ALANA Reid continued with her imperious form as she won the Girls’ Under-20 100m gold medal with 11.17 seconds (-1.0m/s) as Saturday’s opening day of the 50th Carifta Games got underway at Thomas A Robinson Stadium in Nassau, Bahamas.

On a day of mixed blessings Jamaica led the tables with 20 medals — 10 gold, seven silver and three bronze — but did not have a representative in the Boys’ Under-20 100m after national junior record holder Bouwahjgie Nkrumie pulled up in his first-round race in the morning and defending champion Deandre Daley wasdisqualified in the semi-finals for a false start.

The Bahamas won three gold medals, the Cayman Islands and Barbados won two each, while Guyana and Belize each won a gold medal.

Nkrumie, who won the ISSA Boys’ Class One 100m in 9.99 seconds last week, led his heat before he pulled up at about 80 metres into the race, falling to the ground clutching is right leg.

He was the second big-name athlete who failed to get past the first round as last year’s Girls’ Under-17 double sprint champion and Austin Sealey Trophy winner Adaejah Hodge of the British Virgin Islands twisted her ankle in warm-up and with drew from the championships.

Reid and Tramaine Todd in the Boys’ Under-17 landed 100m gold medals as Jamaica also won three of four 400m gold medals that were contested.

Reid, who ran a lifetime best 10.92 seconds last week to win the Class One Girls’ 100m final at the ISSA Champs, got off to a fast start and by midway the race was well ahead, holding on to eventually win.

Her teammate Alexis James was second in 11.53 seconds, with Trinidad’s Sanaa Frederick third in 11.65 seconds.

Todd, who was impressive through the rounds, ran 10.52 seconds (1.1m/s) to beat Ishmale Rolle of The Bahamas (10.62 seconds) and Ethan Sam of Grenada (10.71 seconds).

Rickiann Russell extended her unbeaten season and Jasauna Dennis upset his teammate Delano Kennedy to win the girls’ and boys’ Under-20 gold medals, respectively, as Jamaicans won three of the four 400m gold medals.

Nickecoy Bramwell ran a personal best to win the Under 17 boys’ gold medal while Guyana’s Tianna Springer was a surprise winner in the Under-17 girls’ finals that was run in two sections.

Russell produced a strong stretch run to win her first Carifta individual gold in 51.84 seconds and held off Javonya Valcourt of The Bahamas who ran 52.12 seconds — her second personal best of the day — for the silver.

Lacarthea Cooper of The Bahamas was third in 53.12 seconds, just ahead of the other Jamaican Kacian Powell.

Dennis, who was third in the Class One final at Champs last weekend, held off Kennedy to win the Under-20 Boys’ 400m gold medal after running 46.43 seconds.

Kennedy, a World Under-20 finalist and winner in Class One at last weekend’s ISSA Boys’ Champs, ran 46.50 seconds, with Amal Glasgow of St Vincent and the Grenadines retaining his bronze medal with 47.18 seconds.

Bramwell ran a well-measured race and was rewarded with a personal best 47.86 seconds, taking the lead off the bend and winning easily; Jaylen Bennett of St Kitts/Nevis won the silver with 48.59 seconds, just holding off Andrew Brown from The Bahamas who was third with 48.68

Springer, who was forced to go up against her teammate in a run-off in the morning session after arriving late at the championships, produced a late charge in the second of the two sections to win in 54.25 seconds, beating Jamaica’s Jody-Ann Daley- 54.81 seconds and De’Cheynelle Thomas of St Kitts/Nevis- 55.46 seconds.

World Under-20 Championships gold medallist Brandon Pottinger atoned for his silver medal at the Carifta Games last year as he shared the gold medal in the Boys’ Under-20 high jump with teammate Chavez Penn as they both cleared 2.00m. Trinidad and Tobago’s Jaidi James was third with 1.95m.

Dionjah Shaw won the first of a possible three gold medals when she won the Under-17 girls’ shot put ion the morning session.

Shaw, who is the defending champion in the discus throw, threw 14.48m to win; Trinidad and Tobago’s Peyton Winter won the silver medal with 13.66m, and Terrell McCoy of The Bahamas retained her third-place finish from last year with 13.31m.

Shaw will contest both the javelin and discus on Monday’s final day of competition.

Earlier, Asia McKay won Jamaica’s first gold at the championships when she won the Under-17 girls’ high jump with a personal best 1.73m as Shanniqua Williams took the bronze with 1.65m.

Kobe Lawrence retained his Men’s Under-20 discus throw title with a best of 60.27m; Shaiquan Dunn, also of Jamaica, was second with 57.28; and Antwon Walkin of Turks and Caicos Islands took the bronze with 52.25m.

Jade-Ann Dawkins dominated the Women’s Under-20 triple jump with 13.05m (0.5m/s), Lanaisha Lubin of The Bahamas was second with 12.40m (0.7m/s), and Kayssia Hudson of French Guiana was third with 12.22m (1.1m/s).

Jamaica won just one of the four gold medals in the 1500m, thanks to Ainsley Campbell in the Men’s Under-20 final running 4:05.54 minutes. His teammate Kemarrio Bygrave, however, was taken off track in a wheelchair.

Joel Morgan won bronze in the Under-17 final with 4:18.32 minutes as Demetire Meyers of Belize ran away from the field to win by a large margin in 4:11.19, with Guyana’s Javon Roberts second in 4:13.63 seconds after also placing second last year.

Layla Haynes of Barbados upgraded from bronze last year to gold after kicking past two Jamaicans in the home stretch to win with 4:53.29, ahead of Kishay Rowe (4:53.79) and Jody-Ann Mitchell (4:55.99).