CATHERINE HALL, St James — Sprinters stole the spotlight on Saturday as the Milo-sponsored County of Cornwall Athletics Association’s (COCAA) Western Champs ended at the Montego Bay Sports Complex.

Munro College’s Class One sprinter Delano Williams won the sprint double, but his Class Four teammate Rushane Edwards was the toast of the day with a splendid 22.29 seconds in the 200m final.

Sixteen records were broken, two equalled and one established as champions Munro College in the boys’ section and St Elizabeth Technical High (STETHS) girls’ retained their respective titles.

Munro won their fifth-straight title after scoring 452 points, 199 more than second-placed STETHS with Herbert Morrison (228.5 points), Petersfield (179) and Cornwall College (110) rounding out the top five.

STETHS girls won their 10th straight with 419, 99 more than Herbert Morrison’s 320 with Mannings third with 200 and William Knibb-125 and Hampton School-77 the top five.

A number of finals were held earlier in the week as the girls’ eliminations were held on Tuesday and the Boys on Thursday.

Edwards’ new time smashed the 22.96 seconds set six years ago by Jerome Silvera after he won the 100m gold earlier with 11.5 seconds.

Williams, who represented the Turks and Caicos Islands at both the IAAF World Juniors in Canada last year as well as the Commonwealth Games in India, was a surprise winner of the 100m after upsetting defending champion Andrew Fisher of STETHS with a 10.51 clocking before returning to clock a smart 2.73 seconds to win the 200m.

Another Munro College runner, Waynee Hyman broke Usain Brooks’ four-year-old record 48.1 seconds in the Class One 400m when he raced to a new 47.26 seconds to win the one-lap race.

Irwin High School’s Rene Ambursley continued her good season in the 400m as she ran a personal best 54.98 seconds to win the Class One 400m event, beating the 55.3 time held jointly by Herbert Morrison’s Nickesha Anderson and STETHS’ Davita Prendergast.

Herbert Morrison Technical’s Siedatha Palmer took the Class One 100m in 11.85 seconds, holding off William Knibb’s Stacika Bright and another Herbert Morrison runner Remona Burchell.

Three of the girls sprint relay records were also broken, Herbert Morrison won the Class One in 46.99 seconds, STETHS won the Class Two in 47.54 seconds, while STETHS won Class Four in 50.85 seconds.

A number of middle-distance records were also broken on Saturday as Petersfield’s Tion Gray added the Class Three 1,500m record (4:28.5 seconds) to the 3,000m Open he broke on Thursday.

Munro’s Giovanni Foote ran one minute 55.0 seconds to win the Class One 800m, while Giovanni Mowatt ran four minutes 03.7 seconds in the Class One 1,500m.