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The staging of the 44^TH Carifta Games was a massive success for Hosts St.Kitts-Nevis as well as overall winners Team Jamaica alo0ng with a number of participating countries most of who had unprecedented medal hauls.

Hosts St.Kitts-Nevis  won a record 11 medals and placed fifth overall in the Youth Caribbean Championships .

St.Kitts-Nevis played hosts to the event which was staged at the now renamed Kim Collins Athletic Stadium. The renaming of the stadium, which was formerly called the Silver Jubilee Stadium was the highlight of the 4 day CARIFTA Games weekend.

Collins travelled from Europe where he has been tearing up the indoor track circuit with an undefeated 10 race run to be a part f the ceremony which honored his tremendous contribution to St.Kitts-Nevis and in particular athletics.

The Games drew over 10,000 persons over the 4 day weekend event filling  and the stands of the Kim Collins National Athletic Stadium daily . Jamaica ended the meet with a record haul of 85 MEDALS including 41 gold.

The full medal standings

MEDAL COUNT STANDS:

Jamaica 41 Gold 25 Silver 19 Bronze 85 Total
Bahamas 8 Gold 13 Silver 10 Bronze 31 Total
Barbados 7 Gold 4 Silver 5 Bronze 16 Total
Trinidad & Tobago 7 Gold 8 Silver 8 Bronze 22 Total
Grenada 1 Gold 3 Silver 4 Bronze 8 Total
St.Kitts & Nevis 1 Gold 2 Silver 6 Bronze 9 Total
Suriname 1 Gold 1 Silver 0 Bronze 2 Total
Guadeloupe 0 Gold 2 Silver 3 Bronze 5 Total
British Virgin Islands 0 Gold 2 Silver 1 Bronze 3 Total
Bermuda 0 Gold 1 Silver 2 Bronze 3 Total
Martinique 0 Gold 1 Silver 2 Bronze 3 Total
Antigua & Barbuda 0 Gold 1 Silver 0 Bronze 3 Total
St Maarten 0 Gold 1 Silver 0 Bronze 1 Total
St Vincent and the Grenadines 0 Gold 1 Silver 0 Bronze 1 Total
St Lucia 0 Gold 0 Silver 2 Bronze 2 Total
Anguilla 0 Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 1 Total
Turks and Caicos Islands 0 Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 1 Total
Dominica 0 Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 1 Total
Cayman Islands 0 Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 1 Total