By Clayton Clarke

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil: (Sunday, August, 21): Team Bahamas finished 14th on the medal standings at the completion of Athletics earlier today with two medals (one gold, one bronze). Leading the way for Bahamas was Shaunae Miller who won the women’s 400m gold (49.44pb) in dramatic style to capture the country’s fifth gold in Athletics and sixth overall for The Bahamas. Durward Knowles and Cecil Cooke won the first (and only non-athletics) gold in 1964 in the Sailing (Star Class).

The men’s 4x400m (Chris Brown, Stephen Newbold, Alonzo Russell, Michael, Mathieu, Steven Gardiner) secured bronze in the men’s 4x400m, the fourth medal in the event for The Bahamas. The medals won in Rio brings the tally in Athletics to 12 (5 gold, 2 silver, 5 bronze) and the country’s overall total to 14. The other two medals were won in Sailing (Star class).

Pedrya Seymour and Donald Thomas were finalists. Seymour was sixth in the women’s 100m finals (12.76) after setting a national record of 12.64 in the semifinals. She is the first Bahamian to qualify for a sprint hurdles finals at the Olympics. Thomas was seventh in the men’s jump finals (2.29). Trevor Barry finished outside of the top eight in 11th (2.25m).

Tynia Gaither (women’s 200m) and Steven Gardiner (men’s 400m) advanced to the semi-finals in their events.

The women’s 4x400m team (Lanece Clarke, Anthonique Strachan, Carmeisha Cox and Christine Amertil) competed for the first time at the Olympic level and came away with a national record of 3:26.36.

Final Medals/Points Tables

Medal Standings
1st USA 32 (13 gold, 10, silver, 9 bronze)
2nd Kenya 13 (6, 5, 1)
3rd Jamaica 9(6 gold, 3 silver, 2 bronze)
14th Bahamas 1 (1 gold, 1 bronze)
Gold-Shaunae Miller-women’s 400m; Bronze-men’s 4x400m;
26th Grenada 1(1 silver)
35th-Trinidad and Tobago 1(1bronze)

Points standings
(Based on top eight finishes)
3rd Jamaica-106 points
15th-Trinidad and Tobago-23 points
22nd- Bahamas 19 points
Gold-Shaunae Miller-women’s 400m
Bronze-men’s 4x400m
Sixth-Pedrya Seymour-women’s 100m hurdles
Seventh-Donald Thomas-men’s high jump
38th-Grenada-9 points
64th-St. Lucia-3 points
67th-Guyana-2 points

Results of Team Bahamas

Day One-August 12

Men’s 400m heats
(First 3 in each heat and the next 4 fastest performers advance to Semifinals)
Qualified for Semifinals
6th(2nd heat 7)-Steven Gardiner -45.24
Did not qualify for Semifinals
20th (4th in heat 4)-Chris Brown-45.56 SB; Alonzo Russell (men’s 400m heats)-disqualified (lane infringement)

Women’s 100m heats
(First 3 in each heat and the next 4 fastest performers advance to Semifinals)
Did not qualify for Semifinals
39th (5th in heat 4)-Tynia Gaither-11.56

Day Two-August 13

Women’s 400m heats
(First 2 in each heat and the next 8 fastest performers advance to Semifinals)
Qualified for Semifinals
4th (1st in heat 5) - Shaunae Miller 51.16

Men’s 100m heats
(First 2 in each heat and the next 8 fastest performers advance to Semifinals)
Did not qualify for Semifinals
37th (3rd in heat 7) - Shavez Hart 10.28 SB; 61st (8h1)-Adrian Griffith 10.53; 64th (8th in heat 4) - Jamial Rolle10.68

Men’s 400m semifinals
(First 2 in each heat and the next 4 fastest performers advance to Finals)
Did not qualify for Finals
11th (5th in heat 3)-Steven Gardiner 44.72

Day Three-August 14

Men’s High jump qualification
(2.31m or at least 12 best performers to finals)
Qualified for Finals
9th (6th-Group B) Donald Thomas 2.29; 10th (4th-Group A) Trevor Barry 2.29 SB
Did not qualify for Finals
25th (13th-Group B) Jamal Wilson 2.22

Women’s 400m semifinals
(First 2 in each heat and the next 2 fastest performers advance to Finals)
Qualified for Finals
4th (2nd in heat 3)-Shaunae Miller 49.91

Day Four-August 15

Men’s Triple jump qualification
(16.95m or at least 12 best performers advance to Finals)
Did not qualify for Finals
18th (10th - Group A) - Leevan Sands 16.53; no mark-Latario Collie-Minns

Women’s 200m heats
(First 2 in each heat and the next 6 fastest performers advance to Semifinals)
Qualified for Semifinals
23rd (3rd in heat 2)-Tynia Gaither 22.90 SB
Did not qualify for Semifinals
26th (3rd in heat 5) - Anthonique Strachan 22.96 SB; 58th (8th in heat 7) - Sheniqua Ferguson 23.62

Men’s 400m Hurdles heats
(First 3 in each heat and the next 6 fastest performers advance to Semifinals)
Did not qualify for Semifinals
46th (7th in heat 1) - Jeffery Gibson 52.77

Women’s 400m FINALS
Gold - Shaunae Miller 49.44 PB

Day Five-August 16

Women’s 100m hurdles
(First 3 in each heat and the next 6 fastest performers advance to Semifinals)
Qualified for Semifinals
10th (3rd in heat 2) - Pedrya Seymour 12.85

Men’s 200m heats
(First 4 in each heat and the next 4 fastest performers advance to Semifinals)
Did not qualify for Semifinals
52nd (6th in heat 4) - Teray Smith 20.66; 56th (7th in heat 2)-Shavez Hart 20.74; dq-Demetrius Pinder

Men’s High jump FINALS
7th - Donald Thomas 2.29; 11th Trevor Barry 2.25

Women’s Long jump qualifications
(6.75 or at least 12 best performers to Finals)
Did not qualify for Finals
16th (9th - Group A)-Biana Stuart 6.45

Women’s 200m semifinals
(First 2 in each heat and the next 2 fastest performers advance to Finals)
Did not qualify for Finals
24th (8th heat 1) - Tynia Gaither 23.45

Day Seven-August 17

Women’s 100m hurdles semifinals
(First 2 in each heat and the next 2 fastest performers advance to Finals)
Qualified for Finals
3rd (2nd in heat 1) - Pedrya Seymour 12.64 NR

Women’s 100m hurdles Finals
6th - Pedrya Seymour 12.76

Day Nine-August 19

Women’s 4x400m heats
(First 2 in each heat and the next 2 fastest performers advance to Finals)
Did not qualify for Finals
11th (6th in heat 2) - (Clarke/52.4, Strachan/51.9, Cox/50.91, Amertil/51.07l) 3:26.36 NR

Men’s 4x400m heats
(First 2 in each heat and the next 2 fastest performers advance to Finals)
Qualified for Finals
6th (2nd in heat 2) - (Russell/45.2, Brown/44.6, Gardiner/44.90, Newbold/44.83)-2:59.64SB

Day Ten-August 20
Men’s 4x400m heats
3rd - (Russell/45.3, Mathieu/45.1, Gardiner/43.79, Brown/44.20) 2:58.49SB