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{{Infobox Athletics Championships
|Name = XXXVII CARIFTA Games
|Logo = Cariftalogogrn 2008.jpg
|Size =  200px
|Colour = 
|Optional caption = 
|Host city = [[Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis|Basseterre]], [[Saint Kitts and Nevis]] {{flagicon|SKN}}
|Dates = March 22–24
|Stadium = [[Bird Rock Athletic Stadium]]
|Nations participating =  about 22
|Athletes participating = about 488 <br> (278 junior, <br> 210 youth)
|Events = 66 <br> (35 junior <br> (incl. 3 open), <br> 31 youth)
|Records set = 9 games records
|Level = Junior and Youth
|Previous = [[2007 CARIFTA Games|2007 Providenciales]]
|Next = [[2009 CARIFTA Games|2009 Vieux Fort]]
}}

The 37th '''CARIFTA Games''' was held in the [[Bird Rock Athletic Stadium]] in [[Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis|Basseterre]], [[Saint Kitts and Nevis]], on March 21–24, 2008.<ref>{{cite web|title=XXXVII CARIFTA Games |publisher=[[St. Kitts and Nevis Amateur Athletic Association]] |date=2008-02-15 |url=http://www.sknaaa.com/Results2.asp?ResultsID=55 |accessdate=2008-08-20 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120318122423/http://www.sknaaa.com/Results2.asp?ResultsID=55 |archivedate=2012-03-18 |url-status=live }}</ref>   [[IAAF]] president [[Lamine Diack]] was visiting the games emphasizing the event's importance and high value.<ref name=iaaf0>
{{ Citation 
| last = Foster 
| first = Anthony 
| date = 23 March 2008 
| title = President Diack urges every region to have its own version of CARIFTA
| url = http://www.iaaf.org/news/printer,newsid=44150.htmx
| publisher = [[IAAF]]
| accessdate = February 13, 2012
}}
</ref>  Detailed
reports on the results were given.<ref name=iaaf1>
{{ Citation 
| last = Foster 
| first = Anthony 
| date = 23 March 2008 
| title = 37th CARIFTA Games open in St. Kitts - Day ONE news
| url = http://www.iaaf.org/WJC08/news/kind=100/newsid=44148.html
| publisher = [[IAAF]]
| accessdate = February 13, 2012
}}
</ref><ref name=iaaf2>
{{ Citation 
| last = Foster 
| first = Anthony 
| date = 24 March 2008 
| title = Records fall – CARIFTA Games, Day TWO
| url = http://www.iaaf.org/wjc08/news/kind=100/newsid=44161.html
| publisher = [[IAAF]]
| accessdate = February 13, 2012
}}
</ref><ref name=iaaf3>
{{ Citation 
| last = Foster 
| first = Anthony 
| date = 25 March 2008 
| title = Beckles already eyeing Bydgoszcz, as CARIFTA Games close – Day THREE
| url = http://www.iaaf.org/WJC08/news/kind=100/newsid=44173.html
| publisher = [[IAAF]]
| accessdate = February 13, 2012
}}
</ref>

==Participation (unofficial)==

Detailed result lists can be found on the St. Kitts-Nevis Amateur Athletic
Association website,<ref name=sknaaa/> and on the "World Junior Athletics History"
website.<ref name=wjah/> An unofficial count yields the number of about 488
athletes (278 junior (under-20) and 210 youth (under-17)) from about 22
countries:
Anguilla (11), Antigua and Barbuda (10), Aruba (4), Bahamas (55), Barbados
(39), Bermuda (24), British Virgin Islands (10), Cayman Islands (12), Dominica
(4), Grenada (19), Guadeloupe (28), Guyana (3), Jamaica (68), Martinique (40),
Netherlands Antilles (6), Saint Kitts and Nevis (55), Saint Lucia (11), Saint
Vincent and the Grenadines (6), Suriname (1), Trinidad and Tobago (63), Turks
and Caicos Islands (9), US Virgin Islands (10).

==Records==

A total of 9 new games records were set.

In the boys' U-20 category, Jamaican long distance runner [[Kemoy Campbell]]
set the new 5000m record to 14:46.51,<ref name=iaaf3/> while his compatriot
[[K'don Samuels]] improved the 21-year-old mark of 4.26m in pole vault to 4.60m.<ref name=iaaf2/>

In the girls' U-20 category, four new games records were set: for 800 metres,
by [[Natoya Goule]] of Jamaica to 2:05.90,<ref name=iaaf3/> for 100 metres
hurdles record by [[Kierre Beckles]] of Barbados to 13.43s (0.4&nbsp;m/s),<ref name=iaaf3/> for the Pentathlon by [[Salcia Slack]] of Jamaica to 3935 points,<ref name=iaaf2/> and by the 4 x 100 metres relay team from the Bahamas to 44.36s.<ref name=iaaf2/>

Finally, there were three more games records in the boys' U-17 category: by
Bahamians [[Aaron Wilmore]] who finished the 100 m hurdles in 12.88s (0.6&nbsp;m/s),<ref name=iaaf3/> and compatriot [[Nejmi Burnside]] with 52.81s in the
400 m hurdles.<ref name=iaaf2/> [[Dillon Simon]] of Dominica reached a
width of 16.63m to establish a new U-17 shot put record.<ref name=iaaf1/>

==Austin Sealy Award==

The [[CARIFTA Games#Austin Sealy Award Winners|Austin Sealy Trophy]] for the
most outstanding athlete of the games was awarded to [[Kierre Beckles]] of
Barbados.<ref name=iaaf3/>  She won the gold medals in the 100m hurdles
competition in the
junior (U-20) category setting the new games record to 13.43s,
and a bronze medal in the 4 × 100 m relay.

==Medal summary==

Complete results can be found on the St. Kitts-Nevis Amateur Athletic
Association website,<ref name=sknaaa>
{{ Citation 
| last = 
| first =
| date =
| title = XXXVII CARIFTA GAMES
| url = http://www.sknaaa.com/results/CariftaGames2008/index.htm
| publisher =  Saint Kitts-Nevis Amateur Athletic Association
| accessdate = February 13, 2012
}}
</ref> and on the "World Junior Athletics History"
website.<ref name=wjah>{{ Citation
 |last         = World Junior Athletics History
 |title        = WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH")
 |url          = http://www.wjah.co.uk/wojc/CAJG/CAJG2008.html
 |accessdate   = February 13, 2012
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20111023134532/http://www.wjah.co.uk/wojc/CAJG/CAJG2008.html
 |archive-date = 2011-10-23
 |url-status     = dead
}}</ref>

===Boys under 20 (Junior)===
{| {{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}}
|-
| style="background:#def;"|[[100 metres]] <br> (0.1&nbsp;m/s)
|{{flagathlete|[[Yohan Blake]]|JAM}} || 10.32
|{{flagathlete|[[Dexter Lee]]|JAM}} || 10.48
|{{flagathlete|[[Joel Dillon]]|TRI}} || 10.57
|-
| style="background:#def;"|[[200 metres]] <br> (5.2&nbsp;m/s)
|{{flagathlete|[[Nickel Ashmeade]]|JAM}} || 20.16 '''w'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Ramone McKenzie]]|JAM}} || 20.33 '''w'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Kendall Bacchus]]|TRI}} || 20.78 '''w'''
|-
| style="background:#def;"|[[400 metres]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Rondell Bartholomew]]|GRN}} || 46.86
|{{flagathlete|[[Jovon Toppin]]|TRI}} || 47.26
|{{flagathlete|[[Fabian Norgrove]]|BAR}} || 47.55
|-
| style="background:#def;"|[[800 metres]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Gavyn Nero]]|TRI}} || 1:51.94
|{{flagathlete|[[Theon O'Connor]]|JAM}} || 1:52.49
|{{flagathlete|[[Aaron Evans (athlete)|Aaron Evans]]|BER}} || 1:52.61
|-
| style="background:#def;"|[[1500 metres]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Gavyn Nero]]|TRI}} || 3:56.14
|{{flagathlete|[[Kemoy Campbell]]|JAM}} || 3:56.80
|{{flagathlete|[[Conroy Crossman]]|JAM}} || 3:59.36
|-
| style="background:#def;"|[[5000 metres]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Kemoy Campbell]]|JAM}} || 14:46.51 '''CR'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Christian Rock (athlete)|Christian Rock]]|BAR}} || 15:57.99
|{{flagathlete|[[Kendis Bullard]]|TRI}} || 15:58.01
|-
| style="background:#def;"|[[110 metres hurdles]] <br> (-0.5&nbsp;m/s)
|{{flagathlete|[[Keiron Stewart]]|JAM}} || 13.50
|{{flagathlete|[[Warren Weir]]|JAM}} || 14.13
|{{flagathlete|[[Greggmar Swift]]|BAR}} || 14.22
|-
| style="background:#def;"|[[400 metres hurdles]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Andre Peart]]|JAM}} || 51.81
|{{flagathlete|[[Keiron Stewart]]|JAM}} || 53.05
|{{flagathlete|[[Jehue Gordon]]|TRI}} || 53.18
|-
| style="background:#def;"|[[High Jump]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Raymond Higgs]]|BAH}} || 2.10 
|{{flagathlete|[[Machell Baker ]]|JAM}} || 2.05
|{{flagathlete|[[Kirk Austin]]|BAR}} || 2.00
|-
| style="background:#def;"|[[Pole Vault]]
|{{flagathlete|[[K'don Samuels ]]|JAM}} || 4.60 '''CR'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Edvardo Humes]]|BAH}} || 3.20
|  ||  
|-
| style="background:#def;"|[[Long Jump]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Kyron Blaise]]|TRI}} || 7.65 '''w''' <br> (4.0&nbsp;m/s)
|{{flagathlete|[[Tarik Batchelor]]|JAM}} || 7.34 <br> (0.6&nbsp;m/s)
|{{flagicon|Guadeloupe|local2}}/{{flagathlete|[[Dylan Rigot]]|GLP}} || 7.29 <br> (1.8&nbsp;m/s)
|-
| style="background:#def;"|[[Triple Jump]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Kyron Blaise]]|TRI}} || 15.76 <br> (-0.5&nbsp;m/s)
|{{flagathlete|[[Tarik Batchelor]]|JAM}} || 15.49 '''w''' <br> (5.0&nbsp;m/s)
|{{flagicon|Martinique|snake}}/{{flagathlete|[[Jérémie Varsovie]]|MTQ}} || 15.22 '''w''' <br> (3.0&nbsp;m/s)
|-
| style="background:#def;"|[[Shot Put]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Robert Collingwood]]|TRI}} || 16.23
|{{flagathlete|[[Shakir Simons]]|GRN}} || 15.93
|{{flagicon|Martinique|snake}}/{{flagathlete|[[Mike Montlouis-Dupa]]|MTQ}} || 15.67
|-
| style="background:#def;"|[[Discus Throw]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Emmanuel Stewart]]|TRI}} || 51.46
|{{flagathlete|[[Noel Facey]]|JAM}} || 48.84
|{{flagicon|Martinique|snake}}/{{flagathlete|[[Jhovanie Legendart]]|MTQ}} || 46.42
|-
| style="background:#def;"|[[Javelin Throw]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Trevor Ifill]]|BAR}} || 65.48
|{{flagicon|Guadeloupe|local2}}/{{flagathlete|[[Laury Battet]]|GLP}} || 54.23
|{{flagathlete|[[Jamel Paul]]|TRI}} || 54.00
|-
| style="background:#def;"|[[Heptathlon]]<sup></sup>
|{{flagathlete|[[Shane Brathwaite]]|BAR}} || 5006
|{{flagathlete|[[Lavaughn Ferguson]]|BAH}} || 4515
|{{flagathlete|[[Thomas Davis (athlete)|Thomas Davis]]|BAH}} || 4474
|-
| style="background:#def;"|[[4 x 100 metres relay]]
|{{JAM}} <br> [[Warren Weir]] <br> [[Ramone McKenzie]] <br> [[Nickel Ashmeade]] <br> [[Dexter Lee]] || 39.80
|{{TRI}} <br> [[Abiola Glasgow]] <br> [[Kendall Bacchus]] <br> [[Kyle Jacelon]] <br> [[Joel Dillon]]  || 40.68
|{{BAR}} <br> [[Shekeim Greaves]] <br> [[Renaldo Bailey]] <br> [[Jerry-Lee Davis]] <br> [[Shane Brathwaite]]  || 41.59
|-
| style="background:#def;"|[[4 x 400 metres relay]]
|{{JAM}} <br> [[Keiron Stewart]] <br> [[Ramone McKenzie]] <br> [[Nickel Ashmeade]] <br> [[Andre Peart]]  || 3:09.71
|{{TRI}} <br> [[Jameel Alleyne-Walcott]] <br> [[Kervin Morgan]] <br> [[Ancil Nicholson]] <br> [[Jovon Toppin]]  || 3:11.34
|{{BAH}} <br> [[Jeffery Gibson]] <br> [[Demetrius Pinder]] <br> [[Brandon Miller (Bahamian athlete)|Brandon Miller]] <br> [[Karlton Rolle]] || 3:12.09
|}

<sup></sup>: Open event for both junior and youth athletes.

===Girls under 20 (Junior)===
{| {{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}}
|-
| style="background:#def;"|[[100 metres]] <br> (2.5&nbsp;m/s)
|{{flagathlete|[[Carrie Russell]]|JAM}} || 11.39 '''w'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Meritzer Williams]]|SKN}} || 11.41 '''w'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Sheniqua Ferguson]]|BAH}} || 11.50 '''w'''
|-
| style="background:#def;"|[[200 metres]] <br> (1.4&nbsp;m/s)
|{{flagathlete|[[Nivea Smith]]|BAH}} || 23.01
|{{flagathlete|[[Meritzer Williams]]|SKN}} || 23.11
|{{flagathlete|[[Jura Levy]]|JAM}} || 23.28
|-
| style="background:#def;"|[[400 metres]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Janeil Bellille]]|TRI}} || 53.57 
|{{flagathlete|[[Kayan Robinson]]|JAM}} || 53.77
|{{flagathlete|[[Alicia Cutenar]]|JAM}} || 54.05
|-
| style="background:#def;"|[[800 metres]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Natoya Goule]]|JAM}} || 2:05.90 '''CR'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Afyia Walker]]|TRI}} || 2:10.20
|{{flagathlete|[[Jessica James (athlete)|Jessica James]]|TRI}} || 2:11.07
|-
| style="background:#def;"|[[1500 metres]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Natoya Goule]]|JAM}} || 4:33.69 
|{{flagathlete|[[Mackola Joseph]]|JAM}} || 4:45.22
|{{flagathlete|[[Alika Morgan]]|GUY}} || 4:47.48
|-
| style="background:#def;"|[[3000 metres]]<sup></sup>
|{{flagathlete|[[Neisha Morgan]]|JAM}} || 10:15.22
|{{flagathlete|[[Alika Morgan]]|GUY}} || 10:15.28
|{{flagathlete|[[Kimberly Brown (athlete)|Kimberly Brown]]|JAM}} || 10:16.15
|-
| style="background:#def;"|[[100 metres hurdles]] <br> (0.4&nbsp;m/s)
|{{flagathlete|[[Kierre Beckles]]|BAR}} || 13.43 '''CR'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Rosemarie Carty]]|JAM}} || 13.63
|{{flagathlete|[[Krystal Bodie]]|BAH}} || 13.72
|-
| style="background:#def;"|[[400 metres hurdles]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Janeil Bellille]]|TRI}} || 58.08
|{{flagathlete|[[Shana-Gaye Tracey]]|JAM}} || 58.17
|{{flagathlete|[[Nikita Tracey]]|JAM}} || 59.69
|-
| style="background:#def;"|[[High Jump]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Terri Ann Grant]]|JAM}} || 1.65
|{{flagicon|Guadeloupe|local2}}/{{flagathlete|[[Maeva Caracasse]]|GLP}} || 1.65
|{{flagathlete|[[Shinelle Proctor]]|AIA}} || 1.65
|-
| style="background:#def;"|[[Long Jump]]
|{{flagicon|Martinique|snake}}/{{flagathlete|[[Daniella Sacama-Isidore]]|MTQ}} || 6.03
|{{flagicon|Guadeloupe|local2}}/{{flagathlete|[[Gaëlle Gendrey]]|GLP}} || 6.02
|{{flagicon|Martinique|snake}}/{{flagathlete|[[Keshia Willix]]|MTQ}} || 5.90
|-
| style="background:#def;"|[[Triple Jump]]
|{{flagicon|Martinique|snake}}/{{flagathlete|[[Keshia Willix]]|MTQ}} || 12.91 '''w''' <br> (3.6&nbsp;m/s)
|{{flagathlete|[[Salcia Slack]]|JAM}} || 12.81 <br> (1.2&nbsp;m/s)
|{{flagicon|Guadeloupe|local2}}/{{flagathlete|[[Gaëlle Gendrey]]|GLP}} || 12.51 <br> (0.0&nbsp;m/s)
|-
| style="background:#def;"|[[Shot Put]]
|{{flagicon|Martinique|snake}}/{{flagathlete|[[Myriam Lixfe]]|MTQ}} || 14.61
|{{flagicon|Martinique|snake}}/{{flagathlete|[[Gianni Robard]]|MTQ}} || 13.93
|{{flagathlete|[[Hilenn James]]|TRI}} || 13.29
|-
| style="background:#def;"|[[Discus Throw]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Geneva Greaves]]|JAM}} || 44.68
|{{flagathlete|[[Candicea Bernard]]|JAM}} || 40.29
|{{flagicon|Martinique|snake}}/{{flagathlete|[[Laurenza Granville]]|MTQ}} || 37.03
|-
| style="background:#def;"|[[Javelin Throw]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Deandra Dottin]]|BAR}} || 47.00
|{{flagicon|Martinique|snake}}/{{flagathlete|[[Kevine Egarnes]]|MTQ}} || 42.12
|{{flagathlete|[[Colleen Felix]]|GRN}} || 41.33
|-
| style="background:#def;"|[[Pentathlon]]<sup></sup>
|{{flagathlete|[[Salcia Slack]]|JAM}} || 3935 '''CR'''
|{{flagicon|Martinique|snake}}/{{flagathlete|[[Audelia Da Vaiga]]|MTQ}} || 3591
|{{flagathlete|[[Colleen Felix]]|GRN}} || 3497
|-
| style="background:#def;"|[[4 x 100 metres relay]]
|{{BAH}} <br> [[Sheniqua Ferguson]] <br> [[Krystal Bodie]] <br> [[Cache Armbrister]] <br> [[Nivea Smith]] || 44.36 '''CR'''
|{{JAM}} <br> [[Rosemarie Carty]] <br> [[Jura Levy]] <br> [[Alicia Cutenar]] <br> [[Carrie Russell]] || 44.90
|{{BAR}} <br> [[Tameka Rawlins]] <br> [[Mara Weekes]] <br> [[Sade Sealy]] <br> [[Kierre Beckles]] || 45.75
|-
| style="background:#def;"|[[4 x 400 metres relay]]
|{{JAM}} <br> [[Kayan Robinson]] <br> [[Shana-Gaye Tracey]] <br> [[Nikita Tracey]] <br> [[Alicia Cutenar]] || 3:39.12
|{{TRI}} <br> [[Jessica James (athlete)|Jessica James]] <br> [[Sparkle McKnight]] <br> [[Afyia Walker]] <br> [[Janeil Bellille]] || 3:43.65
|{{BAR}} <br> [[Sade Sealy]] <br> [[Latoya Griffith]] <br> [[Sade Greene]] <br> [[Mara Weekes]] || 3:44.41
|}

<sup></sup>: Open event for both junior and youth athletes.

===Boys under 17 (Youth)===
{| {{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}}
|-
| style="background:#def;"|[[100 metres]] <br> (-1.6&nbsp;m/s)
|{{flagathlete|[[Geno Jones]]|BAH}} || 10.76
|{{flagathlete|[[Moriba Morain]]|TRI}} || 10.84
|{{flagathlete|[[Christopher Garia]]|AHO}} || 11.00
|-
| style="background:#def;"|[[200 metres]] <br> (2.0&nbsp;m/s)
|{{flagathlete|[[Kirani James]]|GRN}} || 21.38
|{{flagathlete|[[Moriba Morain]]|TRI}} || 21.74
|{{flagathlete|[[Earl Lee]]|JAM}} || 21.89
|-
| style="background:#def;"|[[400 metres]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Kirani James]]|GRN}} || 47.87
|{{flagathlete|[[Javere Bell]]|JAM}} || 49.08
|{{flagathlete|[[Nolan Williams (sprinter)|Nolan Williams]]|JAM}} || 49.34
|-
| style="background:#def;"|[[800 metres]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Javere Bell]]|JAM}} || 1:56.12
|{{flagathlete|[[Anthonio Mascoll]]|BAR}} || 1:56.68
|{{flagathlete|[[Waquar Dacosta]]|JAM}} || 1:58.99
|-
| style="background:#def;"|[[1500 metres]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Waquar Dacosta]]|JAM}} || 4:09.78
|{{flagathlete|[[Matthew Wright (athlete)|Matthew Wright]]|BAR}} || 4:10.44
|{{flagathlete|[[Ibrahim Hinds]]|BAR}} || 4:16.30
|-
| style="background:#def;"|[[3000 metres]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Matthew Wright (athlete)|Matthew Wright]]|BAR}} || 9:05.11
|{{flagathlete|[[Dwayne Hibbert]]|JAM}} || 9:24.89
|{{flagicon|Guadeloupe|local2}}/{{flagathlete|[[Gary Siwsanker]]|GLP}} || 9:25.04
|-
| style="background:#def;"|[[100 metres hurdles]] <br> (0.6&nbsp;m/s)
|{{flagathlete|[[Aaron Wilmore]]|BAH}} || 12.88 '''CR'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Tyrel Forde]]|BAR}} || 13.13
|{{flagathlete|[[D'Omar Boyden]]|JAM}} || 13.49
|-
| style="background:#def;"|[[400 metres hurdles]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Nejmi Burnside]]|BAH}} || 52.81 '''CR'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Tyrel Forde]]|BAR}} || 55.08
|{{flagathlete|[[Omar Charles]]|TRI}} || 55.29
|-
| style="background:#def;"|[[High Jump]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Jonathan Reid (athlete)|Jonathan Reid]]|JAM}} || 2.05
|{{flagathlete|[[Wendrico Seymour]]|TCA}} || 1.95
|{{flagathlete|[[Travis Webb (athlete)|Travis Webb]]|CAY}} || 1.95
|-
| style="background:#def;"|[[Long Jump]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Wendrico Seymour]]|TCA}} || 6.86
|{{flagathlete|[[Winsley Tweeboom]]|AHO}} || 6.67
|{{flagathlete|[[Charles Turnquest]]|BAH}} || 6.65
|-
| style="background:#def;"|[[Triple Jump]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Elton Walcott]]|TRI}} || 14.66 <br> (1.3&nbsp;m/s)
|{{flagathlete|[[Jonathan Reid (athlete)|Jonathan Reid]]|JAM}} || 14.17 '''w''' <br> (3.2&nbsp;m/s)
|{{flagathlete|[[Julian Forte]]|JAM}} || 13.59 '''w''' <br> (2.6&nbsp;m/s)
|-
| style="background:#def;"|[[Shot Put]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Dillon Simon]]|DMA}} || 16.63 '''CR'''
|{{flagathlete|[[John Jones (athlete, Barbados)|John Jones]]|BAR}} || 15.93
|{{flagathlete|[[Rajae Gayle]]|JAM}} || 14.75
|-
| style="background:#def;"|[[Discus Throw]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Rajae Gayle]]|JAM}} || 48.54
|{{flagathlete|[[Dillon Simon]]|DMA}} || 47.00
|{{flagathlete|[[Rojay Dacres]]|JAM}} || 46.70
|-
| style="background:#def;"|[[Javelin Throw]]
|{{flagathlete|[[John Jones (athlete, Barbados)|John Jones]]|BAR}} || 55.98
|{{flagathlete|[[Emron Gibbs]]|GRN}} || 54.72
|{{flagathlete|[[Merfilius Leslie]]|DMA}} || 51.90
|-
| style="background:#def;"|[[4 x 100 metres relay]]
|{{BAH}}  <br> [[Aaron Wilmore]] <br> [[Demetri Knowles]] <br> [[Johnathan Farquharson]] <br> [[Geno Jones]] || 41.85
|{{TRI}}  <br> [[Christian Benjamin]] <br> [[Jonathan Holder]] <br> [[Koffi Hunte]] <br> [[Moriba Morain]] || 42.29
|{{JAM}}  <br> [[Lemmar Wilson]] <br> [[Earl Lee]] <br> [[A-Shawni Mitchell]] <br> [[Rolando Reid]]|| 42.62
|-
| style="background:#def;"|[[4 x 400 metres relay]]
|{{JAM}}  <br> [[Nolan Williams (sprinter)|Nolan Williams]] <br> [[Rolando Reid]] <br> [[A-Shawni Mitchell]] <br> [[Javere Bell]]|| 3:19.26
|{{TRI}}  <br> [[Hendrix Foncette]] <br> [[Omar Charles]] <br> [[Kory Woods]] <br> [[Deon Lendore]]|| 3:21.20
|{{BAH}}  <br> [[Alonzo Russell (sprinter)|Alonzo Russell]] <br> [[Zhivago Thompson]] <br> [[Glenwood Baillou]] <br> [[Nejmi Burnside]]|| 3:22.77
|}

===Girls under 17 (Youth)===
{| {{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}}
|-
| style="background:#def;"|[[100 metres]] <br> (0.4&nbsp;m/s)
|{{flagathlete|[[Michelle-Lee Ahye]]|TRI}} || 11.66
|{{flagathlete|[[Allison Peter]]|ISV}} || 11.91
|{{flagathlete|[[V'Alonee Robinson]]|BAH}} || 11.91
|-
| style="background:#def;"|[[200 metres]] <br> (1.6&nbsp;m/s)
|{{flagathlete|[[Allison Peter]]|ISV}} || 23.99
|{{flagathlete|[[Kai Selvon]]|TRI}} || 24.14
|{{flagathlete|[[Vanessa Bennet]]|SKN}} || 24.40
|-
| style="background:#def;"|[[400 metres]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Shericka Jackson]]|JAM}} || 54.52
|{{flagathlete|[[Sandrae Farquharson]]|JAM}} || 54.56
|{{flagathlete|[[Rashan Brown]]|BAH}} || 55.52
|-
| style="background:#def;"|[[800 metres]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Chantal Duncan]]|JAM}} || 2:13.46
|{{flagathlete|[[Ristananna Tracey]]|JAM}} || 2:13.77
|{{flagathlete|[[Hughnique Rolle]]|BAH}} || 2:17.58 
|-
| style="background:#def;"|[[1500 metres]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Kenryca Francis]]|ATG}} || 4:48.82
|{{flagathlete|[[Carla Thompson]]|JAM}} || 4:52.34
|{{flagathlete|[[Antonia Wilson]]|GRN}} || 4:56.18
|-
| style="background:#def;"|[[100 metres hurdles]] <br> (-0.9&nbsp;m/s)
|{{flagathlete|[[Kenrisha Brathwaite]]|BAR}} || 14.04
|{{flagathlete|[[Samantha Elliot]]|JAM}} || 14.17
|{{flagathlete|[[V'Alonee Robinson]]|BAH}} || 14.18
|-
| style="background:#def;"|[[Hurdling|300 metres hurdles]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Danielle Dowie]]|JAM}} || 42.62
|{{flagathlete|[[Kenrisha Brathwaite]]|BAR}} || 43.61
|{{flagathlete|[[Sade Greenidge]]|BAR}} || 44.61
|-
| style="background:#def;"|[[High Jump]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Petagaye Reid]]|JAM}} || 1.74
|{{flagathlete|[[Akela Jones]]|BAR}} || 1.71
|{{flagathlete|[[Deandra Daniel]]|TRI}} || 1.65
|-
| style="background:#def;"|[[Long Jump]]
|{{flagathlete|[[V'Alonee Robinson]]|BAH}} || 5.82
|{{flagathlete|[[Janieve Russell]]|JAM}} || 5.72
|{{flagathlete|[[Rochelle Farquharson]]|JAM}} || 5.67
|-
| style="background:#def;"|[[Triple Jump]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Shanieka Thomas]]|JAM}} || 11.83 <br> (-2.2&nbsp;m/s)
|{{flagathlete|[[Tamara Myers]]|BAH}} || 11.55 <br> (-3.5&nbsp;m/s)
|{{flagathlete|[[Rochelle Farquharson]]|JAM}} || 11.53  <br> (-1.6&nbsp;m/s)
|-
| style="background:#def;"|[[Shot Put]]
|{{flagicon|Martinique|snake}}/{{flagathlete|[[Yasmine Merkiled]]|MTQ}} || 11.74
|{{flagicon|Guadeloupe|local2}}/{{flagathlete|[[Laurianne Laurendot]]|GLP}} || 11.36
|{{flagathlete|[[Michelle Rogers (athlete)|Michelle Rogers]]|BAR}} || 11.18
|-
| style="background:#def;"|[[Discus Throw]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Monique Henry]]|JAM}} || 34.02
|{{flagathlete|[[Kyshona Knight]]|BAR}} || 32.86
|{{flagathlete|[[Racquel Williams]]|BAH}} || 31.34
|-
| style="background:#def;"|[[Javelin Throw]]
|{{flagicon|Martinique|snake}}/{{flagathlete|[[Laure Mongin]]|MTQ}} || 37.65
|{{flagathlete|[[Kyshona Knight]]|BAR}} || 36.63
|{{flagicon|Martinique|snake}}/{{flagathlete|[[Myriam Sacama-Isidore]]|MTQ}} || 34.54
|-
| style="background:#def;"|[[4 x 100 metres relay]]
|{{JAM}}  <br> [[Natasha Morrison]] <br> [[Yanique Ellington]] <br> [[Sandrae Farquharson]] <br> [[Petra Fanty]] || 46.51
|{{SKN}}  <br> [[Arian Maynard]] <br> [[Vanessa Bennet]] <br> [[Trefasana White]] <br> [[Siana Leader]] || 46.95
|{{BAH}}  <br> [[Sparkyl Cash]] <br> [[V'Alonee Robinson]] <br> [[Rashan Brown]] <br> [[Henrietta Carey]] || 47.84
|-
| style="background:#def;"|[[4 x 400 metres relay]]
|{{JAM}}  <br> [[Petra Fanty]] <br> [[Shericka Jackson]] <br> [[Danielle Dowie]] <br> [[Sandrae Farquharson]]|| 3:39.62
|{{SKN}}  <br> [[Trefasana White]] <br> [[Vanessa Bennet]] <br> [[Siana Leader]] <br> [[Kaydeen Liburd]]|| 3:49.13
|{{TRI}}  <br> [[Desiree Harper]] <br> [[Chelsi Campbell]] <br> [[Marrissa Gale]] <br> [[Sade Andrews]] || 3:50.13
|}

==Medal table==

The medal count has been published.<ref name=nevisaaa>
{{ Citation 
| last = 
| first =
| date =
| title = Carifta Games 2008 
| url = http://sites.google.com/site/nevisaaa/cariftagames08
| publisher =  Nevis Amateur Athletic Association
| accessdate = February 13, 2012
}}
</ref>


{{Medals table
 | caption        = 
 | host           = SKN
 | flag_template  = 
 | event          = 
 | team           = 
 | gold_JAM = 29 | silver_JAM = 25 | bronze_JAM = 15
 | gold_TTO = 10 | silver_TTO = 10 | bronze_TTO = 10
 | gold_BAH = 8 | silver_BAH = 3 | bronze_BAH = 12
 | gold_BAR = 7 | silver_BAR = 10 | bronze_BAR = 9
 | gold_MTQ = 5 | silver_MTQ = 3 | bronze_MTQ = 6
 | gold_GRN = 3 | silver_GRN = 2 | bronze_GRN = 3
 | gold_DMA = 1 | silver_DMA = 1 | bronze_DMA = 1
 | gold_TKS = 1 | silver_TKS = 1 | bronze_TKS = 0
 | gold_VIR = 1 | silver_VIR = 1 | bronze_VIR = 0
 | gold_ATG = 1 | silver_ATG = 0 | bronze_ATG = 0
 | gold_GLP = 0 | silver_GLP = 4 | bronze_GLP = 3
 | gold_SKN = 0 | silver_SKN = 4 | bronze_SKN = 1 | host_SKN = yes 
 | gold_GUY = 0 | silver_GUY = 1 | bronze_GUY = 1
 | gold_AHO = 0 | silver_AHO = 1 | bronze_AHO = 1
 | gold_CGF = 0 | silver_CGF = 0 | bronze_CGF = 1
 | gold_BER = 0 | silver_BER = 0 | bronze_BER = 1
 | gold_CAY = 0 | silver_CAY = 0 | bronze_CAY = 1
}}


==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20130305032141/http://www.wjah.co.uk/wojc/meetlist.htm World Junior Athletics History]

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