Two national age group and two meet records highlighted the day for Jamaica’s young swimmers, who improved their tally to 23 medals after day two action at the 33rd staging of the Carifta Swimming Championships at the National Aquatic Centre in Kingston on Sunday.

Ohio-based Bryanna Renuart, Emily MacDonald and Britney Williams all secured double gold medals — one individual and a relay each — as Jamaica grabbed 12 medals to take their tally to eight gold, six silver and nine bronze medals.

The 36-member team is now on track to better last year’s 30-medal haul, which currently represents the nation’s best since 2014.

They are also on course to improve their sixth-place finish from last year, as they occupy second position on the combined standings with 329 points, two ahead of Guadeloupe in third on 327. The Bahamas continue to lead with 416 points.

Trinidad and Tobago (291), Cayman Islands (232.5) and The Barbados (192) were the closest pursuers heading into yesterday’s third day.

However, Jamaica sit third on the overall medal standings based on the quality of medals behind the twin-island republic (25) and Bahamas (28), with Guadeloupe in fourth with 26.

Jamaica made a brisk start to Sunday’s evening session, with MacDonald securing her third gold medal of the meet when she blazed to victory in the girls’ 13-14 200-metre freestyle, clocking one of the eight records that were established on the night.

The consistent MacDonald stopped the clock in 2:08.70 to lower the previous mark of 2:09.51 set by Kimberlee John Williams in 2009. She won ahead of Logan Watson-Brown (2:10.60) of Bermuda and Audrey Moore (2:12.23) of the US Virgin Islands.

Williams followed up with victory in the girls’ 15-17 200m freestyle, clocking 2:10.32 ahead of Lilly Higgs (2:11.03) of The Bahamas, who just came in ahead of another Jamaican Annabella Lyn (2:11.09).

Jamaica’s Nicholas Vale (1:57.46) finished fifth in the boys’ 15-17 200m freestyle behind the trio of Daniel Jacobs (1:55.85) of Aruba, Mauricio Payne (1:56.82) of Curacao and Trinidad and Tobago’s Graham Chatoor (1:57.15).

Another record fell in the 13-14 girls’ 50m butterfly and it belonged to Naele Portecop of Guadeloupe, who clocked a fast 27.79s to just stave off the challenge from Jamaica’s dynamic duo Zaneta Alvaranga (27.94s) and MacDonald (28.89s). Portecop bettered the previous mark of 28.44s set by Emma Harvey in 2016.

Jamaica’s Shaun Johnson clocked 28.52s for third in the girls’ 15-17 50m butterfly, behind Curacao’s Chade Nersicio who won in a record time of 28.00s. Nersicio lowered 28.13s set last year by Elinah Phillip of British Virgin Islands, who was second in the event in 28.29s.

The pair of Nicholas Vale (25.67s) and Jesse Marsh (26.14s) was fourth and seventh respectively in the boys’ 15-17 50m butterfly, behind the Bahamas’ Izaak Bastian (25.35s).

Young Morgan Cogle earned Jamaica’s next medal in the girls’ 11-12 100m backstroke where she finished third in 1:13.55, behind Milli-Jo MacDonald (1:12.39) of Barbados and Keianna Moss (1:13.01) of The Bahamas.

Simone Vale (1:10.50) was left back in fifth in the girls’ 13-14 100m backstroke, behind winner Cheamael Griffiths (1:08.50) of Martinique, while Rin Gyles (1:04.21) just missed out on a podium finish in the 13-14 boys’ event, behind Lamar Taylor (1:01.41) of The Bahamas.

In the girls’ 15-17 100m backstroke Johnson secured another bronze in 1:08.41, behind Barbados’ Danielle Titus, who won in a record time of 1:04.79, lowering the old mark of 1:05.94 set last year by Lauren Hew.

Virginia Stamp (1:07.52) of The Bahamas was second, while another Jamaica Brianna Anderson (1:12.35) was eighth.

— Sherdon Cowan