Goule ... three gold medals - file

The island ended the 39th Carifta Games in George Town, Grand Cayman, last night with 72 medals - 37 gold, 22 silver and 13 bronze. Trinidad and Tobago were second with 40 (12-16-12) and The Bahamas 29 (6-10-13).

The Jamaican athletes outclassed their rivals on the track, winning three of the four 4x400m relays as the curtain came down on the 2010 renewal of the regional meet.

Saqukine Cameron, Olivia James, Marlene Eubanks and Sherika Jackson clocked 3:44.02 to take the girls' Under-17 4x400m before Danielle Dowie, Natoya Goule, Orenthia Bennett and Ristananna Tracey took the Under-20 event in 3:37.15.

Under-20 quartet

The boys' Under-20 quartet of Dwayne Extol, Jermaine Gayle, Donahue Williams and Demar Murray were pushed all the way by The Bahamas and Trinidad and Tobago and just held on in the end. Jamaica eventually took gold in 3:10.63 with The Bahamas just behind in 3:10.69 and Trinidad and Tobago third in 3:11.79.

The boys' Under-17 4x400m team disappointed their supporters and clocked 3:20.99 to emerge fourth and last in their event which was won in 3:16.30 by Trinidad and Tobago.

Goule, competing in her final Carifta Games, pocketed three gold medals. In addition to the relay gold she picked up as a member of the Under-20 4x400m quartet, Goule won the Under-20 girls' 1,500m in 4:36.34 and the 800m in 2:06.03.

Long-distance king Kemoy Campbell also ended his Carifta Games career by smashing his own 5,000 metres record by more than six seconds. Campbell clocked 14:34.34 to go well under the 14:40.67 he set last year. Matthew Wright of Barbados was well behind in second with a final time of 15:45.28. It was Campbell's second gold of the meet. He had earlier won the 1,500m in in 3:48.99.

blistering run

Also in record-breaking mood on the final day of the three-day meet was Under-17 sprinter Odean Skeen. He completed the Under-17 sprint double with a blistering run of 20.84 seconds to smash the 20.97 200-metre mark Jazeel Murphy set last year. Injury forced Murphy out of this year's meet. Bermuda's Jeneko Place was second in 21.27 and Skeen's teammate Odail Todd, third in 21.55. Skeen won the Under-17 100m on Saturday in 10.53.

Other Jamaica gold medallists yesterday included Shericka Jackson (24.64) in the Under-17 girls' 200m; Fedrick Dacres with a record throw of 52.99m in the the Under-17 boys' discus; Samantha Elliott who clocked a record 13.42 seconds to take the Under-20 girls' 100m; Davian Dennis (13.28) in the Under-17 boys' 100m hurdles; Megan Simmonds (13.64) in Under-17 girls' 100m; Marlene Eubanks who took the Under-17 girls' 800m in 2:11.86; Clive Pullen (6.72m) in Under-17 boys' long jump and Sanice Hall (1.80m) in the girls' Under-20 high jump.
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Left: Kemoy Campbell ... smashed 5000-metre record. Right: Samantha Elliott ... record in Under-20 100m hurdles