Harvey Gibbins, Dax Harris and Liam D’Abadie won gold. T&T improved on its fourth-place finish at home last year.
CLEARWATER BEACH, Bermuda – Trinidad and Tobago finished third overall at the 2026 Americas Triathlon Carifta Championships in Bermuda, with gold medals for Harvey Gibbins, Dax Harris and Liam D’Abadie, the Express reported.
In the triathlon on Saturday, Gibbins won the boys’ 11-12 race in 18 minutes 37 seconds. His teammate Wyatt Harrison finished one second behind in 18:38 to take silver, giving T&T a one-two finish. Frances-Marie Joseph took bronze in the girls’ 11-12 triathlon in 19:22, and D’Abadie won bronze in the 16-21 boys’ triathlon in 58:42, over a 750-meter swim, 20-kilometer bike ride and five-kilometer run.
In Sunday’s aquathlon, Harris won the boys’ 11-12 event in 8:30 over a 250-meter swim and 1.25-kilometer run. D’Abadie then won the boys’ 16-21 aquathlon in 15:03, and Joseph added another bronze in the girls’ 11-12 event in 9:17.
T&T also competed in the mixed team relays. In the senior relay, TTO A finished fifth in 1:15:40 and TTO B was eighth in 1:22:33. In the junior relay, TTO A placed fourth in 1:27:47 and TTO B sixth in 1:30:53. Team captains Leah de Freitas and Tristan Scott held the third-place team trophy.
The Championships were the eighth edition of the event, held over Oct. 24 and 25 at Clearwater Beach. Teams earn points for each placing in the triathlon, aquathlon and relay races, ranging from 10 for a win down to one for eighth place in individual races. Relays are worth 20 points for first place down to two for eighth. The 17-21 triathlons also counted as World Triathlon Americas Regional Cup races carrying ranking points. Each federation could enter up to five boys and five girls in each age group.
T&T hosted the event in Tobago last year, when it finished fourth overall behind Bermuda, Barbados and Aruba, according to World Triathlon. T&T’s Jason Gooding served as the technical delegate for this year’s Regional Cup races.
This report draws on information from the Trinidad Express and the Carifta Championships summons.