Chichester placed third with a time of four minutes, 48.06 seconds, finishing behind gold medallist Jodran Richards of Jamaica, who clocked 4:37.72 minutes and Trinidadian Pilar McShine (4:38.67).

The biggest disappointment of the day for Guyana came in the Under-20 boys 1500 metres when Cleveland Forde failed to medal.

The diminutive Forde was fourth in four minutes, 04.44 seconds as Trinidadian Carlan Arthur (4:03.29), Bahamian Alex Sawyer (4:03.32) and St Lucian Ran Joseph (4:03.81) took the gold, silver and bronze respectively.

Rodwell Downer also narrowly failed to emulate Chichester in the Under-17 boys 1500 metres when he finished fourth in the final with a time of 4:19.88 minutes.

Grenadian Neilon Joseph (4:13.52) got the gold with Barbadian Roderick Rock (4:15.69) taking the silver and Jamaican Robert Watson (4:17.00) holding off Downer for the bronze.

In the Under-17 girls 100 metres, Guyanese Dianne Munroe failed to qualify among the eight finalists as her time of 12.31 seconds in the preliminaries, was the 10th fastest overall.

Jamaica’s Samantha Henry won this event in 11.71 seconds from Tamara Rigby of the Bahamas who clocked 11.79 seconds.

In the Under-17 boys 100 metres, Guyana’s duo of Quacy Trotman (11.61) and Delmas Reddock (11.90) had two of the slowest times - 18th and 20th respectively - among the 21 athletes who contested the preliminaries.

Jamaica had a 1-2 finish in this event, courtesy Renaldo Rose (10.65 seconds) and Jerraine Downie (10.72) with Barbadian Ramon Gittens (10.92) gaining the bronze.

Another Guyanese, Serma Mentore, also failed to advance to the final of the Under-17 girls 400 metres when she clocked one minute, 04.74 seconds in her heat.

Jamaica’s Annabella Reid won the event in 53.81 seconds from her compatriot Sonita Sutherland (53.90).

Guyana’s Ronald Payne was seventh in the boys Under-17 Shot Put with a best effort of 12.48 metres. Dominican Tyron Benjamin (15.17 metres) was a clear winner from Grenadian Deon Charles (14.56) and Barbadian Ramon Harewood (13.71).

Guyana also failed to make an impact in the Under-20 boys discus with Royston Ross placing ninth with a distance of 38.87 metres and Cleon Washington coming 11th with his best effort being 38.75 metres.

Eric Matthias of The British Virgin Islands won this event with a throw of 55.20 metres, setting a new Carifta record.

Jamaica dominated proceedings on the opening day, capturing six gold medals among the men and seven in the women’s events while host country Trinidad and Tobago got two gold medals from their men and another from their girls.

Jamaica swept the top two places in the Under-20 girls 100 metres with Kerron Stewart (11.41) and Sherone Simpson (11.44) sprinting home from Trinidadian Wanda Hutson (11.68).

However, Trinidadian sprint sensation Darrel Brown sent home his compatriots with smiles on their faces with a record-run of 10.20 seconds in the Under-20 boys 100 metres, erasing his own mark of 10.22 seconds.

For some, those smiles turned to sadness as Brown had to be stretchered off the field with a strain to his quadriceps and it is now uncertain whether the clash between himself and Jamaica's Usain Bolt in 200 metres may materialise.

Another record was shattered in the Under-20 boys 400 metres when Bolt ran a blistering 46.35 seconds, to eclipse Trinidadian Damion Barry’s 46.51 seconds which was set at the 2001 Games.