Trinidad and Tobago collected four more gold medals on Saturday night to had to their impressive performance on Friday night, on the penultimate day of the CARIFTA Swimming Championships at the Betty Kelly-Kenning National Swim Complex.
The T&T swimmers captured three individual and one relay gold, but were forced to share the spotlight with arch-rivals Barbados, who also picked up four, and hosts Bahamas, who won the same amount.
French Caribbean side Guadeloupe snared seven medals overall on the night, to lead the medal haul.
Trinidad and Tobago found success in the junior category when Tyla Martin raised the curtain on the evening session by winning the girls 13-14 200 metres individual medley in a time of two minutes 26.62 seconds.
Barbadian Kimberley Willoughby finished second in 2:32.81, while T&T copped bronze in 2:34.50 thanks to Syriah David.
Jabari Baptiste handed T&T their second gold of the evening when he wrapped up the boys 13-14 100 metres freestyle in a time of 53.91 seconds.
Suriname swept silver and bronze through Zuhary Pigot (54.73) and Raiz Tjon A Joe (55.73).
In the senior category, T&T also made their presence felt when Joshua Romany outpaced his field to win the boys 15-17 100 metres freestyle, to lead an impressive one-two.
Romany clocked 50.99 seconds, with teammate Dylan Carter finishing in 51.36 and Jemal Le Grand of Aruba taking bronze in 52.39 seconds.
Trinidad and Tobago's fourth medal came in the girls 13-14 800m freestyle relay when the team of Shania David, Syriah David, Jewel Mulrain and Martin clocked 9:09.47.
On Friday night, T&T snatched all the headlines as they repeatedly found the podium.
Baptiste won the boys 13-14 100m backstroke in 1:02.92 while Carter led home Romany that time in the boys 15-17 50m butterfly, clocking 25.34 seconds.
Martin shone in the girls 13-14 50m butterfly, racing to a time of 29:49 seconds, while Amira Pilgrim picked up the girls 11-12 50m butterfly, posting a time of 30.90.
In the boys 15-17 200m freestyle, Romany and Carter exchanged positions yet again, with Romany taking gold in 1:52.46.
Baptiste and Martin had earlier continued their success when they won their age group 200m freestyle events.
While Baptiste clocked 1:59.15 to clinch his gold, Martin touched the wall at 2:09.73.
–CMC
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