Card, Douglas named to contest sprint doubles at World U20 Champs

KINGSTON, Jamaica — National Under-20 record holders Gary Card and Shanoya Douglas have been named to contest their respective male and female sprint double at next month’s World Athletics Under-20 Championships to be held at Hayward Field, Eugene, Oregon.

Card, who broke the men’s Under-20 100m record at the JAAA National Championships in June, and Douglas, who broke the women’s Under-20 200m record twice this year, were included in the 43-member team that will compete in the championships to be held August 5-9.

Noticeably, only one female field event competitor was named in the team, discus thrower Able Mills, the Carifta Games double gold medallist.