Latroya Darrell underlined her prowess as the Island's leading female jumper - and a major regional contender - with her second Carifta Games silver on the final evening of competition in Tobago.

In her first year at Under-20 level, the CedarBridge Academy student cleared 1.74 metres on her third and final attempt on Monday to capture the runner-up spot in the Girls high jump. Competing at the Dwight Yorke Stadium in Bacolet, the Bermudian failed to get over 1.76 metres - the height with which she won gold at last year's Junior Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Championships - as hometown rival Rhonda Watkins seized gold with 1.82 metres.

On Sunday, Darrell - who topped the Under-17 high jump at last year's Carifta meet here - had already proven herself capable of handling graduation to the senior ranks by wresting silver in the triple jump. The 17-year-old hopped, skipped and jumped 12.29 metres - again when the going got tough - on her sixth and last effort in the sandpit battle. Martiniquan Nathalie Marie-Nely prevailed with 12.96 metres.

Well below the nine medals which the Island landed a year ago, including four golds, Bermuda's final medal tally from the annual Easter weekend athletics showpiece was one gold and three silvers. The gold came compliments USA-based Arantxa King in the Under-17 Girls long jump while Kijaun Wilkinson copped the other silver in the Under-17 Boys high jump. The latter also placed ninth in the junior long jump with a best of 6.09 metres.

Taijuan Talbot finished sixth and seventh respectively in the Under-20 Boys 800 (1:59.48 mins) and 1,500 metres (4:12.98 mins).

Brittany Marshall was seventh in both the Girls Under-20 discus (35.21 metres) and shot put (11.76 metres).

Aaron Evans and Matthew Spring found it rough in the Under-17 Boys 3,000 and 1,500 metres. Evans placed fifth (9:42.99 mins) and seventh (4:19.47 mins) respectively while his team-mate was ninth (9:49.38 mins) and 11th (4:26.09 mins) respectively.

Andrea Jackson trailed the other seven finalists in the Under-20 Girls 100-metre hurdles, clocking 16.56 seconds and Alexis Bean was 13th out of 14 in the Under-17 Girls 1,500 metres in 5:23.11 minutes. In her other event, the 800 metres, Bean did not get past the heats, finishing seventh out of eight in 2:38.47 minutes to be 14th out of 17 overall. Deon Brangman failed to place in the Under-20 Boys high jump, knocking down the bar on all three attempts at his opening height of 1.95 metres.

Meanwhile, sprinters Tre Houston and Eulannae Douglas did not advance past the Under-17 preliminaries in either the 100 or 200 metres.

Houston's 11.49 seconds was only good for 13th out of 23 100-metre competitors in the summary results. He was fifth in the first of three heats. In the 200, the junior athlete clocked 23.05 seconds to place third in his heat but he was still only 11th out of 23 in the summary standings.

Douglas was 11th out of 26 in the 100 metres with 12.44 seconds to claim fourth in her heat. She posted 26.62 seconds in the 200 metres to finish sixth in her heat. That time left her 17th out of 22 runners overall.

Athletics powerhouse Jamaica predictably dominated the regional games with 59 medals: 29 gold, 19 silver and 11 bronze. Hosts Trinidad & Tobago finished a distant second with 36 medals (13 gold, 14 silver and nine bronze). Barbados was third with 15 medals (six gold, six silver and three bronze).