St Andrew retain JTA/Sagicor track & field title
Defending champions St Andrew with a combined total of 328 points gained their 16th hold on the JTA/Sagicor National All-Island Primary, All-Age and Junior High Track and Field Championships at the National Stadium yesterday.
Following the champions in the point standings were Portland with 270 points, St Elizabeth 247, Kingston 184, St Catherine 179, St Ann 148, Clarendon 146, Manchester 128, Westmoreland 122, St Mary 115, Trelawny 76, StThomas 74, St James 31 and Hanover with seven.
Three more records were broken yesterday to make a total of six records shattered at the championships. Raje Fearron of St Andrew broke the Under-15 200 metres record with a new time of 28.78 seconds. The old mark was set by Jevaughn Spencer of St James set in 2005.
St Andrew broke the Boys Under-15 4×100 metres relay record by posting a new time of 46.85 seconds to erase the old mark of 46.98 seconds set by St James in 2005.
Another record to fall was in the Girls’ 800 metres sprint medley relay open where Portland set a new time of 1:55.16 to erase the previous best of 1:56.02 set by St Elizabeth in 1999.
Meanwhile, Jevone Ashley of St Andrew was a double gold medallist in the Boys Under-17 200m and 400 metres by winning in times of 23.48secs and 52.27 seconds, respectively.
Rushane Edwards of St Ann was a double winner in the Boys Under-13 100m and 200m where he won in times of 12.92secs and 25.79 seconds, respectively.
Brandon Sewell of St Andrew captured the Boys Under-17 100 metres final in a time of 11.69 seconds ahead of Randy Gordon of Portland 11.75secs and Esroy Josephs of Westmoreland in 11.77 seconds.