Brooklyn Lyttle

Brooklyn Lyttle
Personal information
NationalityBelizean
Born (2008-09-19) 19 September 2008
Sport
SportTrack and Field
Event
Long jump
Achievements and titles
Personal bestsLong jump: 6.48 m (2026) NR
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Belize
Central American and Caribbean Games
Silver medal – second place2025 ManaguaLong jump
CARIFTA Games (U20)
Gold medal – first place2026 St George'sLong jump

Brooklyn Lyttle (born 19 September 2008) is a Belizean long jumper. She is the Belizean national record holder. She won the silver medal at the 2025 Central American Championships and the gold medal at the 2026 CARIFTA Games.[1]

Biography

Based in Maryland in the a United States, Lyttle attended Elizabeth Seton High School.[2] In June 2023, Lyttle won four gold medals, and sets new Central American record age-group record in long jump at the 2023 CADICA U18-U20 Athletics Championships in Guatemala. She won the U18 100 metres, long jump, triple jump, and won a gold medal in the 4 x 100 m relay. Lyttle won the long jump with 5.82 metres setting a new Central American record, breaking the previous best set by Nathalee Aranda.[3] In April 2024, Lyttle won the bronze medal in the long jump in the Under-17 category at the 2024 CARIFTA Games in Grenada.[4][5]

Lyttle set a personal best in the long jump of 6.34 metres at the New Balance Nationals Outdoor in Philadelphia in June 2025, finishing runner-up to Elena Cooper.[6][7][8] In August 2025, Lyttle won the silver medal in the long jump at the 2025 Central American Championships in Athletics in Managua, Nicaragua.[9]

In April 2026, she won the gold medal at the 2026 CARIFTA Games in Grenada, with a best jump of 6.16 metres, the only athlete to pass six metres in the competition.[10][11][12] She jumped 6.48 metres at the New Balance Nationals Outdoors in June and represented Belize in the long jump at the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, in July.[13][14]

References

  1. ↑ "Brooklyn Lyttle". World Athletics. Retrieved 26 March 2026.
  2. ↑ "National Sports Council Honors CARIFTA Games Athletes". Lovefm. April 15, 2024. Retrieved 26 March 2026.
  3. ↑ "Brooklyn Lyttle wins 4 gold medals, sets new Central American record in long jump at CADICA U18-U20 Athletics Championships in Guatemala". Breaking Belize News. 5 June 2023. Retrieved 26 March 2026.
  4. ↑ "Belizean Athletes Shine with Gold and Bronze at CARIFTA Games". Lovefm.com. 2 April 2024. Retrieved 26 March 2026.
  5. ↑ "Belize shines in CARIFTA Games". Amandala.com. 7 April 2024. Retrieved 26 March 2026.
  6. ↑ "2025 Spring All-Met: Girls' track and field first team, relays, honorable mention". Washington Post. 27 June 2025. Retrieved 26 March 2026.
  7. ↑ "Three Belizean Athletes in the U.S. Awarded Scholarships". Greater Belize. 6 Nov 2025. Retrieved 26 March 2026.
  8. ↑ "New Balance Nationals Outdoor". World Athletics. 19 June 2025. Retrieved 26 March 2026.
  9. ↑ "Brooklyn Lyttle wins silver for Belize at Central American Senior Championships in Nicaragua". breakingbelizenews.com. 2 August 2025. Retrieved 26 March 2026.
  10. ↑ "Carifta Games". World Athletics. 4 April 2026. Retrieved 30 May 2026.
  11. ↑ "Brooklyn Lyttle Leaps to Gold for Belize at CARIFTA 2026". Greaterbelize.com. Retrieved 30 May 2026.
  12. ↑ "Team Belize's Brooklyn Lyttle shines at 53rd CARIFTA Games in Grenada". Breaking Belize News. 7 April 2026. Retrieved 30 May 2026.
  13. ↑ "XXIII Commonwealth Games". World Athletics. 30 July 2026. Retrieved 5 August 2026.
  14. ↑ "New Balance Nationals Outdoors". World Athletics. 19 June 2026. Retrieved 5 August 2026.
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