The first international track and field competition for Middletown sprinter Daija Lampkin will take place in a country few Americans have been able to experience.

Cuba.

Lampkin is among 28 girls and boys nationwide who have been selected to compete in the 10th annual Caribbean Scholastic Invitational, to be held May 27-28 in Havana. The team was put together by the National Scholastic Athletics Foundation.

“They pay for my uniform, the hotel, the travel, the visa, everything,” Lampkin said. “We’re going to be Team USA competing against Cuba.”

Lampkin will leave for Havana on May 24, so she will miss the DIAA Meet of Champions on May 25. A rare chance to travel to Cuba is a good reason to skip a local event.

“Just the whole experience, meeting new people, rooming with them, getting to know them,” Lampkin said. “Going to a foreign place I’ve never been, getting that type of international experience, it’s going to be fun.”

The meet will coincide with Memorial Barrientos, a historic, elite track and field invitational that will include Olympians from Cuba and other Caribbean nations.

Lampkin, a junior, set a state record of 23.80 seconds in the 200-meter dash at the New Castle County Championships last Saturday. She swept the 55-, 200- and 400-meter dashes at the DIAA Indoor meet in February, and will be the Division I favorite in the sprints at the DIAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships.

Results:
La Habana (Cuba), 26-29.5.2016 Memorial Barrientos

Men

100m (27) (0.5) 1 Roberto Skyers 10.15 (10.11 (0.0) 1s1); 2 Reynier Mena 10.27; 3 Yaniel Carrero 10.28; 4 Harlyn Pérez 10.41; 5 Reidis Ramos 10.42 (10.41 (1.7) 2s2); 6 Josef Norales (hon) 10.49; in semis: Darrell Singleton (usa) 10.53 (1.7) 3s2

200m (29, semis 28) (-1,4) 1 Yoandry Andújar (dom) 20.95 (20.76 (-0,9) 1s1); 2 Yancarlos Martínez (dom) 21.04 (20.50 (1.1) 1s2); in semis: Champion Allison (usa) 21.00 (-0,9) 2s1; Rolando Palacios (hon) 21.07 (1.1) 2s2; Yoan Medina (cub) (99) 21.09 (1.1) 3s2; Jesús Hernández 21.30 (1.1) 4s2

400m (27, semis 26, heats 26) 1 Osmaidel Pellicer 46.14; 2 Yoandys Lescay 46.31 (45.97 1s1); 3 Takeshi Fujiwara (jpn) 46.61; 4 Williams Collazo 46.99; 5 Luis Charles (dom) (98) 47.27 (46.82 3s1); 6 Alejandro Hernández 47.80; in semis: Deivy Yera (99) 47.93 3s2; in heats: John Perlaza (col) 46.94 1h3; Yon Soriano (dom) 47.65 2h2; Christopher Melenciano (dom) (98) 47.82 3h3

800m (29, heats 28) 1 Andy González 1.46.86 (1.46.04 1h1); 2 Alejandro Hernández 1.50.61

110mh (26) (1.0) 1 Jhoanis Portilla 13.51; 2 Roger Iribarne 13.53; 3 Yeison Rivas (col) 13.63; in heats: Yordan O’Farrill 13.51 (0.0) 1h1; 110mh u20 (0,99m) (26) A 1 Yoan Villa 13.70; 2 Dagnel Descaille 14.19; 110mh u20 (0,99m) (26) B (0.0) 1 Trey Cunningham (usa) 13.56; 2 Marcus Krah (usa) 13.56; 3 Yoan Villa 13.75; 4 Pedro Gutierrez 14.15

400mh (28, heats 27) 1 Juander Santos (dom) 51.54; 2 Leandro Zamora 51.92; 3 José Gaspar 51.95 (50.71 1h1); 400mh u20 (28) Lázaro Rodríguez 51.96

HJ u20 (29) Luis Zayas 2.16

PV (29) Yankier Lara 5.20

LJ (28) 1 Maykel Massó (99) 8.28 (1.8); 2 Luis Rivera (mex) 7.95 (2.6); 3 José Despaigne 7.81 (-0,2); 4 Junior Díaz 7.73 (0.9); 5 Maikel Vidal (2000) 7.53 (2.0)

TJ (29) 1 Lázaro Martínez (97) 16.64 (0.1); 2 Cristian Nápoles (98) 16.60 (0.0); 3 Andy Díaz 16.40 (-0,8)

DT u20 (1,75 kg) (26) 1 Félix Valle 55.95; 2 Eduardo Noriega 55.90

DT u18 (1,5 kg) (26) 1 Turner Washington (usa) 63.00; 2 Mario Díaz 60.31; 3 Angel Alvarez 55.89

HT (28, qualy 27) 1 Roberto Janet 76.52; 2 Reinir Mejías 72.56; 3 Diego del Real (mex) 72.46; 4 Yasmani Fernández 68.29 (70.26 3q); 5 Noleysis Vicet 65.74 (66.19 5q)

HT u18 (5 kg) (28) Elder García 69.13

JT (28, qualy 26) 1 Osmany Laffita 77.89; 2 Guillermo Martínez 76.02 (77.50 1q)

Decathlon (26-27) 1 José Mendieta 7.680p (11.09 (0.0); 6.82 (2.9); 15.26; 1.94; 50.22 – 13.8h (0.0); 42.46; 4.30; 61.88; 5.00.47); 2 Briander Rivero 7.630p (11.01 (0.0); 7.00 (0.3); 14.26; 2.15; 51.06 – 13.9h (0.0); 42.10; 4.20; 51.77, 5.01.42); 3 Manuel González 7.587p (11.53 (0.0); 7.12 (-1,3); 14.68, 2.03; 53.39 – 14.5h; 40.09, 4.70; 53.00; 4.31.69)

Decathlon u20 (26-27) Rafael Noguera 7.658p (10.77 (0.3); 7.05 (2.8); 14.32; 1.85; 50.09 – 13.80 (0.0); 39.75; 4.10; 53.23; 4.28.97)

4×400m (29) 1 Colombia (Y. Rivas; D. Palomeque; C. Lemos; J. Perlaza) 3.04.19; 2 República Dominicana (Y. Soriano; L. Charles; M. Mercedes; J. Mejía) 3.04.62

Women

100m (27, semis 26, heats 26) (0.4) 1 Arialis Gandulla 11.30; 2 Margarita Manzueta (dom) 11.52; 3 Daija Lampkin (usa) 11.54; 4 Tamara Clark (usa) 11.57; 5 Marileidy Paulino (dom) 11.61; 6 Yunisleydis García (99) 11.70; in semis: Kaylor Harris (usa) 11.68 (-0,4) 2s1; in heats: Geylis Montes 11.69 (0.0) 1h3

200m (28, semis 28) (0.2) 1 Arialis Gandulla 23.22; 2 Marileidy Paulino (dom) 24.10; in semis: Marielys Alfonso (99) 23.81 (2.5) 2s1; Aimet Veranes (98) 23.82 (2.5) 2s2; Symone Mason (usa) 24.01 (-1,7) 3s1

400m (27, semis and heats 26) 1 Gilda Casanova 52.61; 2 Roxana Gómez (99) 52.90; 3 Daysiurami Bonne 53.43; 4 Evelyn Cipriano 54.99; in semis: Laura Moreira (2000) 55.07 3s1

800m (29) 1 Rose Almanza 1.59.94; 2 Lisneidy Veitia 2.00.60; 3 Sahily Diago 2.01.72; 4 Rosibel García (col) 2.06.03

100mh (26) (0.1) 1 Belkis Milanés 13.32; 2 Greisys Roble (2000) 13.67

100mh u18 (0.76m) (26) (0.5) 1 Keily Pérez 13.37; 2 Caitlyn Little (usa) 13.38; 3 Milan Young (usa) 13.76

400mh (28) 1 Nairobis Vicet 58.33; 2 Zurian Hechavarría 58.36; 3 Natalia Brito (mex) 59.75

LJ (29) 1 Paula Alvarez 6.45 (-2,2); 2 Yilian Durruthy 6.41 (0.4); 3 Irisdaymi Herrera 6.24 (-0,5)

TJ (28) 1 Davisleidis Velazco (99) 14.08 (0.0); 2 Ana Tima (dom) 14.05 (-0,4); 3 Liadagmis Povea 13.95 (1.1); 4 Liliana Breto 13.36 (0.4); 5 Tamara Myers (bah) 13.29 (0.3)

SP (27) 1 Yaniuvis López 18.67; 2 Saily Viart 17.14; 3 Yiliena Otamendi 16.42

SP u18 (3 kg) (26) 1 Kathleen Young 16.65; 2 Dianelis Delis 15.94

DT (27, qualy 26) 1 Yaimé Pérez 65.91 (67.02 1q); 2 Rosalía Vázquez 56.27

HT (27) 1 Yirisleydi Ford 71.10; 2 Ayamay Medina 68.98

JT (29) 1 Marisleisys Duarthe (2000) 54.36; 2 Ana Jaúregui (97) 51.13