Im­mani Matthew leaped to a gold medal for T&T on day one of the Carif­ta Games in Nas­sau, Ba­hamas on Sat­ur­day.

T&T closed the first day in the 50th edi­tion of the pre­mier track and field meet, with six medals (1 gold, 2 sil­vers and two bronzes).

Matthew dom­i­nat­ed the boys' Un­der-17 long jump event, pro­duc­ing a 7.13m leap, to reach the top spot on the podi­um at the Thomas A Robin­son Sta­di­um in Nas­sau. He led from the first jump (7.13m) and could not be caught by his fel­low com­peti­tors.

Aaron Mas­si­ah of Bar­ba­dos got the sil­ver with 6.49m and Jr An­tho­ny Chin (Cay­man) bagged the bronze with 6.48m. T&T's oth­er jumper Ja­haziel David (T&T) fin­ished sev­enth with 6.13m

Do­ri­an Charles and Pey­ton Win­ter won T&T's first medals at Carif­ta50 in the morn­ing ses­sion on day one.

Charles copped sil­ver in the boys' Un­der-20 javelin event with a throw of 61.58m, The 18-year-old throw­er fin­ished be­hind Ba­hami­an Kaden Cartwright, who sent the spear 64.07m, and ahead of Cameron Thomas of Grena­da with 60.12m. An­oth­er T&T throw­er, Le Bron James placed fourth in the event with his best throw reach­ing 58.70m.

Win­ter al­so won the sil­ver medal in the girls' U-17 shot put event. The 15-year-old tossed the ob­ject 13.66m to place sec­ond be­hind Ja­maican Dion­jah Shaw with 14.48m and ahead of Ba­hami­an Ter­rell Mc­Coy with 13.31m.

Jai­di James picked up T&T's third medal in the boys' U-20 high jump. He bagged a bronze clear­ing the bar at 1.95m to place be­hind Ja­maican duo Bran­don Pot­tinger (2.00m) and Chavez Penn (2.00m), who shared the top spot on the podi­um.

Alexxe Hen­ry then fol­lowed up on the track with this coun­try's fourth medal. The 16-year-old sprint­er crossed third with 11.81 sec­onds to al­so seal a bronze medal in the girls' U-17 100m fi­nal. She fol­lowed to the line, Jami­ah Nab­bie of Ba­hamas (11.67) and St Lu­cian Nao­mi Lon­don (11.72).

Sym­pho­ny Patrick al­so faced the starter in the medal race but she placed eighth with a time of 12.21.

T&T's third bronze medal came thanks to Sanaa Fred­er­ick in the girls' U-20 100m dash.

The for­eign-based sprint­er crossed third with a time of 11.65 to fol­low the Ja­maica pair of Alana Reid (11.17) and Alex­is James (11.53), re­spec­tive­ly.

Fred­er­ick was the quick­est qual­i­fi­er in the pre­lim­i­nary heats, win­ning heat three with an 11.47 clock­ing and cruised to vic­to­ry in semi­fi­nal heat one with 11.52, pro­gress­ing with the sec­ond fastest time.

Reneisha An­drews, T&T's oth­er sprint­er, did not ad­vance to the medal af­ter fin­ish­ing fifth in heat two with 12.06. An­drews had pro­gressed as one of the fastest losers af­ter plac­ing third in heat two with 12.21 in the semi­fi­nals.

Across the field, Tenique Vin­cent just missed out on a podi­um fin­ish as she placed fourth in the girls' U-17 high jump. Vin­cent cleared the bar with 1.65m, to fin­ish be­hind Ja­maican Asia McK­ay (1.73m), Jah'ky­lah Mor­ton of the British Vir­gin Is­land (BVI) with 1.70m and Shan­ni­qua Williams al­so of Ja­maica (1.65m), re­spec­tive­ly.

Vin­cent, soon af­ter, switched her fo­cus to the com­pe­ti­tion in the girls' open hep­tathlon. At the end of the morn­ing ses­sion, the 15-year-old trailed T&T com­pa­tri­ot Gi­an­na Paul (17) by 125 points af­ter two dis­ci­plines. Paul fin­ished in sec­ond place in the open­ing event, the 100m hur­dles, with 14.78 to earn 871 points be­hind Ba­hamas' Essence Sands 14.73 (878). Vin­cent placed fifth with 15.47 (781).

Vin­cent then jumped to the run­ner-up spot af­ter fin­ish­ing sec­ond in the high jump dis­ci­pline, clear­ing the bar with 1.60m for 736 points. Paul led this event with a 1.63m ef­fort (771) to move in­to the top spot.

T&T ath­letes al­so led in the boys' open oc­tathlon af­ter two dis­ci­plines. Ki­mani Kent is on top with 1,478 points from, the 100m with 11.13 (832) and the long jump (6.27m) while team­mate Je­re­mi Fran­cis is sec­ond with 1,415, re­spec­tive­ly from the open­ing dis­ci­plines - 11.41 (771) and 6.26m (664).

Day one

Fi­nal re­sults

Morn­ing ses­sion

Boys' U-20 javelin: 1 Kaden Cartwright (Ba­hamas) 64.07m; 2 Do­ri­an Charles (T&T) 61.58m; 3 Cameron Thomas (Grena­da) 60.12m; 4 Le Bron James (T&T) 58.70m

Girls' U-17 shot put: 1 Dion­jah Shaw (Ja­maica) 14.48m, 2 Pey­ton Win­ter (T&T) 13.66m, 3 Ter­rell Mc­Coy (Ba­hamas) 13.31m

Girls U-17 high jump: 1 Asia McK­ay (Ja­maica) 1.73m, 2 Jah'ky­lah Mor­ton (British Vir­gin Isl) 1.70m, 3 Shan­ni­qua Williams (Ja­maica) 1.65m, 4 Tenique Vin­cent (T&T) 1.65m.

Evening ses­sion

Boys U-17 long jump: 1 Im­mani Matthew (T&T) 7.13m, 2 Aaron Mas­si­ah (Bar­ba­dos) 6.49m, 3 Jr An­tho­ny Chin (Cay­man) 6.48m, 7 Ja­haziel David (T&T) 6.13

Girls U-17 100m: 1 Jami­ah Nab­bie (Ba­hamas) 11.67, Nao­mi Lon­don (St Lu­cian) 11.72, 3 Alexxe Hen­ry (T&T) 11.81, 8 Sym­pho­ny Patrick (T&T) 12.21

Girls U-20 100m: 1 Alana Reid (Ja­maica) 11.17, 2 Alex­is James (Ja­maica) 11.53, 3 Sanaa Fred­er­ick (T&T) 11.65.

Boys U-17 100m: 1 Tra­maina Todd (JA­maica) 10.52, 2 Ish­mael Rolle (Ba­hamas) 10.62, 3 Ethan Sam (Grena­da) 10.71, 7 Kadeem Chi­napoo (T&T) 11.02

Boys U-20 100m: 1 Davonte How­ell (Cay­man) 10.30, 2 Car­los Brown (Ba­hamas) 10.38, 3 Adam Mus­grove (Ba­hamas) 10.44, 7 Rev­ell Web­ster (T&T) 10.66.

Girls U-17 1,500m: 1 Ash­lyn Sim­mons (Bar­ba­dos) 4:51.65, 2 De­na-Marie Bar­by (Cu­ra­cao) 4:52.57, 3 Eri­na Barr (Ba­hamas) 4:54.09, 5 Aniqah Bai­ley (T&T) 4:57.92.

Girls U-20 1,500m: 1 Lay­la Haynes (Bar­ba­dos) 4:53.29, 2 Kishay Rowe (Ja­maica) 4:53.79, 3 Jody Ann Mitchell (Ja­maica) 4:55.99, 5 Kayleigh Forde (T&T) 5:00.98.

Girls U-20 triple jump: 1 Jade-Ann Dawkins (Ja­maica) 13.05m; 2 Lanaisha Lu­bin (Ba­hamas) 12.40m, 3 Katssia Hud­son (French Guiana) 12.22m, 4 Keneisha Shel­bourne (T&T) 11.95m.

Boys U-20 high jump: 1 Bran­don Pot­tinger (Ja­maica) 2.00m, 1 Chavez Penn (Ja­maica) 2.00m, 3 Jai­di James (T&T) 1.95m

Girls U-20 dis­cus: 1 Cedri­ka Williams (Ja­ma­ic) 53.08, 2 Jack­ie Princesse Hy­man (Guade­loupe) 48.81m, Calea Jack­son (Ba­hamas) 46.47, 5 Lalenii Grant (T&T) 43.05m, 6 Jinell Camp­bell (T&T) 41.74

Boys U-20 dis­cus: Kobe Lawrence (Ja­maica) 60.27, 2 Shai­quan Dunn (Ja­maica) 57.28, 3 Antwon Walkin (Turks and Caicos) 52.25, 4 Jeron James (T&T) 47.25.

Boys U-20 400m : 1 Jasauna Den­nis (Ja­maica) 46.43, 2 De­lano Kennedy (Ja­maica) 46.50, 3 Amal Glas­go (St Vin­cent) 47.18, 6 Nakiel De­noon (T&T) 48.75.