MISSING out on valuable points in the Class Two boys’ 110m hurdles and the long and triple jumps is seen as the major let-down to Kingston College’s 2010 Boys’ Championship title chase.

The North Street-based institution expected to earn 15 points from the hurdles with Stefan Fennell being favourite in the event with Givonette Dennis as supporting cast.

It was not to be, however, as Fennell and Dennis both crashed out, delivering a crushing blow to the KC charge for a 32nd title.

Jerome Wilson, who was injured coming into the championships and could not perform in the long and triple jumps, also affected the team.

“We were on target up until the Class Two hurdles,” head coach Michael Russell told the Observer. “Those were almost sure points.”

“It was a bitter pill to swallow because we were trying to make up the deficit with Keiron Stewart and Andre Peart, who we lost in the 400m hurdles and we believed that we had a chance and it would put us in good stead, but we didn’t get those points and we realised we would have to work much harder to regain that,” he said.

Following the hurdles mishap Russell and his team delivered a motivational talk to the athletes to try to lift their spirits once again.

“I had a meeting to try and comfort them and do what was necessary to relax them,” he said.

Russell remained gracious in defeat as he told the Observer: “That’s how Championships are. You win some and you lose some. It was not to be for KC this year and I think Wolmer’s on the day was better.”

Wolmer’s suffered mishaps of their own with a dropped baton in the preliminaries of the Class One 4x100m which they were expected to win.

Track and field statistician Hubert Lawrence had projected the Heroes Circle-based school to prevail even without the mishaps which befell the three main contenders, including Calabar.

Wolmer’s, he noted, also had a lot of hopes pinned on Ramone Bailey to successfully defend his triple jump title and earn nine points, which did not happen.

“Once KC lost the points in the hurdles, Champs became wide open again, but if everything went well for all the teams, Wolmer’s would still have won,” Lawrence insisted.