Monday | May 14, 2012
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Naggo Head claim fourth straight title |
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Naggo Head Primary are champions for a record fourth straight year, as the 32nd INSPORTS/Swizzzle Primary Schools Athletics Championship came to a fantastic finish at the National Stadium on Saturday.
Having equalled St Benedict's (2006, 2007, 2008) record of three successive titles last year, Floyd Coke's They amassed 197.5 points to win this year's edition by 50.5 points, ahead of New Providence (147), Greater Portmore (106), Belmont Park (92) St Benedict's (79.5); Spanish Town (69.5); Southborough (65); Portsmouth (64.5); Harbour View (64) and St John's (56). Seven records were broken with Ewarton Primary's Christopher Taylor identified as a star in the making, as he won both the Class One boys' 200m and 400m titles in record fashion. Both Taylor and second-placed Tyreke Wilson (24.07) of Ensom City dipped under the old mark of 24.13 held by St Jago athlete Raheem Chambers, formerly of Belmont Park. Rose Lee Cooper of New Providence Primary registered a new mark in the girls' 100m class two with a time of 13.02 seconds breaking Cardine Copeland's seven year-old mark of 13.03. Following her record-breaking semi-final run of 2:28.10, which erased Lisa Buchanan's mark of 2:29.20 set in 2009, Gregory Park's Chrisann Lewis lowered her time yet again, as she clocked 2:27.82 in the finals of the girls' 800m open. Lewis finished well ahead of teammate Kaleya Hinds, who logged 2:28.26, while Naggo Head's Rohanna-Kay Knight took third in 2:31.35 seconds. The other record performances came in the relays with Greater Portmore Primary accounting for the girls' 4x100m class three and four titles. They removed Duhaney Park's three-year-old class four record of 1:00.39, and became the first school in history at this age group to dip below the 60 seconds barrier, winning in 59.66 seconds. Their class three team then did the same, in a time of 55.51 seconds, bettering the old mark of 56.05 seconds set by Portsmouth Primary last year. And as the curtains came down on the championship, Angels Primary took the boys' sprint medley relay in a meet record 1:53.72 seconds, breaking the 1:53.81 done by St Patrick's Primary in 2009. Second was St Benedict's in 1:55.52, while New Providence claimed third in 1:55.65. |
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