EXCELSIOR High’s intermediate hurdlers Jaeden Campbell and Kishawn Hoffman stole the spotlight at Saturday’s staging of the Central Hurdles, Field Events and Relay meet at G.C. Foster College.
Campbell captured the Class Two 400m hurdles in 53.43 seconds, ahead of Jhabarie Whyte of Vere Technical (57.12), with third going to Quwayne Brown of Excelsior in 58.10.
There was a one-two Class One for Excelsior as Hoffman clocked 53.43 for the win, ahead of teammate Demarco Bennett, who was second in 54.87. Third went to Raheem McKenzie of Clarendon College in 55.99.
Excelsior also captured the Class One boys’ 4x100m in 41.12 and Class Two in 43.19. Clarendon College won the Class Three 4x100m in 47.33s.
St Jago High and William Knibb High also had good results on the track among the boys. St Jago started the day with a win in the 2000m steeplechase open as Daniel Pennant (6:22.30) scored a close victory over Rohan Walker (6:22.47) of Buff Bay High, with third going to Jeremy James of Kingston College in 6:52.42.
St Jago swept the top three spots in the Class Two 400m. Khieme Campbell won in 50.60 ahead of Ajani Williams (50.76) and Dafion Haughton (52.01). Romario Jibbison captured the Class One 110m hurdles in 14.07. Marquese Page, also of St Jago, won the Class Two 110m hurdles in 13.67.
Jhabari Matheson of William Knibb was best in the Class One 400m. He topped the event in 47.43s ahead of Kile Reid (48.64) of St Elizabeth Technical and Chanton Whyte of Denbigh High, 48.85.
Edwin Allen High continued their buildup for the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls’ Athletics Championships (Champs) with another good all-round performance. Tashana Godfrey led the way in the Class Three 80m hurdles. Godfrey, who fell in the event a year ago, was in blazing form winning in a fast 11.16. The Holmwood Technical duo of Devonnie Francis (11.67) and Moya Thomas (11.79) ended second and third overall.
Port Antonio High’s Shanica Harris surprised Edwin Allen’s Kelly Ann Carr in the opening event of the day, the 400m hurdles open for girls. In a close finish, Harris clocked 1:00.73 to edge out Carr, the defending Champs winner in the event, who finished second in 1:00.75. Maria Crossfield of Edwin Allen was third in 1:03.74.
Edwin Allen had a clean sweep in the 4x100m, winning in all four classes. In Class One they clocked 45.24, ahead of Holmwood (45.76) and Vere (47.27s). They took Class Two in 46.20 ahead of Holmwood (46.49), Class Three in 47.46 ahead of St Jago (48.17), and closed out in Class Four, winning in 48.08 ahead of Holmwood (48.92).
There was also a good showing by St Jago’s Bryanna Davidson in the Class One 100m hurdles. She took the event in 14.24 ahead of Amoi Kentish (14.46) of Excelsior, with third going to Brianna Cross of Vere Technical in 14.98.
