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Bramwell broke compatriot Usain Bolt’s 22-year-old record in the Under-17 boys 400m, and Sabrina Dockery ran the race of her life to win the girls Under-20 100m gold medal to highlight Jamaica’s opening day of the 51st Carifta Games at the Kirani James Athletic Stadium in St George’s, Grenada.

Bramwell broke the legendary Bolt’s championships record of 47.33 seconds when he ran 47.27 to successfully defended his Under-17 400m title.

He said he had set his eyes on the mark from last year.

“It’s a wonderful feeling,” he said afterwards, “I have had my eyes on this record from last summer and I had set my mind on breaking it.”

Despite an injury concern that restricted him at the Inter-secondary Schools Sports Association (ISSA)/GraceKennedy Boys’ and Girls’ Athletics Championships last week, Bramwell said he was unfazed. “I took my mind off it and just focused on getting the record.”

Grenada’s Kemron Mathlyn took the silver with 47.96 seconds and Eagan Neely of The Bahamas, who was third with 48.16 seconds, got the bronze, while the second Jamaican, Paul Henry, was fourth.

Dockery got off to a bullet start to beat teammate Thieanna Lee Terrelonge in the final, reversing last week’s girls Class Two final at the ISSA Champs in Jamaica.

Jamaica won two of the four 100m gold medals, as Devonte Howell of Cayman Islands retained the Under-20 boys title and Athaleyha Hinckson of Guyana won the Under-17 girls crown.

Dockery ran a lifetime best 11.26 seconds (0.3m/s), with Terrelonge taking the silver with 11.32 and Geolyna Dowdye of Antigua and Barbuda third with 11.64.

Nyron Wade equalled his personal best 10.43 (-0.1m/s) to win the Under-17 boys event, ahead of Trinidad and Tobago’s Kadeem Chinapoo (10.59). Malike Nugent was third with 10.74.

Hinckson clocked 11.44 for the girls Under-20 title to beat Jamaica’s Adora Campbell (11.52) and Aniya Nurse of Barbados (11.76).

Howell ran a personal best and national junior record 10.15 (0.5m/s) in a historic one-two for the Cayman Islands, with Jaiden Reid taking the silver with 10.34, the same time given to Jamaica’s Javorne Dunkley.

Nastassia Fletcher took the Under-17 girls gold medal with 54.32, beating The Bahamas’ Keyezra Thomas (54.59) and Tyra Fenton of Antigua and Barbuda who ran 54.89, with the other Jamaican Tresha Lee Sutherland placing sixth in 58.50 seconds.

Guyanese athletes won both Under-20 finals. Tianna Springer, last year’s Under-17 winner, took the girls Under-20 gold with a big personal best 52.31 as the Jamaican pair of Abigail Campbell (52.85) and Shanque Williams (53.03) took the silver and bronze, respectively.

After Jamaica’s Javaughn Pinnock was disqualified for a false start, Malachi Austin ran a personal best 46.35 seconds to win the Under-20 boys gold medal ahead of Jamaica’s Marchinho Rose (46.59) and Joshiem Sylvester of Grenada in 46.93.

Jamaica swept the 1,500m finals with first and second in three of the four, with the exception of the Under-17 boys, as there was an upset with defending champions Demetrie Myers of Belize finishing fifth.

Jamaica’s Shemar Green won with 4:11.91 minutes, ahead of Aruba’s Wyndel Beyde (4:12.80), and Jamaica’s Sekani Brown took the bronze with 4:15.21.

Dallia Fairweather won the Under-17 girls gold medal with 4:45.86, beating teammate Alikay Reynolds (4:46.14), with Trinidad and Tobago’s Shian Lewis third with 4:48.58.

Rickeisha Simms won the Under-20 girls gold medal running 4:31.94, ahead of Kaydeen Johnson (4:32.49) and Trinidad and Tobago’s Kaleigh Forde (4:41.71).

Kemario Bygrave finally won a Carifta Games individual gold medal in his final year of eligibility after he won the Under-20 boys gold in 3:58.10, Jaquan Coke was second in 3:58.38 and Bermuda’s Jake Brislane (3:58.83).