Bermuda collected another two medals at the Carifta Games in Guadeloupe on Sunday, bringing their tally to three. But entering yesterday afternoon?s final session of competition the squad of 15 teenagers had still to strike gold.

World long jump youth champion Arantxa King won silver in the Rene-Serge Nabajoth Stadium in Les Abymes on Saturday and a day later her Commonwealth Games team-mate Latroya Darrell matched that feat when she leapt to a personal best 12.44 metres to grab silver in the under-20 triple jump. Darrell won silver in the same Games event last year.

Gold went to Jamaica?s Kimberley Williams who had a winning jump of 12.94 metres.

Bermuda distance runner Matthew Spring then claimed a bronze medal with a third-place finish in the under-17 3,000 metres in which he clocked nine minutes, 18 .74 seconds.

Victory went to Trinidad?s teenage sensation Gavyn Nero who, after setting a new Carifta record in the 1500 metres, clocked 8:53.42 to knock an amazing 17 seconds off the 3,000 record.

Bermuda?s best chance for gold appeared to rest with under-17 runner Aaron Evans who recorded the fastest time of three heats in the 800 metres, winning the final heat in one minute, 57.58 seconds.

But in last night?s final he was due to come up against Nero who won his heat in 2:01.44 and was bidding for a hat-trick of track golds.

Under-17 200 metre runner Harold Houston came desperately close to making the final when he placed fourth in his heat in 22.50. With eight going through to the final, Houston had the ninth fastest time, missing out by just one hundredth of a second.

In the women?s under-17 200 metre heats, Bermuda pair Eulannae Douglas and Jessica Richardson both failed to advance. Douglas placed fifth in heat two in 26.69 seconds and Richardson sixth and last in heat four in 27.15.

In the women?s 3,000 metres final, Bermuda?s Ashley Berry and Alexis Armstrong finished seventh and eighth in a field of nine, clocking 13:16.50 and 13:18.03 respectively and in the under-17 800 metres, Ashley Taylor Bean missed out on a place in the final when she had the ninth fastest qualifying time of 2:30.29.

A straight final of the under-17 women?s triple jump saw Allison Outerbridge and Kristin Heyliger place sixth and seventh respectively in a field of eight.

Outerbridge?s best leap was 10.56 metres and Heyliger?s 10.34. Gold went to Jamaica?s Yushanni Durrant with a leap of 11.69.

Outerbridge and Heyliger also competed in a straight final of the high jump, both clearing 1.55 metres.

However, on countback, Heyliger placed seventh and Outerbridge ninth in the field of 16.

Jamaica?s Misha Gaye DaCosta won the gold with a jump of 1.75 metres.

As expected going into yesterday?s final session, Jamaica were on course to win the medal race for the 22nd consecutive year.

The Jamaicans won 14 medals on Sunday taking their tally to 41. Their record of 76 medals was set in 2003.