Jamaican athletes won three of the four 800m finals on Monday at the 49th Carifta Games being held at the National Stadium in Kingston.

Ainsley Brown produced a strong performance to win the boys’ Under-17 800m, pulling compatriot Rasheed Pryce to bronze.

Brown swept by longtime leader Keeran Sriskandarajah of Trinidad and Tobago in the home stretch and pulled away to win in 1:58.08. The tiring Sriskandarajah (1:58.45) just held off Pryce (1:58.51) in the battle for silver and bronze.

Jamaica’s Andrene Peart had to settle for second in the girls’ Under-17 800 metre behind Michelle Smith of US Virgin Islands, who has 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 gold in the 400m hurdles.

In the meantime, Jamaica’s Rushana Dwyer and Jody-Ann Mitchell finished first and second in the girls’ Under-20 800m.

Dwyer bided her time in second for a long way before sweeping by Barbadian Layla Haynes to win in 2:07.35. Mitchell, who seemed out of medal contention at one point, closed rapidly for second in 2:09.73 ahead of the tiring Haynes (2:10.58).

Jamaica’s J’Voughnn Blake claimed his second gold medal of the 49th Carifta Games as he topped the boys’ Under-20 800m in fine style.

Blake, who won the 1,500m on Friday, took command of the event from start, signalling intentions of an attempt at the record 1:48.95, but fell just short in the end at 1:49.89.

Trinidad and Tobago’s Nathan Cumberbatch (1:51.86) held off the other Jamaican (1:51.96) in the battle for silver and bronze.