DIONJAH Shaw launched the discus to a new championship record and Brianna Lyston delivered in style as Jamaica’s rising stars extended their dominance of the Carifta Games, winning the 49th edition with consummate ease.

Having topped the medals table at the games for the last 34 years between 1985 and 2019, a 35th-straight title — 45th overall — was always on the cards and the rising stars certainly did not disappoint the thousands of spectators at the National Stadium on Monday.

The ladies copped 10 gold, five silver and four bronze on the day, with the country’s overall 92-medal count being 45 gold, 29 silver and 18 bronze. The Jamaicans bettered the 85-medal tally from 2019.

In fact, they ensured that the largest crowd which turned out for the three-day event was treated to one double-medal performance after another but none moreso than Shaw’s record win in the girls’ Under-17 discus throw, with compatriot Rehanna Biggs taking silver.

Shaw, who broke the Class Three record at the recently concluded ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys’ and Girls’ Athletics Championships, replicated that form with a 45.32-metre throw.

The Edwin Allen stalwart shattered the old Carifta record of 43.99m set in 2012 by another Jamaican, Paul-Ann Gayle. Biggs was second with a mark of 42.41m while Trinidad and Tobago’s Adriana Quamina (35.23m) was third.

On the track, the Under-17 and Under-20 quartets fittingly brought the curtains down with command performances in their respective 4×400 metre relays.

The Under-17 team won by a wide margin in 3:43.58, ahead of Bermuda (4:03.23) and The Bahamas (4:05.84), while the Under-20 team stopped the clock in 3:36.81. British Virgin Islands (3:45.57) and Bermuda (3:48.89) were second and third, respectively.

Prior to that, Lyston was on par in the girls’ Under-20 200 metre final, with Kaylia Kelly finishing third.

The highly thought of Lyston, who was a part of the world record sprint relay team, was not to be upstaged as she took charge of the event from the off and opened up to win in 23.16 seconds in a negative 1.7 metres-per-second reading.

Trinidad and Tobago’s Shaniqua Bascombe (24.18s) was second with Kelly (24.33s) taking third, after fast-finishing Bahamian Paige Archer crashed out of contention.

As expected, Adaejah Hodge of British Virgin Islands bettered the Jamaican pair of Sabrina Dockery and Theianna Lee Terrelonge in the girls’ Under-17 200m final to secure her third gold medal of the games.

Hodge, 16, who won the 100m in a new national record 11.29s and the long jump at 6.20m, easily completed the treble with a new personal best 23.42-second clocking in the final in a negative 0.3 metres-per-second wind reading.

Dockery (24.25s) and Terrelonge (24.64s) were second and third, respectively.

Meanwhile, Rushana Dwyer and Jody-Ann Mitchell finished first and second in the girls’ Under-20 800m, but the former was later disqualified for obstruction.

Still, Mitchell, who closed rapidly for second in 2:09.73, saw her silver being upgraded to gold. Barbadian Layla Haynes (2:10.58) and Guyana’s Adriel Austin (2:13.62) took silver and bronze.

Andrene Peart had to settle for second in the girls’ Under-17 800 metre behind Michelle Smith of US Virgin Islands, who showed good form at the games.

Peart, who left it late, stopped the clock in 2:13.07, some ways behind Smith who romped the event in a new personal best 2:10.78. Guyana’s Attoya Harvey was third, also in a new personal best 2:14.08.

Smith earlier won silver in the 100m hurdles and also won the 400m hurdles on Saturday’s second day of action.

Alexis James and Oneka Wilson swept the girls’ Under-20 100-metre hurdles, finishing first and second in what initially looked a close battle between the two.

James, who topped the event at the trials, replicated her form now on the big stage, separating herself from the field in the final stages to land gold in 13.32 seconds.

Wilson tried to keep pace with her compatriot but had a slight stumble over the eighth hurdle, left back in second in 13.57. Nya Browne of Barbados was third in 14.63.

Bryana Davidson and Jody-Ann Daley won gold and bronze in the girls’ Under-17 100-metre hurdles final, which got the excitement going in the evening session.

Davidson, who has been in fine form this season, justified favouritism as she left the field in her wake, stopping the clock in 13.50 seconds.

Daley, who struck the first barrier, recovered well for third in 14.45 seconds with US Virgin Islands’ Michelle Smith (14.31s) separating the Jamaicans.

Elsewhere in the field, Sabrina Atkinson proved too good for the competition in the girls’ Under-17 triple jump, cutting the sand at 12.00 metres to win ahead of French Guiana’s Leane Alfred (11.77m) and Zoe Adderley (11.45m) of The Bahamas.

Earlier, the Jamaicans started the day with a bang, with Annishka McDonald and Malaika Cunningham registering a one-two finish in the girls’ Under-20 high jump.

McDonald topped the field after clearing the bar at 1.75 metres while Cunningham’s clearance at 1.70m secured silver.

Grenada’s Ahsharean Enoe (1.65m) took the bronze on a countback ahead of Bahamian Shaunece Miller, sister of the decorated Shaunae Miller-Uibo.

Another double-medal performance came in the Under-20 long jump when Serena Cole, a member of the World Record sprint relay team, finished tops with a best leap of 5.89m.

The other Jamaican, Kay-Lagay Clarke, cut the sand at 5.64m on her final attempt to claim bronze, with French Guiana’s Kayssia Hudson (5.77m) taking silver.