Archive for April 4th, 2010
Gold for Cayman in sprint
(CNS): Chantelle Morrison was wearing Cayman’s first medal of the CARIFTA games last night (Saturday 3 April) after winning gold in the 100 meter women’s under 17 race. Meanwhile in Jamaica in the CARIFTA Swimming Championships, Coral Tomascik took gold in the girls 11-12 breast stroke. Morrison was a hot favourite as she lined up for the final at 8pm last night alongside the region’s best young athletes, having qualified with the fastest time in the semi-finals. She achieved her gold medal in a time of 11:74 seconds. Her win ended a terrific first day of competition, which saw several CARIFTA records broken, including James Kirani of Grenada, who knocked 0.4 seconds off his own games record in the 400 metre final. (Photo by Dennie Warren Jr)
Meanwhile in Jamaica, Cayman’s young swimmers were also clocking up the medals in the CARIFTA Swimming Championships. Coral Tomascik (left) took gold in the girls 11-12 breast stroke. Tori Flowers (Girls 13-14 800 Metre Freestyle), Geoffrey Butler (Boys 13-14 1500 Metre Freestyle), Seiji Groome (Boys 15-17 200 Metre Breaststroke) all won bronze medals.
Small tremor in Cayman
(CNS): The United States Geological Survey (USGS) has confirmed that another earthquake hit the Cayman Islands this evening (Saturday 3 April). A 4.2 magnitude earthquake occurred around 65 miles south of George Town, Grand Cayman, just after 7 pm today (3 April). At just over 6 miles (10KM) deep, the epicentre of the quake was located at 18.36N 81.376W, which is 64 miles south of Bodden Town and 70 miles south of West Bay. There are no reports of damage (just a few shaky tents) and with such a minor quake there are no threats of a tsunami either.
This is the third time Cayman has experience a smaller earth tremor since the more significant 5.9 quake that rocked Grand Cayman on 19 January.
Meanwhile, according to the USGS statistics, there were 22 other earthquakes today around the world, the strongest being a 5.3 in the Kermadic Islands region in the Southern Pacific ocean. Five of those earthquakes occurred in Alaska alone and four in Baja California, in Mexico.