By Raymond Graham, Freelance Writer 
Stewart and Palmer
NASSAU:
THE final session of the second day of competition at the 31st Carifta Games belonged to Jamaica as they totally outclassed their opponents with some sizzling performances.
Following Gregory Lyttle's and Aneisha McLaughlin's record-breaking performances the Jamaicans showed their overall strength later inthe night as they captured gold in three of the 4x100 metres relays and were only denied a clean sweep by the powerful Trinidad and Tobago team in the boys senior event.
It was like a carnival affair as the hundreds of Jamaicans living in the Bahamas cheered non-stop silencing the home fans and giving the athletes the added motivation.
It was the Under 17 girls who started the show for the Jamaicans as the quartet of Deanette Wright, Aneisha McLaughlin, Latoya Greaves and Sherline Duncan sped to victory in 46.27 seconds. It was the performance of McLaughlin on the second leg that had the large crowd in awe. Wright was off very slowly as the Bahamas sped into the lead. Following her record run in the heats of the 200 metres earlier, McLaughlin in an awesome display of sheer speed, blew away her rivals to set up the victory.
Grenada ran on strongly for the silver in 46.85 seconds just edging the home team which got bronze in 46.87 seconds.
It was a little bit easier for the Under 17 boys as Seaforth's Dwain Bryden gave them a flying start with the speedy Usain Bolt on the second leg extending the lead. It was a mere formality for Andre Wellington on the third leg and 100 metres champion Matthew Palmer on the anchor as they won in 41.35 seconds. Bahamas took the silver in 42.07 with bronze going to Grenada in 44.52.
Nadine Palmer was absent but it was still easy going for Jamaica in the senior girls event as the quartet of Shaunette Davidson, Tracyann Rowe, Yanique Booth and Kerron Stewart won handsomely in 44.91 seconds. Bahamas had to settle for the silver in 45.36 with Barbados taking the bronze in 45.76 seconds.
Undoubtedly the most competitive relay was the senior boys event. Trinidad, with the outstanding duo Darrell Brown and Marc Burns, were the overwhelming favourites to win. However they did not have things their own way and the Jamaicans must have been cursing their luck as a bad change on the final exchange could have cost them the race. With Winston Hutton running the opening leg to Damion Young who had a bad change with Ryan Wright they were still in the lead slightly but Yhann Plummer could not stave off the challenge of Brown who took his team to victory in 40.48 seconds to deny Jamaica a clean sweep. Jamaica were second in 40.58 with the home team, Bahamas settling for bronze once again in 40.91 seconds.
