Bond places seventh in triple jump at CAC GamesBond places seventh in triple jump at CAC Games
Men's Track and Field (pre 2018)

Bond places seventh in triple jump at CAC Games

MAYAGUEZ, Puerto Rico — Senior-to-be Devon Bond capped off an outstanding first season as a Roadrunner on Thursday evening with a seventh-place finish in the triple jump at the 21st Annual Central American and Caribbean Games.

Representing his native Guyana, the Trenton, N.J., native skipped to a 51-11 (15.82m) measurement in his second of six jumps at Mayaguez Central American Stadium. Bahamian Leevan Sands won the event in his sixth and final attempt, recording a leap of 56-5 ¾ (17.21m) to edge runner-up Randy Lewis of Grenada by a mere half inch (56-5 ¼/17.20m). Haiti's Samyr Laine earned the bronze medal with his jump of 55-9 ¾ (17.01m).