The phenomenal display of young Emily MacDonald at the 21st edition of the Caribbean Island Swimming Championships (CISC) continued on the third day, as the Jamaican contingent upped their tally to 32 medals at the Betty Kelly-Kenning Aquatic Centre in Nassau, The Bahamas.

The Jamaicans, who started the day with 23 medals, won two gold, four silver and three bronze medals on Friday’s third day to push the haul up to eight gold, 12 silver and five bronze heading into yesterday’s final day of competition.

MacDonald copped her second gold and fifth medal of the championships in extraordinary fashion, when she lowered the girls’ 11-12 100-metre freestyle national age group record for the third time.

She posted a time of 1:00.26 minutes, which bettered the national record of 1:00.44 minutes achieved earlier in the preliminary round and the previous championship record of 1:00.99 minutes set by Puerto Rican Olympian Vanessa Garcia back in 1996.

Keanan Dols was also in record-breaking form as he too lowered the national age group record in a silver medal performance in the boys’ 15-17 200-metre individual medley (IM). He lowered national age group record of 2:07.26, when he touched in at 2:07.04 minutes, behind Aruba’s Patrick Groters (2:06.19).

The winning time erased the 2004 Championship record of 2:07.51 minutes set by Trinidad and Tobago’s Nicholas Bovell.

English-based Kelsie Campbell confirmed her status as the fastest in the region in the girls’ 15-17 100-metre freestyle, when she clocked a fast 58.10 seconds to win the country’s first gold in the event since Olympian Alia Atkinson last won gold in 2008.

A gutsy performance by Simone Vale in the girls’ 11-12 200-metre butterfly earned her silver in a personal best of 2:42.75 minutes. Vale, who pushed the pace when leading the way for 175 metres, was eventually overtaken by Olivia Fuller (2:40.92) of Antigua and Barbuda.

Jordane Payne went into the boys’ 13-14 200-metre butterfly with an attacking approach, which served up his first medal of the championships, as he copped silver in a personal best time of 2:17.98 minutes. Payne’s medal was the first for Jamaica since Ramon Walton won silver in 2006.

He returned later to cop a second medal on the night, when he anchored the 13-14 800-metre freestyle relay team of Adrian Grant, Nicholas Vale and Chester Adams to silver in a time of 8:31.21 minutes. The time was just outside the age group record of 8:31.11 minutes.

Vale also doubled on the night when he won bronze in the 200-metre individual medley (IM), when he touched in a new personal best of 2:17.76 minutes. The achievement was the first podium finish for Jamaica since Brad Hamilton won silver in 2004.

Bryanna Renuart followed suit in the girls’ 15-17 event, as she touched in at 2:28.81 minutes.

She then teamed with Annabella Lyn, Campbell and Angara Sinclair to cop another bronze in the girls’ 15-17 800m freestyle relay in 9:02.78 minutes. It was the first medal for Jamaica in this event since 2008.