The high point of the three-day event was a world under 20 record in the girls 4×100 relay by Serena Cole, Tina Clayton, Brianna Lyston and Tia Clayton.

Jamaica had set the previous mark, 42.94 seconds, in the sprint friendly high altitude of Nairobi, Kenya at the World Under 20 Championships last year and local sprint performances this season pointed to a record assault sometime in 2022. Cole zoomed out of the blocks and carefully delivered the baton to Clayton, who by then had added the Carifta 100m gold medal to the World title she won in Nairobi. As usual, Tina surged down the backstretch.

In Kenya, she passed the baton to Kerrica Hill but on this evening, there was a smooth change to Lyston, who has run 22.66 and 22.53 seconds for the 200m. Lyston raced to Tia and after a perfect exchange, Tia closed fast and stopped the clock at 42.58 seconds.

Every one of these record-breakers won medals in other events. Tia placed second to Tina in the 100m. Lyston took the 200m and Cole won the long jump.

Jayden Hibbert, Kobe Lawrence, J’Voughnn Blake and Shavez Penn won two events each. Hibbert, the world under 20 leader in the long and triple jump, won those events with a record in the triple taped at 16.46m. Lawrence aced the under 20 shot and discus and Blake ran to gold in the under 20 800m and 1500m.

The sweetest double of all came on Sunday from Penn, who cleared a personal best of 2.05 metres to win the under 17 high jump before walking across to the triple jump runway to bounce to victory.

Jamaica’s depth showed in sweeps in all the 400m finals and all the relays. Delano Kennedy and upsetter Kaylia Kelly took the under 20 400m gold, with Kelly blasting to a personal best of 52.32 seconds, and Marcinho Rose and Abigail Campbell outstripped their under 17 opponents. The world under 20 record was the climax of the 4x100m sweep but the under 20 boys – 100m runner-up Bouwagjhie Nkrumi, eventual 200 winner Brian Levell, 10m0 gold medal winner Deandre Daley and 200m runner-up Sandrey Davison clocked 39.15 seconds with baton passing that can easily be improved.

The 4x400m sweep brought the curtain down on the meet and the first three – the under 17 races for both boys and girls and the under 20 girls 4x400m were comfortable victories. In the boys under 20 race, however, 2017 World Champion Trinidad and Tobago raced Jamaica stride for stride until Kennedy hit the gas on the anchor leg to complete a four-lap journey timed in 3 minutes 08.94 seconds.