Chichester, fresh from a bronze in Under-17 Girls 1500 metres on Saturday, ran with grit and determination to finish a commendable second behind Antigua’s long distance queen, Janill Williams, who has dominated this event ever since first winning it as a 11-year-old in Barbados in 1997.

The 14-year-old Guyana Police Force club athlete, who hails from West Demerara, ran barefooted but with steely resolve against her older opponents, leading the field for most of the race.

She went on to clock 10 minutes, 14.08 seconds while Williams, who overtook her just after hearing the bell for the final lap, crossed the line in 10.12.32 minutes.

Chichester, who has benefited from competition exposure here in Trinidad and Tobago, has been Guyana’s only medallist after two days of competition, with a silver and a bronze.

Jamaican Lorain McKenzie (10:15.47) collected the bronze medal on a day in which her compatriots again dominated most of the events to push their medal haul to a whopping 40, comprising 23 gold, 10 silver and seven bronze.

Host country Trinidad and Tobago are second in the medal table with five gold, nine silver and seven bronze for a total of 21 while Grenada are third with three gold, three silver and five silver in their 11 medals.

Jamaica were in a class above the opposition as they swept all four 4x100-metre relays, easily winning the Boys’ and Girls’ Under-17 as well as Under-20 events.

Apart from Chichester’s silver medal performance, competitors from Guyana had little else to celebrate with most of them failing to qualify for the final of their events.

In the Boys’ Under-17 3 000 metres, Guyanese Ricky Kissoon was outclassed as he finished seventh in 10:22.61 minutes in a race won by Grenadian Neilon Joseph in nine minutes, 20.50 seconds.

Another Guyanese, Rodwell Downer, was the eighth qualifier for the final of yesterday’s Under-17 Boys’ 800 metres with a time of 2:02.09 minutes but he will have to run a lot faster to get near the Jamaican pair of Kemar Ellis (1:58.96) and Melvin Weller (1:59.05), who had the two fastest qualifying times.

David Younge, the second Guyanese in this event, failed to advance to the final after clocking 2:09.81 in his preliminary run.

Donna April also failed to qualify for the final of the Under-17 Girls’ 800 metres after clocking 2:24.42 minutes in the preliminaries.

There was some encouraging news in the Under-17 Girls’ 200 metres with Dianne Munroe advancing tonight after returning the fifth-fastest qualifying time of 24.98 seconds.

The two Guyanese competitors in the Under-17 Boys’ 200 metres, Quacy Trotman and Delmas Reddock both failed to make it to the final.

Trotman was fifth in his heat with a time of 22.91 seconds while Reddock was sixth in his heat in a slow time of 24.29 seconds.

DAY 2 RESULTS

Girls’ Under-17 300 Metres Hurdles

1. Sherene Pinnock (Jamaica) 42.24 seconds

2. Melony McKay (Jamaica) 42.61

3. Nerissa Phillip (Grenada) 43.08

Girls’ Under-17 High Jump

1. Rhonda Watkins (T&T) 1.73m

2. Latroya Darrell (Bermuda) 1.68

3. Andrea Moss (Bahamas) 1.65

Girls’ Under-17 Discus

1. Sasha Ferguson (Bahamas) 36.23m

2. Marie Vulcain (Martinique) 36.02

3. Brittney Marshall (Bermuda) 35.66

Girls’ Under-20 400 Metres Hurdles

1. Camille Robinson (Jamaica) 56.61 secs (new record)

2. Carlene Robinson (Jamaica) 58.47

3. Josanne Lucas (T&T) 58.55

Girls’ Under-20 Triple Jump

1. Sheron Mark (T&T) 12.82

2. Zelica Montout (Gaudeloupe) 12.74

3. Prescillia Corneille (Guadeloupe) 12.63

Girls’ Under-20 Shot Put

1. Aymara Albury (Bahamas) 13.62m

2. Tressa-Anne Charles (St Lucia) 13.21

3. Hemat Astride (F.Guyane) 12.37

Girls’ 3 000 Metres Open

1. Janill Williams (Antigua) 10:12.32

2. Jennifer Chichester (Guyana) 10:14.08

3. Lorain McKenzie (Jamaica) 10:15.47

Boys’ Under-17 400 Metres Hurdles

1. Joseph Robertson (Jamaica) 53.69

2. Terry Marshall (Barbados) 54.81

3. Andre Pratt (Jamaica) 56.44

Boys’ Under-17 Triple Jump

1. Brandon Joseph (Antigua) 14.21m

2. Barry Batson (Barbados) 14.14

3. Joel Phillip (Grenada) 14.06

Boys’ Under-17 Javelin

1. Jody Placid (Grenada) 57.71m

2. Jonathan Denis (Guadeloupe) 55.97

3. Wayne George (Grenada) 49.29

Boys’ Under-20 400 Metres Hurdles

1. Kimani Williams (Jamaica) 51.22

2. Isa Phillips (Jamaica) 51.29

3. Andretti Bain (Bahamas) 53.68

Boys’ Under-20 Pole Vault

1. Wasim Walker (Jamaica) 4.01m

Boys Under-20 Long Jump

1. Damion Young (Jamaica) 7.40m

2. Cedric Bergoz (Martinique) 7.27

3. Shawn Thomas (T&T) 7.27

Boys’ Under-20 Javelin

1. Jamal Forde (Barbados) 65.46 m

2. Nely Marie (Martinique) 60.83

3. Densley Joseph (Grenada) 59.05

Girls’ Under-17 4 x 100 Metres Relay

1. Jamaica 46.07

2. Bahamas 46.75

3. Guadeloupe 47.20

Girls’ Under-20 4 x 100 Metres Relay

1. Jamaica 44.42

2. Trinidad & Tobago 45.09

3. Bahamas 46.47

Boys’ Under-17 4 x 100 Metres Relay

1. Jamaica 41.77

2. Barbados 42.13

3. Trinidad & Tobago 42.19

Boys’ Under-20 4 x 100 Metres Relay

1. Jamaica 39.43 (new record)

2. Trinidad & Tobago 40.64