Chantelle Morrison was under pressure to deliver gold on her young shoulders and the 16-year-old duly delivered in style.

Bronze last year was good, but her home crowd wanted much better and when it came on Saturday night at the Truman Bodden Sports Complex, all 5,000 in attendance marvelled.

Morrison won comfortably, ahead of Channiel Johnson of Jamaica. So comprehensive was the Caymanian’s win she was able to celebrate on the line. Her time of 11.74 seconds in the girls Under-17 100 metres was comparable to anyone of her age in the world. The strong wind in the stadium did not hamper her progress. She literally breezed it.

A lap of honour with a huge Cayman Islands flag brought more appreciation from the vast crowd.

On the first day of the CARIFTA 2010 Games at the Truman Bodden Sports Complex, Cydonie Mothersill finally received her cherished World Championships bronze medal from the 2001 Games.

There to present it was Premier McKeeva Bush and IAAF president Lamine Diack. Other dignitaries present were Rayle Roberts, president of the Cayman Islands Athletic Association and Sports Minister Mark Scotland.

It was a fitting occasion for Mothersill, 32, to receive the medal after so many years of flying the flag for Cayman sprinting around the world.

Another highlight on Saturday was seeing the emerging talent of Kirani James in full flow. The 17-year-old man-child whizzed round in the U-20 400m to win hugely in 45.02 seconds, the third fastest in the world this year.

It also beat his own championship record from last year by four-tenths of a second.

Yet the Grenadian youngster was disappointed. James wanted to break the 45 second barrier. For someone who is running as fast as Usain Bolt was at the same age, the gigantic kid obviously has ambitions to match his size.