A Bermuda squad of 12 athletes has been named for the Carifta Games to be held in St Kitts and Nevis next month.

As is the case in most of the Island’s Carifta squads in recent years, the majority of the athletes will compete in the jumping and middle distance events.

The Island’s team includes Sakari Famous, high jump, Kyrah Scraders, 800m and 1,500m, and Jahnai Perinchief, high jump, who all won medals at last year’s Games in Martinique.

Bermuda won five medals at that event, with Dage Minors also winning a bronze in the boys’ under-20 1,500.

Scraders, who will be competing at the under-20 level for the first time, won gold in the girls’ under-17 800 and silver in the 1,500 last year.

Several athletes will be making their Carifta debuts, including Keisha Miller, long jump, Mikayla Wilson, high jump, Aaron Jacobs, 800, and David Darrell, 1,500.

Accompanying the team will be coaches Jarita Vickers and Rohan Simons.

Donna Watson, the Bermuda National Athletics Association president, said that she was confident the athletes would make the Island proud.

“The Bermuda National Athletics Association are pleased to announce our Carifta team,” she said.

“We are very excited about this team of 12 athletes and have no doubt they will represent Bermuda at these games very well.

“We are pleased with these athletes as they have performed very well during the interschool sports and our last Carifta trial.”

“Our goal this year was to make sure the athletes were competing and training consistently right up to the time the team was selected.

“The coaches are all in agreement that each athlete that has been selected has met this criteria and is well prepared for Carifta.”

The Carifta Games, which were first held in 1972, will run from April 4 to 6.

They consist of track and field events including sprint races, hurdles, middle distance track events, jumping and throwing events, and relays.

There are two age categories: under-17 and under-20. Only countries associated with Carifta may compete in the competition.