Dexter Mckenzie shines at Milo
ANGELS, St Catherine – Munro College’s Dexter McKenzie was western Jamaica’s only double winner at last Saturday’s 32nd staging of the Milo Western Relays, which was held for the second year at GC Foster College in Angels, St Catherine.
McKenzie, an Upper Sixth Form student at Munro, set a meet record 7.34m to retain the Men’s Long Jump title before anchoring an injury- riddled Munro team to a pulsating win in the High School Boys 4x400m relay.
Without Kaneil Harrison and Rolando Reid available, Munro fielded a team of Delano Williams and 400m hurdlers Jodi-Rae Blackwood and Patrick Campbell and McKenzie, who battled Holmwood Technical on the anchor leg in driving rain.
McKenzie went in front on the backstretch but Holmwood regained the lead with about 70 metres to go but with about 40 metres to go, McKenzie surged to the front as Munro won in a meet record 3 minutes 14.86 seconds to win for the third straight time in the Milo Junior Grand Prix series.
McKenzie’s teammate Wendrico Seymour won the high jump Open with 2.00m, beating Herbert Morrison’s Demar Wood- 1.95m with TAPS Track Club’s Shagorey Smith third.
Petersfield High had their first-ever win at Western Relays when the Class 1boys team of Tafari Green, World Youth Championships representative Waynee Hyman, Dean Turner and Omar Samuels ran 1 minute 28.98 seconds to win the high school bys 4x200m event.
TAPS track club were also winners, taking the Men’s Clubs/Institutions Men’s 4x200m in a new record 1 minute 26.07 seconds.
St Elizabeth Technical Boys Class1 team took the 4x100m title in 41.75 seconds while Mt Alvernia High swept the Prep School races for boys and girls.
Barracks Road Primary also won the boys Primary School director’s race while neighbours Corinaldi Avenue Primary took the girls’ Primary section.