Jamaica ended the second and penultimate day of the 52nd Carifta Track and Field Championships on a high after winning three of the four 4x100m relays gold medals as they continued to dominate the regional competition.

The Jamaicans won both of the girls relays, the Under-17 team winning in a championships record 44.86 seconds, while the under-20 boys avenged a bitter loss to Trinidad and Tobago last year. The Under-17 boys team were unable to recover from a faulty first handover and finished their final in fifth.

The Jamaicans continue to lead the medal table, an unofficial tally after the relay seeing them well ahead on 43 medals- 17 gold, 12 silver and 14 bronze; followed by the Bahamas on 22 medals- 10 gold, 10 silver and two bronze; Trinidad and Tobago with 16 medals- five gold, five silver and six bronze; and Cayman with two gold and a bronze. Grenada, Guyana, Antigua, St Lucia, Dominica and the US Virgin Islands have one gold each.

The Under-17 girls relay team of Shayon Smith, Adora Campbell, Malayia Duncan and Rihanna Scott broke the record of 44.95 seconds set in 2018 by a Jamaican team of Briana Williams, Sashieka Steel, Serena Cole and Tia Clayton.

The Under-20 girls were led off by Sabrina Dockery, who handed the baton to Tiana Marshall; Abigail Wolfe was on the third leg while 100m champion Shanoya Douglas anchored the quartet to a 43.65 seconds clocking.

The Under-20 boys team of 100m champion Jamal Stephenson, Shaquane Gordon, Antonio Powell and Tyreece Freeman on anchor clocked 39.56 seconds.

Meanwhile, Chevaz Penn retained his Under-20 boys high jump crown, clearing 2.14m, well clear of Joshua Williams of the Bahamas- 2.00m and Aaron McKenzie, also of Jamaica, who took the bronze with 1.95m.

Tarique Daley won the silver medal in the Under-20 javelin with a best mark of 61.55m while Rohanna Sudlow took third in the Under-20 girls long jump with 6.15m (0.0m/s).