Ardenne out front at Inter-Prep Track Meet
ARDENNE with a combined 55.50 points have taken the lead on the second day of the three-day 2010 BIGGA/JISA Inter-Prep Schools Track and Field Championships at the National Stadium yesterday.
One record was broken yesterday when Ardenne’s Class Two boys’ 4×100 metres relay quartet set a new time of 53.10 seconds in erasing the previous record of 53.53 seconds set by Hydel In 2007.
After seven completed finals, Vaz are second with 48 points, Wolmer’s 41, Quest 29.50, Mona 21, defending champions Hydel 21, six each for Covenant Christian Academy, Our Lady of the Angels, Lannaman’s, Emmanuel Christian Academy five and Trafalgar four.
The stage is now set for an exiting and thrilling finish final day todday with a total of 28 finals down to be contested.
Hydel, coached by Corey Bennett, have qualified in a number of finals, but his athletes will have to run well to make up grounds on the schools that are ahead of him.
Meanwhile, the Marlon Tucker-coached Vaz are looking very dangerous after qualifying for a number of finals, while Ardenne, too, have a good chance of becoming champions if they continue their early form.
William Green of Ardenne won the Class One boys’ long jump gold with a distance of 5.23 metres from Alex Robinson of Vaz with 5.15m and Luke Walters of Vaz with 4.99 metres.
Toni-Ann Farquharson of Mona was the winner of the Class One girls’ high jump with a leap of 1.45 metres. Farquharson got the better of Kathleen Smith of Ardenne and Celia Lawson also of Ardenne, who both leapt the same height of 1.45 metres as the winner.
Abigail Myrie of Wolmer’s captured the Class Two girls’ high jump with a leap of 1.35 metres, also getting the better of Anthonette Whyte of Wolmer’s and Seana Kaye Wright of Ardenne, who also finished with the same height of 1.35 metres.
Meanwhile, the Class Two girls’ long jump was won by Abigail Myrie of Wolmer’s with 4.22 metres on the previous day. This makes her a double gold medallist at the championships. Miheala Moore of Hyde was second with 4.22m and Ebony Campbell of Covenant Christian Academy third with 4.11 metres.
