IF there is one name that has stood out at Kingston College over the last two seasons then it would be that of sprinter Jhevaughn Matherson.
Wolmer’s Boys School last won the Inter-Secondary School Sports Association (ISSA) Boys’ Championship title in 2010 after more than half a century in the wilderness, and since then there has been a lot of humour surrounding their ability to win another title for another 54 years.
Kingston College at the Ready for Champs 2013
Williams if he doubles will be the first to do so, since the late Lennox Miller in 1965 MONTEGO BAY, St James — Munro College's Delano Williams will be chasing history at next week's 103rd staging of the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys' and Girls' Athletics Championships at the National Stadium when he seeks to defend his Class One sprin ... (via Jamaica Observer)
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Girls Champs DEFENDING champions Edwin Allen led the points standings with 30 points after two events after two days of action at the 2013 Inter-Secondary School Sports Association Boys & Girls Athletic Championships at the National Stadium in Kingston, Jamaica. Tara-Sue Barnett of Edwin Allen broke the record twice to finish with a distance of 51.16m to claim the class one girls discus while her team mate Rochelle Frazer claimed the Class two shot put. Gleneve Grange of Holmwood took second with 49.05 while Edwin Allen’s Tasha Crosse threw a distance of 43.83m to finish third. The shot put record was broken at least five times during competition before Frazer topped the other competitors with a throw of 15.93m ahead of Manchester High’s Isheka Binns with 15.11m and Edwin Allen’s Janell Fullerton with 14.67m. After two events, Edwin Allen lead the standings with former champions Holmwood and St Jago sharing second place on nine points. Manchester High are fourth with eight points while St Andrew Technical round out the top five with five points. Four finals will be contested on Thursday’s third day of action. The class three high jump, class two and four long jump, and the triple jump open will take the spotlight.
CALABAR High School roared loudly on the final day to successfully defend the Mortimor Geddes trophy — symbol of schoolboys' track and field supremacy — when they strolled to an easy victory on yesterday's final day of the 103rd ISSA/Gra ... (via Jamaica Observer)
CALABAR High School's victory at the 103rd ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys' Championships at the weekend has been hailed as a demonstration of great talent by one the school's most distinguished past students -- former Prime Minister P J Patterson. (via Jamaica Observer)
(L-R) MATHERSON ... can challenge World Youth record. MCLEOD ... sensational victory in 110 M hurdles Years from now, track and field fans in Jamaica will still be talking about the Inter-Schools Athletics Championships (Champs) 2013 as arguably the best ever. The unprecedented number of records; fierceness of the competition almost down to the ... (via Jamaica Observer)
PROVIDENCIALES, Turks and Caicos — The performance of Munro College's Delano Williams — a citizen of the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) — at the recent Boys' and Girls' Athletics Championship in Kingston, Jamaica on Wednesday came ... (via Jamaica Observer)
MONTEGO BAY, St James — The 103rd ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys' and Girls Athletics Championships, known globally as 'Champs', ended on Saturday night in a blaze of glory and the pyrotechnics that followed the final races paled in comparison to th ... (via Jamaica Observer)
MONTEGO BAY, St James — David Riley, head coach of the Jamaican team that was named yesterday to take part in next weekend's 41st staging of the CARIFTA Championships in The Bahamas, says he is happy with the 70-member squad he has been hande ... (via Jamaica Observer)
Defending Inter-Secondary Schools Sports Association (ISSA) boys champions Calabar High School are already in prep mode to defend the title they have won for the last two years. Team coach Michael Clarke told MilesplitJa.com that while the team won in 2012 and 2013, the work began a long time ago.
Excelsior High’s track team captain Maurice Harrison says going one better than the silver medal he won in the decathlon at the 2013 Inter-Secondary School Boys & Girls Athletic Championships is his aim for the upcoming season.