The Father Michael Goetz four-by-400 metre girls relay team beat back high winds and a steady rain to capture the gold medal in the Open division, winning by more than two seconds.

The team of Jessica Roque, Ryann Fletcher, Tina DeCarvalho, Rae-Dawn Reid and Angel Roque shaved more than a half-second off their preliminary qualifying time, winning the final in three minutes, 58.22 seconds.

Local athletes won three bronze and two silver medals in individual events on the track and in field competition yesterday.

Carlisle Stanford of Applewood Heights couldn't believe his time was only good enough for a silver medal with a time of 22.20 in the 200-metre junior boys race.

"I would have needed a 21.9 to win," Stanford said after finishing a fifth of a second behind the winner, Ian Warner of Birchmount Park Collegiate. "I never thought I would need to be that low.

"But, I feel good," he continued. "I did my best, At least I medalled and I've got to be happy with that."

The other silver medal went to Leo Nichol, also of Applewood Heights, clocking in at 40.06 seconds in the junior boys 300-metre hurdles.

"I really wanted to run a good time but I hit a couple of hurdles with the wrong leg and that slowed me up," said Nichol, who won a gold medal the day before, on his 16th birthday in the 100-metre hurdles race.

Keisha Danso-dapaah of St. Aloysius Gonzaga, Daniel Novia of Philip Pocock and Melanie Moncrieffe of Father Goetz won bronze medals.

Danso-dapaah finished third in the junior girls 800-metre race with a time of 2:16.35, finishing less than two seconds behind the winning time.

"I may have tried to turn it on too early in the race," said Danso-dapaah, explaining her third place finish.

Novia took third place in the senior boys discus event with a toss of 47.66 metres, just over four metres behind the winning throw.

Moncrieffe had to settle for third place in the senior girls triple jump, finishing with a distance of 11.38 metres. That was .28 metres behind the winning distance.

For some others, it turned out to be a somewhat disappointing day.

Adrienne Bethune of Lorne Park, who won a silver medal Friday in the senior girls long jump, could do no better than fifth in the 200-metre race in her division. She won the bronze medal in the 200-metre event in the midget competition three years ago.

Lauren Leon of Gonzaga qualified in third place in the junior girls 200-metre race but had to settle for fifth spot in the finals with a time of 25.87 seconds.