They say ‘no pain, no gain' and that was certainly the case for Island athlete Brittney Marshall.

After winning gold in the CARIFTA Games Under-17 shot put on Saturday, the teenager entered the discus competition in Port of Spain, Trinidad suffering from muscle pains in her shoulder.

But she didn't let the injury get her down, putting in an outstanding performance in the circumstances to grab the bronze medal.

Her opening round throw of 34.78 metres was enough to take the lead but by the end of the third round she had slipped to second. That became fifth by the fifth round when she was unable to better her first round effort.

Four athletes from the Bahamas, Jamaica and Guadeloupe were ahead of Marshall in the standings going into the sixth and final round.

But on the second to last to throw, Marshall hurled the discus a distance of 35.66 metres, enough to secure the bronze behind Sasha Ferguson of the Bahamas (36.23 metres) and Marie-Christin Vulcan of Martinique (36.02 metres).

Such was the extent of Marshall's pain that she had to undergo medical treatment following the competition.

Elsewhere, 15-year-old Latroya Darrell grabbed a superb silver medal in the Under-17 female high jump competition.

Darrell, who replicated her achievement of a year earlier, set a new personal best by clearing 1.68 metres, three centimetres better than in the Bahamas last time out.

Only Darrell and Rhonda Watkins of Trinidad and Tobago remained in the competition after clearing 1.68 metres, with the Bermudian leading the standings due to an unblemished competition chart.

That changed at the next height, however, Darrell failing on three occasions to clear 1.71 metres. Watkins went on to win the event with a 1.73 metre clearance.

Tristan Francis, meanwhile, made his first international track and field final after finishing second in the semi-final of the Under-17 200 metres.

Under a blazing sun, Francis ran a time of 22.38 seconds, the fastest time he has recorded over the half-lap sprint.

Running in lane four in the second of three semi-finals, he was in fourth as he entered the home straight. Francis, 14-years-old and the smallest in the field at 5ft 2ins, then moved past the runner holding third approximately 70 metres from the finish and closed in on and passed the second-placed athlete 20 metres from the line. He was due to compete in the final yesterday.

Despite suffering abdominal pain, Michelle Trott plucked up the courage to take part in the Under-20 shot putt final. She finished eighth in an event in which she is not normally associated.

Trott also competed in the Under-20 200 metre semi-final, but her effort was not enough to make the final and she had to be carried from the track on a stretcher to the medical facility for treatment.

Yesterday was the third and final day of the event and saw Zindzi Swan take part in the high jump, Derrick Golding in the shot putt, Deon Brangman in the triple jump and the aforementioned Darrell in the triple jump.

On a different front, US collegiate coaches are said to be continuing their interest in the athletic ability of Swan. At least five universities are said to have offered her full athletic scholarships. Interest has reportedly also been shown in two other Bermudians.