Men's sprints
 
St. Kitts and Nevis' 2003 World 100m champion Kim Collins and Antigua and Barbuda's 2007 Pan American Games 200m gold medallist Brendan Christian lead the line-up in the men's sprints.

Collins will race in Puerto Rico after a series of fine races in the Caribbean. At 32, his legs are still fresh as he claimed the 60m silver medal at the 2008 World Indoor Championships in Valencia.

In the 200m, Christian will start as the top favourite following his personal best of 20.12, the second fastest time in the world this season, in Fort the France. In Ponce, the 24-year-old will meet USA's 19.88 runner J J Johnson, as well as Canada's 2006 World junior championships silver medallist Brian Barnett and Dominica's Chris Lloyd, who ran a national record of 20.31 earlier this month.

Lloyd will also run the 400m, a distance in which he was third at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro 2007.

The one-lap race should produce fast times with a field led by 2004 World Indoor bronze medallist and African record holder (44.10) Gary Kikaya of Congo and USA's 2004 Olympic bronze and relay gold medallist Derrick Brew.

Bahamas' World relay medallist Andrae Williams, Trinidad and Tobago's
Ato Stephens (Modibo), Costa Rica's Nery Brenes, fourth in Valencia, and Puerto Rican record holder Felix Martinez will also start in the main race.

Javier Clavelo Robinson for the IAAF

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