A clash in scheduling forced Caitlyn Bobb to skip the women’s 400 metres final at the North American, Central American and Caribbean Championships in Freeport, Bahamas, on Sunday.

Bobb’s time of 52.03sec, which saw her finish third in heat one in the preliminaries on Friday, qualified her to take on some of the big names in the region, but changes in the programme saw her not take to the track at Grand Bahama Sports Complex.

By the time the final took place, the sprinter was already in Asunción, Paraguay, to represent Bermuda at the Junior Pan American Games.

Bobb had qualified for the final together with Lauren Gale, Gabby Scott, Lynna Irby-Jackson, Printassia Johnson, Nickisha Pryce, Shaunae Miller-Uibo and Wadeline Venlogh. Jamaican Pryce won the gold in a time of 49.95.

“It’s sad for me to miss out on the NACAC Championships final, but I had another assignment elsewhere to do for the island,” Bobb told The Royal Gazette.

“I’ve run at similar events before, so it’s nothing new. It’s just a different part of my season.”

DeVon Bean, the national athletics coach, explained the circumstances that led to the 22-year-old skipping the final in Bahamas.

“There was a scheduling issue with NACAC, so Caitlyn Bobb was not able to run the final even though she had made it,” the coach said.

“She had to travel to Paraguay on Saturday to enable her to compete in the Junior Pan American Games.”

Bobb was part of a five-member Bermudian team for the continental athletics event.

Sakari Famous was fourth in the women’s high jump with a best of 1,80 metres. Discus thrower Tiara DeRosa’s top effort of 48.36 metres placed her fifth.

Dage Minors powered his way to sixth position in the men’s 1,500 metres, in a time of 3min 47.70sec. His compatriot, Ryan Outerbridge, clocked 3:53.38 to finish tenth.

Meanwhile, nine youngsters from Bermuda are in London for a training camp. The gathering, for those aged between 12 and 17, is being held at Tonbridge School from Monday to Friday.

Amaris Munya, Surii Russell, Azari Jones, Jaeda Grant, As’ad Muhammad, Nasir Johnson, S'Nya Cumbermack, Jemani Scott, Myla DeSilva are the athletes attending the five-day camp.

“A week of hard work, learning and new experiences awaits,” the Bermuda National Athletics Association said.

“We wish them the best as they take this opportunity to grow on and off the field.”