Sprinter Miles Outerbridge came agonisingly close to a medal in the under-20 boys 200 metres at the Carifta Games in Trinidad on Monday night.

Outerbridge, who qualified second quickest after a stunning semi-final win on Sunday afternoon, did not get the fastest of starts from lane six and came under immediate pressure from the runners inside him.

The Bermudian had plenty of work to do around the bend with the strain showing in his form but he never gave up as he tried to close on the eventual medal-winners in front of him.

But those in front of him failed to tie up significantly and Outerbridge was forced to settle for fourth, eventually stopping the clock at 21.14sec. Jayden Green was crowned champion for Barbados in 20.93.

Amaris Munya was disadvantaged in the under-17 800 metres final after suffering a bump in the first 200 metres.

Drawn in lane one, Munya had made a fine start but was hampered by runners in the outside lanes cutting across her and was lucky not to be pushed on to the inside of the track by some careless competitors.

Munya eventually came home in eighth place in a time of 2:25.62sec, with the race won by Alikay Reynalds of Jamaica in 2:12.57.

Surii Russell crossed the line in eighth place in the boys 800 metres final but was later disqualified from the event.

Russell was disqualified under technical rule 17.2.3, which states “each athlete shall keep within their allocated lane from start to finish and, when running on a bend, shall not step or run on or inside the left-hand lane line.

The young middle-distance runner may have been feeling the effects of three races in two days after also taking part in the 4x400 metres relay semi-finals on Monday morning.

Starting from lane 7, Russell worked his way into a good position after breaking from his lane before being shuffled towards the back of the pack with 400 metres to go.

Russell attempted to get back into the race and was slightly tripped with 250 metres to go. That may have increased his fatigue sent in and he crossed the line in 2:03.27. Victory went to Brion Scott, of Trinidad & Tobago in 1:56.48.

Jake Smith and Oliver Hayward finished fifth and sixth respectively in the under-20 boys 5,000 metres final.

The only Bermuda athlete in the pool finals on Monday evening was Thomas Cechini, who already has two bronze medals at the meet. Swimming from lane two in the boys 15-17 100 metres freestyle, Cechini finished sixth in 52.60.