Brittney Marshall, Zindzi Swan and Tiffany Eatherley seem to have the Midas touch - they win gold in just about every event they compete.

This athletic trio from CedarBridge Academy closed the two-day Senior Secondary Schools' Sports yesterday with ten gold medals between them as they led their team - CedarBridge One - to the girls' championship at the National Sports Centre with an unassailable 124 points. Berkeley Institute were second with 97 and CedarBridge Two third on 69.

En route, Marshall broke a 24-year-old record in the Under-15 girls' shot put while Swan erased the Over-15 mark she set in the girls' triple jump last year and also placed her name in the record books for the Over-15 girls' high jump.

Marshall also topped the standings in the discus and the javelin - the latter she just did “for fun” and to help her school gain more points. Eatherley, 17, was crowned the Over-15 Champion Girl with first places in the 100, 800 and 1,500 metres.

Stating “it wasn't my day”, Swan said her one disappointment was not adding the long jump gold to her collection as she settled for silver on Monday. However, she was not done yet as the lanky teen then showcased her sprinting ability by anchoring CedarBridge One to victory in the Over-15 girls' 4x100-metre relay, with Eatherley as part of the winning quartet.

Only Warwick Academy's Flora Duffy, who shared the Under-15 Champion Girl title with Marshall, stole any of the limelight as she triumphed in the 800, 1,500 and 3,000 metres.

“I didn't know I had broken the record until the competition ended but I was excited - 24 years is a long time,” declared Marshall of Monday's record-breaking throw.

Her effort of 13.47 metres finally eclipsed the 12.43 metres set by Sonia Smith back in 1978. However, the ambitious 14-year-old believes she can better her new record as she had a slight cold yesterday.

Swan, a distant cousin of Marshall's, kept it all in the family as she soared 1.75 metres to establish a new high-jump mark and remove the 1.70 metres which Paula Burchall set in 1984. In the triple jump, there was no need to change the name - only the year and the record - as it was Swan herself who had set a record of 11.56 metres last year. Her new Over-15 record is 12.13 metres.

“I am happy with the marks I set and that I contributed towards my team. I just wanted to get some PBs (personal bests) and my PBs broke the records so I killed two birds with one stone. I am preparing for CAC (Central American and Caribbean championships) Juniors now and I think I can be in the medals but I would like to do even better in my events,” said 17-year-old Swan.

One other record was shattered at the meet and, once again, it was a female athlete from CedarBridge. Raquel Furbert took the Under-15 girls triple jump with a leap of 9.16 metres. The previous mark was 8.42 metres by Earlleeshia Stevens.

Eatherley, too, was pleased with her four-gold performance and is looking to stretch her success to the CAC Juniors.

“My training is picking up and I am confident I can do even better than I did here or at CARIFTA ( where she won bronze in 800 metres and was fourth in 1,500 metres),” said Eatherley.

In the race for the boys' championship, Berkeley ensured there would be no double delight for CedarBridge as they wrested the title with 120 points. CedarBridge One were second with 73 points and CedarBridge Two third on 62 points.

Logan Alexander, 15, emerged as the Under-15 Champion Boy with victories in the 800, 1,500 and 3,000 metres while LoVintz Tota was the Over-15 Champion Boy, winning the sprint double and earning a long-jump silver.

“All my races were hard because they all started out at a quick pace and I had to sprint to the finish. They were close. I was hoping I would just have one or two people to worry about but it was always quite a few of us battling out in the end,” said Alexander, of Saltus Grammar School.

Tota, 16, thought he could have performed better but, overall, was happy to be the toast of his division for the first time. In addition, the CedarBridge student had the satisfaction of exacting revenge on his cousin in the 100 metres. The latter had beaten him last year but had to be content with second this time.