Jordane Payne took over the mantle for the Jamaicans on Saturday’s third day of the Amateur Swimming Association of Trinidad & Tobago Invitational Championships, copping three of seven medals, as they increased their haul to 14 medals.

The campaign in Couva has so far been very successful for the eight-member team, which continues to surpass expectations, as Payne’s two gold and a bronze medal performance propelled them to five gold, five silver and four bronze medals.

Sage kicked off a decorated day for the young sensations in the morning session when she claimed silver in the Girls’ 11 and over 800-metre freestyle in 11:04.84 minutes, splitting the Marlins pair of Jada Chatoor (9:31.59) and Raven Renee-Toney (11:17.26).

Payne then followed shortly after with an even more impressive display in the boys’ 13-14 event mining gold in 10:05.93 minutes ahead of Alex Winter (10:31.38) and Brandon Coombs (10:46.84).

The in-form Zaneta Alvaranga missed out on the podium in fifth position in the Girls’ 11-12 200m freestyle, despite clocking an improved 2:29.98 minutes, while Karci Gibson (2:27.44) and Sinclair (2:29.95) were sixth and eighth, respectively, in the girls’ 13-14 event.

But Payne, like he had done earlier, brought life back into the camp and ended the first session on a high with a 2:10.18-minute clocking for bronze in the Boys’ 13-14 200m freestyle, behind Aqeel Josephs (2:06.38) and Gabriel Bynoe (2:07.80). Kyle Sinclair was fifth in 2:12.34 minutes.

The evening session got under way with the Girls’ 11-12 100-metre butterfly and saw Alvaranga adding to the Jamaican cheers when she battled for silver in a personal best of 1:11.01 minutes, just outside the national age group record of 1:10.86 held by Stefani Webley.

She was beaten by the number one-seeded Regan Allen (1:08.39), who closed well to surpass her on the final lap with DeNicha Lewis (1:16.23) taking bronze.

After watching Gibson (1:14.58) and Sinclair (1:24.59) finish fifth and 14th, respectively, in the Girls’ 13 -14 100m butterfly, Payne again gathered motivation and powered his way to top the podium in the boys’ event in 1:00.58 minutes. Josephs (1:00.83) and Luke Gillette (1:04.19) took the minor placings.

Kyle Sinclair then popped up to notch silver in the Boys’ 13-14 200m backstroke in 2:27.78 minutes, behind Delroy Tyrell who touched in at 2:27.55 minutes. Joseph (2:29.91) was third.

Gibson made it two-in-two when she followed suit in the girls’ 11 & over event, clocking 2:44.29 minutes behind Jahmia Harley (2:29.37), with Sabrina David (2:45.60) back in third. Sage Sinclair was sixth in 3:02.36 minutes.

Alvaranga just missed the podium in the 11-12 event, finishing fourth in 2:56.41 minutes to earn valuable points for her team and also boost her chances of taking the high point trophy for that age group.

The Jamaican 13-14 boys found the going tough in 50m breaststroke, while Alvaranga’s fourth-place finish in the girls’ 11-12 event in 38.87 seconds proved the best of the lot. The event was won by Naomi Patterson (38.41s), with Arielle Dixon and Sierra Reis finishing in a dead-heat for second in 38.66 seconds.