Wolmer's Jaheel Hyde (left) and Calabar's Michael O'Hara match strides as they head down the track in the final of the Class One boys' 110m hurdles on Saturday. - Ricardo Makyn

SHAYNE FAIRMAN, STAR Writer

Michael O'Hara hoped to lead from the front prior to Calabar's win, and as if with sweet redemption reached by overcoming injury mishaps last year, the Class One star played that role to a T, and delivered the Mortimer Geddes trophy back to Red Hills Road.

Saturday's ISSA)-GraceKennedy Boys and Girls' Athletic Championships win was Calabar's fourth in a row. It was their 25th overall and leaves them six behind perennial rivals Kingston College in Champs wins.

Calabar marched to victory with 280.5 points, even as second-place KC, with 265 points, dominated the National Stadium with deafening cheers. Jamaica College (JC) were third on 200 points.

It was an all-captain O'Hara show. He was fit, and there was no stopping him or his Calabar team. O'Hara's class was already known, given his Class Two 110m hurdles record, among other outstanding wins over the years.

"It's a good feeling to have captained my team over the last year. I helped to bond the team together and motivate the younger guys," he said.

"I came out very hard and was glad to come out victorious. It was a good feeling," he added, after a sensational victory in the boys' Class One 4x100m.

The quartet of O'Hara, Edward Clarke, Jullane Walker, and Seanie Selvin rocked the National Stadium to its core with a dazzling record run 39.08 seconds.

O'Hara finished his high-school career with four gold medals, including the scalp of World Youth 110m hurdles champion, Jaheel Hyde, of Wolmer's Boys, yet again.

The Boys' Class One 110m hurdles was nothing short of epic. O'Hara sizzled to 13.49 in a -3.8-second wind, while a stunned-looking Hyde finished second best in 13.52, and Seanie Selvin also of Calabar third at 13.66.

"To beat Jaheel is a good feeling. He was the talk of the town, but calm man keep sound bone," O'Hara told STAR Sports, with a smile on his face, when asked about that performance.

He described Hyde as the "favourite before the race."

"I am glad to just come through and shock him," O'Hara said.

Meanwhile, Edward Clarke, who ran the 4x100m starting leg, and who finished Champs with one gold and one silver, was happy with his effort for Calabar.

"We (Calabar) kinda knew we had no real competition in this race, so we just went for the record."

"I was happy with coming second behind my teammate (Michael O'Hara). We gave Calabar the quinella," he said of the Class One boys' 100m dash, where Calabar were first and second.

"It is an amazing feeling to leave my last year of Champs with a gold medal and record," he said.