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TT CARIFTA team leaves for Martinique

DEXTER VOISIN is simply expecting the best from the 68 Trinidad and Tobago athletes, who will be participating in the CARIFTA Track and Field Championships in Martinique, from Saturday until Monday.

The Trinidad and Tobago contingent are expected to leave for the French-speaking island at 10 am today.

Voisin, the team manager, stated in a telephone interview yesterday, “basically, because of the nature of this meet being a developmental meet in the NAAA programme, we expect the athletes to go there and do their best, based on their preparation they have been going through for the past couple months.

“Once they go out there and perform to their best, then in terms of medals, then we’ll be very satisfied,” he continued.

The team will feature a few performers who have copped gold in previous CARIFTA meets, including 2013 boys Under-20 400-metre champ Machel Cedenio, Akeem Marshall (2013 boys Under-20 5,000m champ), Jeminise Parris and Chelsea James.

“We have Machel Cedenio,” said Voisin. “We have in our midst a veteran in CARIFTA, Nicholas Landeau. This will be his fifth trip to the CARIFTA Games. He migrated to London a year ago and he is also one of the athletes that will be expected to lead the contingent.”

Other athletes tipped to lead the way are javelin thrower Shakeil Waithe and sprinter Jonathan Farinha. “Based on the preparation that we’ve been doing for the past three weeks, they are expected to lead the team,” Voisin noted.

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