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AAB was founded in 1947 as Amateur Athletic Association of Barbados (AAAB), [2] and was affiliated to the IAAF in 1966. [3] In 2012, the name was changed to Athletics Association of Barbados. [4] Esther Maynard has been president of the association since 2004 and was re-elected in 2008. [5] General Secretary Catherine Jordan assumed office in ...
Sports in Barbados are many and varied. The large Barbadian diaspora around the globe and wide-scale availability of International television covered on the local cable service and DirectTV has meant that Barbadians have always been up to date on international trends.
Bridgetown, Barbados 50 km walk (road) 4 × 100 m relay: 38.41 Barbados Shane Brathwaite Mario Burke Burkheart Ellis Jaquone Hoyte: 2 August 2018 CAC Games: Barranquilla, Colombia [13] 4 × 200 m relay: 1:21.88 Barbados Ramon Gittens Levi Cadogan Andrew Hinds Fallon Forde: 24 May 2014 IAAF World Relays: Nassau, Bahamas [14] 4 × 400 m relay: 3: ...
On August 7, 2013, Víctor López from Puerto Rico, president of the Association of Panamerican Athletics (APA), was elected new president for the period 2013–2019. [6] On July 2, 2019, during the NACAC Congress held in Querétaro, Mexico Mike Sands of Bahamas was elected president for the period 2019-2022.
The CARIFTA Games is an annual athletics competition founded by the Caribbean Free Trade Association (CARIFTA). The games were first held in 1972 and consist of track and field events including sprint races, hurdles, middle distance track events, jumping and throwing events, and relays. The Games has two age categories: under-17 (under-18 until ...
Barbados at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics; WA code: BAR: National federation: Amateur Athletic Association of Barbados: Website: www.aaabarbados.com: in Daegu; Competitors: 4: Medals: Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0: World Championships in Athletics appearances
In the girls' U-20 category, four new games records were set: for 800 metres, by Natoya Goule of Jamaica to 2:05.90, [5] for 100 metres hurdles record by Kierre Beckles of Barbados to 13.43s (0.4 m/s), [5] for the Pentathlon by Salcia Slack of Jamaica to 3935 points, [4] and by the 4 x 100 metres relay team from the Bahamas to 44.36s.
It is stated [2] that the Trinidad and Tobago 4 × 100 metres relay team winning in 40.19s also set a new games record, but this is not marked as a record in the published results. [3] Moreover, two other sources [ 5 ] [ 6 ] list faster times of 39.87s for Jamaica at the 1997 CARIFTA Games , and 40.03s at the 1998 CARIFTA Games .