Jones, Boyce through to CAC Games 400m finals

Barbados’ two fastest men in the 400m, Jonathan Jones and DeSean Boyce, have successfully advanced to the finals of the Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Games, setting up an exciting head-to-head competition.

Jones, the national record-holder for Barbados and the first Bajan athlete to achieve a sub-45s time, secured a second-place finish in the first semi-final held in El Salvador on Tuesday.

The 2022 Commonwealth Games 400m bronze medallist equalled his season-best time of 45.70s to finish behind Martinique’s Giles Biron (45.05s), but ahead of Gamali Felix (45.82s) from the Dominican Republic.

Boyce, on the other hand, cruised to a time of 46.29s to place third in a race won by Lidio Feliz of the Dominican Republic (46.13s) and second-place Grenada’s Michael Joseph (45.90s).

The 21-year-old Boyce, who is fine-tuning his preparation for this year’s World Athletics Championship, is just the second Barbadian athlete, behind Jones, to run below the 45-second mark when he clocked a Personal best 45.85s in May.

Also competing on Tuesday, four-time National 800m champion Sonia Gaskin ran in the women’s 800m semis. (RT)

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