BASCOLET, Trinidad and Tobago (Photo Images): The windy conditions at the XXXIV Carifta Junior Track & Field Championships were no obstacle for defending overall champions Jamaica to dominate the third and final day and stay well clear of the pack in the medal haul at the Dwight Yorke Stadium in Bacolet, Tobago on Monday. Jamaica show their dominance in the hurdles Defending champion Natasha Ruddock of Jamaica successfully defended her U17 100m hurles title in a time of 13.72sec. Ruddock crossed the line ahead of teammate Shermaine Williams (13.93) and Martinique's Jessica Alcan (14.18). Lightening struck twice for Jamaica's Latoya who won the U20 hurdles for the second year in a row, burning up the track in an impressive time of 13.82sec. Greaves' teammate Kimberly Laing (14.35) took second while Bahamas' Alexandria Oembler (14.45) finished third. On the men's side, Keiron Stewart took the U17 100m event in 13.47. Markino Buckley made it a clean sweep, fighting off a -1.7 headwind to take the U20 110 hurdles in 14.34. Sprint doubles completed Yohan Blake proved to be the top sprinter in the U17 boys division when he dismissed 400m champion Kervin Morgan in the 200m finals. The Jamaican Blake, clocked 22.19 to defeat home boy Morgan who finished second in 22.30, the exact time he ran in the heats yesterday. Antoneil Thomas of Jamaica finished third in 22.46. Daniel Bailey of Antigua & Barbuda who finished second behind Jamaican prodigy Usain Bolt a year ago, ended his Carifta career with a sprint double. The 100m champion ran away with the men's U20 event, clocking 21.36 to beat Jamaica's Mekel Downer (21.49) and Marcus Duncan of Trinidad 21.64. Grenada's 100m bronze medallist Andon Mitchell could only manage 6th place. Trinidad & Tobago's Kelly Ann Baptiste who finished third last year, upset favourite Anneisha McLaughlin of Jamaica in the U20 women's 200m finals to register the 3rd sprint double of the night. Baptiste finished the half lap event in 23.25 to hold off McLaughlin who was timed at 23.28. Sherry Fletcher of Grenada continues to impress in the sprints, adding a 200m bronze medal to the silver she won in the 100m. Latoya King spoiled the day for 100m champion Anika Jno- Baptiste who could only manage a third place finish as she watched her sprint double chance slip away. Trinidad's Britany St. Louis who was hoping take the gold this time round after last year's 4th position took the silver medal. Despite the windy conditions, King crossed the line in 23.68 to beat St. Louis (23.98) and Baptiste (24.07). More of Jamaica in the 2 lap events Jamaica's Natoya Goule and Teneisha Davis both ran a superb race to take 1-2 in the 800m under 17 women finals in times of 2.14.16 and 2.14.44 respectively. Third went to Barbados' Latoya Griffith in 2.15.13. Snony Eugene (U.S.V.I) took the under 20 title in 2.12.75 ahead of Jamaica's Bobby-Gaye Wilkins 2.12.98 and Trinidad & Tobago's Kerticha John 2.13.03. In the men's U17 race, Theon O'Connor of Jamaica finished the meet with two gold medals. The 1500m champion comfortably won the 800m in new meet record time of 1:53.72. Fellow countryman Andre Thomas step one place up from his 3rd spot in the 1500 to claim silver in 1:56.63, followed by Curtis Kock (N. Antilles) 1:56.72. The Bahamas pair of Ramon Miller (1:54.53) and Codero Charles (1:54.86) finished 1-2 in the men's U20 event. Jamaica's Kayon Smith took the bronze to made sure their medal tally continued to rise. Other winners on the women's side on the day were: Trinidad's Rhonda Watkins in the U20 high jump (1.82m), Kyann Maynard of Barbados in U20 javelin throw (45.22m) and Shamaria Davis of Barbados in the U17 javelin throw (38.19m). Other good performances on the men's side came from, Jamaicans Alain Bailey 14.60m in the U20 triple jump, Andrae Drummonds 16:08.27 in the open 5000m and Martinique's Gregory Gamyr record throw of 18.11m in the U20 Shot Put. Exciting relay battles In relay action, hosts Trinidad and Tobago defeated a more fancied Jamaican team in the women's U17 4x400 relay. The Trinidadians crossed the line in 3:44.05 to beat the defending champions Jamaica 3:46.42 and Bahamas 3:49.39. The Jamaican's flipped the script on Trinidad & Tobago in the under 20 4x400m posting a time of 3.36.91sec to defend their title. Trinidad & Tobago posted 3.44.08 for the silver while third went to the Bahamas in 3.45.93sec. Kervin Morgan shrugged off his 200m defeat earlier in the day to help Trinidad & Tobago break the meet record in the U17 event. In fact the top three teams went below the 3:18.88 previous record but the host team held off the Jamaicans to win 3:15.09. Jamaica took second in 3:15.39 while third went to the Bahamas with a time of 3:18.71. Jamaica made sure they finished the games on a high by winning the last event on the track. After taking the top two places in the U20 open 400m, Trinidad where the heavy favourites for the gold in the category 4x400 relay, but despite the efforts the Jamaicans ran away with the gold in 3:09.94. T&T took second in 3:10.32 some distance ahead of Bahamas who came in at 3:14.20. Reprinted from Caribbean Net News caribbeannetnews.com