Jamaicans finish with 15 medals at Junior Pam Am Games

ASUNCION, Paraguay (CMC):

JAMAICA ENDED the 2025 Junior Pan American Games with 15 medals when the competition climaxed in Asuncion, Paraguay, over the weekend.

On Friday’s final day, Jamaica collected five medals, led by a sterling performance by Racquil Broderick, who set a championship record of 61.79 metres on his way to claiming gold.

Jamaica got off to a slow start in the track and field competition, failing to win a medal after the first two days, but rebounded to win five on Wednesday’s third day, two on Thursday, and five on Friday.

They ended with four gold, four silver, and four bronze medals to finish fifth on the track and field table.

Cuba led the way with 13 medals (eight gold, three silver, and two bronze), followed by Canada with 15 medals (seven gold, seven silver, and one bronze), Colombia with 14 medals (seven gold, four silver and three bronze) and Mexico with 19 (four gold, five silver and 10 bronze).

Broderick broke the championship record of 61.08m in the second round before returning to improve on his performance, becoming the second Jamaican to set a new record at the meet after Jasauna Dennis clocked 45.56 seconds to win the men’s 400m, breaking the 45.59 set in 2021.

Fellow Jamaican Christopher Young was second with 59.34m and Brazil’s Mateus Torres third (58.73).

Also on Friday, Sabrina Lyn claimed silver in the women’s 100m breaststroke, Colin McKenzie finished third in the men’s 100m breaststroke, and Tyler Tracey won bronze in men’s wrestling (74kg freestyle).