Tasher’s talent to take flight at CARIFTA

By Stabroek News On In Sports |
Former sprinter Ashley Tasher gracefully soars through the air in the long jump competition at the New Balance Nationals earlier this year. Tasher will be representing Guyana at the CARIFTA Games in Bahamas this month end.
Former sprinter Ashley Tasher gracefully soars through the air in the long jump competition at the New Balance Nationals earlier this year. Tasher will be representing Guyana at the CARIFTA Games in Bahamas this month end.

Former Bishops’ High School student Ashley Tasher hopes to soar ahead of the competition when she makes her debut at the XLII CARIFTA Games which will be held at the Thomas Robinson Stadium in Nassau, The Bahamas from March 28- April 1.

Now a junior at Medgar Evers College Preparatory High School long with Guyana World Junior 400m silver medallist Kadecia Baird, Tasher was recently selected to represent Guyana for the first time at this year’s CARIFTA Games.

Tasher is expected to compete in the girls’ under 17 long jump