 seconds set in 2021 and American JaMeesia Ford’s 22.08 seconds set in June 2024.
