at the Junior CAC Track and Field Championships in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, when he captured two gold medals over the weekend.

Bermuda, came away from the three-day meet, with a total of five medals with Stephen Woodley winning silvers in the high jump and long jump and Rohaan Simons taking the bronze in the triple jump.

Bermuda's previous best performance came in Cuba two years ago when Terrance Armstrong won the gold in the 1,500 metres and Fred Lottimore and Patrice Scotland won bronzes in the long jump and javelin respectively.

Taylor posted a personal best time of 49.6 seconds in the 400 metres as he moved from sixth place in an exciting come-from-behind victory. The 800 metres saw an equally closed finish, but the race was tactical and slow by under-17 year standards, Taylor winning in two minutes even.

Woodley, who captured two golds at the CARIFTA Games, was at his best again in the high jump. But a personal best clearance of six feet, nine inches had to settle for second to a Puerto Rican youngster who cleared 6-93 .

Woodley must have got tired of seeing that Puerto Rican as he also upstaged the Bermudian in the long jump. Woodley went out 21 feet, 11 inches.

Wooddley's hopes of a triple medal-winning performance were ruined when he fouled out of the triple jump final with run-up problems.

But Simons, who suffered a sprained ankle on Friday and fouled out of the high jump, answered the bell for the `hop, skip and jump'. Simons posted successive personal bests before settling for the 43-101 that won him the bronze.

Bermuda's two other athletes in Honduras also performed well. Donte Hunt was sixth in the under-17 100 and 200 metres finals and in the long jump.

Marco Perinchief turned in a personal best of 1:56.60 to qualify for the under-20 800 metres final and then ran gallantly in the final, which was won in a blistering 1:52.

The Amalgamated Bermuda Union of Teachers is sending 12 of the Island's finest junior athletes to the fourth biennial Caribbean Union of Teachers' Track and Field Championships in Port of Spain, Trinidad, later this month.

The team consists of six boys and six girls between the ages of 10 and 13 and the athletes were selected with the blessing of the Bermuda Track and Field Association and the Bermuda Schools Sports Federation, based upon performances in the recent inter-school championships.

The group will depart on July 26 and return from Trinidad on July 31. They will be accompanied by Calvin Simons, Michael Charles, Joann Davis and Jeremy Ball.

The meet will be hosted by the Trinidad and Tobago Unified Teachers' Association. The Amateur Athletic Association of Trinidad and Tobago will be in charge of the technical and organisational aspects of the games.

"Sponsorship for these young athletes has been sought and to date several organisations, businesses and individuals have offered assistance,'' said ABUT president Joann Davis. "In spite of this generosity there is still a shortfall and we are appealing to the public for assistance to help defray the outstanding costs.

"Besides the exposure to athletic competition, these athletes, who might some day be our CARIFTA and Olympic hopefuls, will have the opportunity to experience cultural and social interaction with young people from several other Caribbean islands. This exposure can only add to the overall development of our young people.'' Olympian Brian Wellman placed third in a triple jump meet in Stuttgart, Germany yesterday.

Wellman jumped 55 feet, one inch trailing Leonid Voloshin of the CIS (56-5) and American Charlie Simpkins (56-1).

SHARIF TAYLOR -- Two gold medals.