A correction to an error in calculating the points from the girls’ heptathlon Open at the ISSA GraceKennedy Girls Athletics Championships has seen a slight change in the margin of victory for Holmwood Technical over Edwin Allen High.

Originally Holmwood Technical had been declared winners of their eighth straight title with 273.33 points ahead of Edwin Allen’s 258.

However, it was discovered that the points for the heptathlon Open that was won by Edwin Allen’s Ann Marie Duffus with a personal best 4776 points to beat Tonique Sobah of St Jago, 4742 points, and St Elizabeth Technical’s Rochelle Farquharson, 4172.

With the additional points, Holmwood — who collected one extra point from Danielle Newman — would beat Edwin Allen by 13.33 points — two less than the original scores.

Garth Gayle, general secretary for the Jamaica Amateur Athletics Association (JAAA) who was in charge of the recorders at the four-day meet, acknowledged the mistake last , but was quick to point out it would not have changed the final standings.

He explained that the heptathlon, which is normally scored similar to a relay event, with the winners getting 12 points, was instead scored as an individual event and awarded nine points to the winner.

A recalculation of the points should also see some changes in the individual points.

Duffus, who also scored points in the javelin Open and Class 1 long jump, would now have scored 27 points to tie with Natoya Goule of Manchester High at the top of Class 1, while the two additional points should see St Elizabeth Technical’s Farquharson being declared the class champion in Class 2 with 24 points — one more than Danielle Williams of The Queens School, who had tallied 23 points.

However, a number of coaches have questioned the inclusion of points scored in Open events towards the class champions, which they say is a deviation from the norm.

Gayle, who was off the island and was due back yesterday, was unavailable for comment.

New Points standings

HOLMWOOD 274.33

EDWIN ALLEN 261

ST JAGO 183

VERE 158

MANCHESTER 144.83

WOLMER’S

HERBERT MORRISON 80

STETHS 78

CONVENT OF MERCY 70.83

THE QUEEN’S 60

HYDEL 46

ST ANDREW HIGH 43

ST HUGH’S

IMMACULATE 31

WILLIAM KNIBB 22

CAMPERDOWN 21

17) OBERLIN 19

BELLEFIELD 12

ST CATHERINE 11

CAMPION 7

EXCELSIOR 7

FROME 6

BOG WALK 6

CLARENDON 6

GLENGOFFE 4

OCHO 3

MORANT BAY 2

ST MARY HIGH 2

TITCHFIELD 1