The Grenada Invitational is an annual

track and field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping eve ...

competition held at the

Kirani James Athletic Stadium Police Ground is a multi-purpose stadium in St. George's, Grenada. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 8,000 people. It was renamed to Kirani James Athletic Stadium in April 2017, in honour for the first olympi ...

in St. George's, Grenada as part of the NACAC Outdoor Area Permit Meet Series. The Grenada Invitational, with Michael Bascombe as the brainchild and main organiser, was first organised and held on April 8, 2017. More than 100 athletes competed in the inaugural event which was televised on US Sports Network

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. From its inception to the present day, the Grenada Invitational has attracted world record holders and Olympic medallists. Initially attracting top stars as

Kirani James Kirani James (born 1 September 1992) is a Grenadian professional sprinter who specializes in the 200 and 400 metres. He won the 400 m at the World Championships in 2011 and the 2012 London Olympics. In the 400 metres James also won the sil ...

Justin Gatlin Justin Alexander Gatlin (born February 10, 1982) is a retired American sprinter who competed in the 60 meters, 100 meters, and 200 meters. He is the 2004 Olympic Champion in the 100 meters, the 2005 and 2017 World Champion in the 100 meters, the ...

Kim Collins Kim Collins (born 5 April 1976) is a former track and field sprinter from Saint Kitts and Nevis. In 2003, he became the World Champion in the 100 metres. He represented his country at the Summer Olympics on five occasions, from 1996 to 2016, a ...

Veronica Campbell-Brown Veronica Campbell-Brown CD ( Campbell; born 15 May 1982) is a retired Jamaican track and field sprinter, who specialized in the 100 and 200 meters.

, and Asafa Powell while

Tori Bowie Frentorish "Tori" Bowie (born August 27, 1990) is an American track and field athlete, who primarily competes in the 100 m and the 200 m. She has a personal record of for the long jump, set in 2014. She is the 2017 100m world champion, a 2016 ...

and

Kori Carter Kori Carter (born June 3, 1992) is an American track and field athlete specializing in hurdle races, the World Champion in the 400 metres hurdles event in 2017. Kori Carter was a nine-time All-American at Stanford University sponsored by Jordan ...

were among recent competitors. Numerous Olympic, World and Commonwealth Championship level athletes continue to take part on an annual basis. The second staging of the international track and field meet was held on April 21, 2018. The most recent edition of the Grenada Invitational was held on April 13, 2019.

Meet records

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Women

References

External links

Grenada Invitational
Annual track and field meetings Athletics competitions in Grenada Recurring sporting events established in 2017 St. George's, Grenada {{Grenada-stub