FORMER Calabar star Chad Wright set a new Men’s Open discus record while his former teammates dominated the throws at yesterday’s JC/Wata meet — the first development event of the athletic calendar at Old Hope Road.

Wright, the National Junior record-holder and Carifta U-20 champion, now a freshman at the University of Nebraska, threw 56.01 metres to erase the 49.75 set by Jason Morgan in 2003.

Travis Smikle of Calabar, also competing unattached, was second with 55.90.

Calabar’s Oshane Chambers claimed the Class One boys discus with 49.94m, adding to the second-place finish recorded in the Class One shot with a best effort of 16.69m.

The event went to teammate Federick Dacres with 16.69.

Javari Fairclough continued Calabar’s dominance with 43.34 metres to claim the Class Two discus event ahead of Fogo Road’s Sanjay Reid, 41.36.

Kellian Knibb of St Jago captured the girls equivalent with 41.65m. Teammate Shanique Waite (37.96) was second and Manchester’s Shera Powell (37.51) third.

Manchester’s Tasha-Gaye Palmer captured the Class Three event with 34.10m, with Venique Harris of St Andrew second with 31.12.

Meanhile, Devere Brown of St Hugh’s threw 12.17m to secure the shot put event, while the women’s event went to the lone competitor, Deborah Rose, of GC Foster with a throw of 12.78m.

Elsewhere in the field, Jason Lewis of Wolmer’s Boys’ secured the Class One high jump at 1.95 metres, ahead of Munro Spartans’ Izeanyi Otuomye, 1.85.

Oshane Allen and Paul Gunter, both of Jamaica College (JC), were joint third with 1.80.

Manchester’s Charice Porter claimed the Class Two Girls high jump for the second successive year with 1.70, with Alpha’s Krista Gay Taylor, 1.70, second.

Safia Morgan of Immaculate and Anastasia Forrester both cleared 1.65m in the Class Three event, with Morgan winning, while Peta Gay Reid of STETHS was all alone in the Class One event with 1.70.

Charles Palmer of Excelsior claimed the Class One Boys long jump by 0.08 of a metre, his 6.80m topping Miguel Graham of Camperdown, 6.72. Kimarkie Absolom of St George’s College was third with 6.65.

JC’s Dane Robinson took the Class Three event with 5.98, with Luke Walters second with 5.71.

On the track, Christiana Williams of Edwin Allen clocked 11.01 seconds to win the Class Two Girls 100 on a downhill surface with no official wind reading, ahead of Oshin Brooks Gillings of Alpha, 11.72, and Claudette Allen third in 11.91.

Tevin Wilson of MunroSpartans claimed the Boys equivalent in 10.33 ahead of JC’s Rohan Walter (10.44) and Romario Dixon of Greater Portmore (10.51).

The Girls Class One event was won by Toni Ann Smith in 11.87 with Askena Martin of Tacius Golding second in 11.94.

Ashley Stephens of Glenmuir won the Class Three Girls event in 11.50, with Yanique Thompson of Holmwood second with the same time.

Megan Simmonds of St Andrew was impressive in winning the Class Two Girls 100m hurdles, but her 13.77secs was well off the 13.6 set by St Jago’s Melaine Wlaker 11 years ago.

The Class One Girls 100 hurdles was won by St Jago’s Tonique Shoba in 14.06 ahead of teammate Ana Kay James, 14.56.

Juwayne Moore of Monk Street Boys won the Class One Boys 110m hurdles in 15.11 ahead of Jevaugn Jackson of Munro, 15.16, and Kemol Burnett of Camperdown, 15.18.

Williamena Williams of Bog Walk and Giovanni Foote of Munro took the Class One Girls and Boys 800m, respectively.

Williams posted 2:22.23 ahead of Chantalia Watson of Holmwood, 2.22.26, while Foote won in 2:00.20.

Holmwood had a one-two in the Class Three girls 800 with Shanieke Watson winning in 2:28.81 and Sashekia Heath clocking 2:31.11.

Leo Robinson of Holmwood claimed the boys equivalent in 2:15.66.

The 3000m Girls Open went to Althea McLaughlin of STETHS in 11:08.64, with the 5000m Open Boys going to Darien Lindsay (unattached) in 17:24.57.