GIRL’S REVIEW ISSA/GRACE BOYS AND GIRLS CHAMPIONSHIP 2014- PART II

Edwin Allen copped their second title in three years compiling 337.50 ahead of  St. Jago (which won the last four championship titles towards the beginning of the new Millennium rebounded to the upper echelon of the championship) placing second with 263, Hydel(229) bagged third certainly cementing themselves as a major tour de force in Jamaican High school athletics, while dethroned defending champions  Holmwood slip from  the upper Über,  placing fourth with 211.50 and many time champions Vere 141 rounding out the top five.

  

                                             

                             Eubanks copped the 800/1500m double in fine style

Leading the charge for the Frankfield based team was a star-studded class 1 team which include outgoing seniors Marlena Eubank, Christania Williams, Monique Spencer and Rochelle Frazer. 

Eubanks dominated the competition winning the Class 1 800/1500m double posting 2:06.51 and 4:32.90 respectively.

                                                

                  Williams(292) Crosses the finish in the class 1 girl's 100m final

Williams hampered by injury for the last two seasons signalled her return by posting a swift 11.19s handily dismissing Wolmerian Jonielle Smith’s 11.32s and teammate Monique Spencer’s 11.46s in the class 1 girls 100m. A world youth bronze medallist over the same event, Williams’ time was the second fastest time ever recorded over 100m at champs just shy of Olympic Champion Veronica Campbell Brown 11.13s record established in 2001.

Smith of Wolmers won the 200m in 23.49s from Edwin Allen’s Saqukine Cameron (23.54s) and Holmwood’s Sashalee Forbes (23.65s).

                                            

                            Frazer in record mood in Girl's class 1 Shot Put Final   

Frazer placed second in the discus class 1 with a throw of 47.50m, but came on a mission Saturday afternoon breaking the Shot Put class 1 record, round after round heaving to a career best and new record of 13.70m.

                                                  

                           Allen soars in Girls' Long Jump Action

Claudette Allen won the Long Jump with a personal best of 6.45m and joined Williams, Cameron and Spencer to smash the 4x100m record of 44.26s set by Holmwood Technical to 44.18s.

Among the other winners for the blue and white ensemble squad were Shellece Clarke (11.79s-Class 3 100m), Paula-Ann Gayle (44.47m-Class 2 Discus), Janell Fullerton (15.02m-Class 2 Shot put) and Annia Ashley (5.62m-class 3 long jump).

Edwin Allen won the girls open sprint medley setting a new record of 4:00.47 to break Holmwood’s 4:01.24 and ended the championship in fine style, winning the final event of the night, the girl’s 4x400m open. The winning quartet of Cameron (54.5s), Spencer (52.8s), Eubanks (53.6s) and Camira Haughton (55.1s) won in 3:35.70s.

                                          

                                      Williams punches the air in victory

St. Jago had their fair showing at the championship, Genekee Leith (58.20s) won the 400m hurdles open, Peta-gaye Williams (13.81s) won the 100m hurdles for class 1 girls over World Youth champion Holmwood’s Yonique Thompson (13.95s), unfortunately both suffered injuries during the latter half of the race.

Natalyah Whyte won the class 2 girls 200m finals (24.30) ahead of teammate Shanice Lee (24.45s), and both earlier copped silver and bronze, respectively, in the blue ribbon event and teamed up to ensure victory in the 4x100m in 45.51s.

Mellica Grant (10.49s) broke Manchester’s Tulia Robinson’s (10.50s) 21 year old record winning the class 4 girls 70m low hurdles ahead of teammate Kimeone McLeod (10.64s). They also instrumental in St. Jago’s record breaking class 4 4x100m team which posted 47.28s.

                                             

                           Moncrieffe in action the Girls' Triple Jump Open Final

Holmwood Technical’s  horizontal jumper  Tamara Moncrieffe 13.51m won the Girls open triple jump final pushing her to number five on the Jamaican all time listing.

                                               

                  McNeil turns the table on Loney in the Girls' Class 1 400m

An interesting rematch was in the class 1 girls 400m where Vere’s Yanique McNeil (52.88s) edge Balaclavia’s Dawnalee Loney (52.91s) avenging her recent defeat at the Carifta Trials earlier this month. Petersfield red hot Asaine Hall but well overworked placed third in 53.25s.

                                                  

                                           Salmon in High Jump action

Hydel had stars all over, including record breaker in the class 3 high jump Shiann Salmon clearing 1.78m, eclipsing  Holmwood’s Janeieve Russell’s record of 1.77m. Shadae Lawrence (48.06m) won the Class 1 girls discus. Shaneil English won the 200m 

class 3 in 24.31 and was instrumental on the record breaking 4x100m team which posted 45.33s eclipsing their previous record of 45.56s;  Shade Parr with leap a of 5.45 won the class 4 girls’ long jump.

Other double winners at the championship includes: Alpha’s speedball Kiara Grant registering 11.98s and 25.05s respectively over the 100m and 200m in class four battling negligible headwind; Shanieke Watson of Holmwood in the  3000M (10.22.07) and the 2000m Steeple Chase Open (7:17.41); Brittanie Dixon of Vere in the class 3 800/1500m posting 2:12.73 and 4:49.08 respectively and Manchester High’s Annastacia Forrester (6.30m) and (1.75m) over both horizontal and vertical jumps.