The second day of the JN/JPS/Juciful Eastern Track & Field Athletic Championship at the National Stadium saw some fair performances as the athletes prepare for Boys and Girls Champs next month.

Carrie Russell of St Thomas Technical powers home to win the Class Two 100m in a record 11.88secs at the National Stadium yesterday. (Photo: Bryan Cummings)

Leading the charge was Javere Bell of Seaforth, who was in record-breaking mood, taking the Class 3 800m in 2:04.74, the 200m in 23.47secs and 400m in 51.65secs to emerge the star of the meet.

The Championship, which was the closest in years, was reminiscent of the rivalry between St Mary High, Titchfield and Morant Bay of yesteryear.
Oberlin returned to winning ways, scoring crucial points - including the cross country event that Morant Bay did not participate in, and the 1600m relay for girls, where the latter did not report to the call room in the heats.

Oberlin won with 574 points to beat Morant Bay, 522; Glengoffe, 415.5, St Thomas Technical, 343, and Buff Bay, 251.5, who rounded off the top five.
Oberlin won the Girls section with 277.5 points to Morant Bay's 232.5 and St Thomas Tech's 214.

Morant Bay took the Boys section with 289.5 points ahead of Oberlin, 260.5, and Glengoffe, 170.5.
Carrie Russell, the World Junior Championship bronze medallist, clocked 11.88secs, but was given a hand-time 11.6 due to a computer glitch. She returned to clock a record 24.86secs in the 200m to complete a fine double.

Other record-breakers yesterday were Natasha Morrison of Glengoffe, who ran 12.20secs to win the Class 3 Girls 100m and 24.81secs in the 200; Juwayne Moore (Morant Bay) 11.69 for the boys equivalent; Javere Bell (Seaforth) 51.65secs in the 400m, and Nashee Campbell (Glengoffe) 56.2 in the girls equivalent.

Meanwhile, Happy Grove's Akino Ming ran a record 22.72 in the Class 2 boys 200m, with the Class 1 title going to Oberlin's Shawn King in a new mark of 22.18.

Also, St Thomas Tech's Rushane Downer clocked 23.47 to pip Seaforth's Javere Bell, while Tonique Sobah did 12.48 to top the Class 3 girls 80m hurdles. Kadian Sutherland (St Mary High) threw a record 33.26m in the girls javelin open.

Jodian Waldron lowered her 2:24.36 record achieved earlier in the heats to clock an even more impressive 2:23.48 to cop the 800m title, while Crystal Palmer (Glengoffe), 2:21.49 took the Class 3 girls event, and Shawn King (Oberlin) ran 22.18 to secure the boys Class 1 200m title.
Interestingly, Carrie Russell, who smashed Kacey-Ann Robinson's two sprint records, witnessed two of her own marks fall to Natasha Morrison of Glengoffe.

There were three triple winners in Janeane Jones of Morant Bay in the Class 4 long jump (4.86m), 100m (13.23) and 200m; Russell in the 400m (57.64), 200m (24.68) and 100m (11.88), and Javere Bell of Seaforth in the 800m (2:04.74), 200 (23.47) and 400m (51.65).
Winning coach Everton Leslie, who was returning from studies to wrest the title from Morant Bay, was elated.

"I thank God for this victory. It was determination that took us home and I promised our principal Thelma James... that I would give her a gift, and this is it. The athletes did it and I am proud of them," he said.

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