PHILADELPHIA, USA — Jamaican high school boys are well set going into the relays finals on today’s third and final full day of competition at the 118th Penn Relays Carnival at Franklin Field in Philadelphia.

Under chilly conditions yesterday, Wolmer’s Boys led the way into the 4x100m final, while St Jago, Holmwood and Bellefield are into the finals of the 4x800m with the 4x400m set to be contested today.

Two-time defending champions Wolmer’s Boys look well set to make it three-in-a-row in the high schools boys Championships of Americas 4x100m after setting the crowd buzzing with a sparking 40.96 seconds in yesterday’s prelims.

The team of Raheem Robinson, Odean Skeen, Jermaine Fyffee and Yanick Hart set themselves up as the favourites as they lead two other Jamaican schools — Jamaica College (41.83secs), and Herbert Morrison (41.92secs) into the final set to run at about 1:00 pm Jamaica time.

Boys Champs Class One winners Kingston College will run in the Large Schools consolation final, while St Jago and Calabar qualified for the Small Schools consolation final.

St Jago High, Kingston College and Holmwood Technical are also into the final of the 4x800m after placing in that order in the first of three first-round heats yesterday.

The St Jago team of Sanjay Pantry, Damion Jones, Michael Stone and Robert Thomas ran 7 minutes 53.86 seconds to beat Holmwood’s 7 minutes 54.81 seconds and Bellefield’s 7 minutes 55.35 seconds.

Westfield of Virginia, the top American team so far this year, lead the qualifiers.

Today, Munro College will seek to defend their 4x400m title which will see the prelims being run in the morning and the final later in the afternoon.

Twenty Jamaican schools are entered in the event that will also see Clan Carty, Herbert Morrison, Bridgeport, Garvey Maceo, Tacius Golding, Cornwall College, Holmwood Technical, Jamaica College, Vere Technical, St George’s College, STETHS, Camperdown, Mannings School, Kingston College, STATHS, Old Harbour, Wolmer’s Boys, Manchester High and Calabar High.

Calabar’s two-year string of winning the discus throw event was snapped, as Sam Mattis of East Brunswick High, who was second in the last two years, won with 64.60m.

Fedrick Dacres, who had issues with the cold, windy weather, finished third with 56.55m behind Hemfield’s Kyle Long, who was second with 58.94m.

Calabar’s Ashinia Miller was second in the shot put with 19.81m behind Bridgeton of New Jersey’s Braheme Days’ 20.94m, while Munro College’s Emmanuel Onyia was third with 19.73m.

Shaquile Lewis of Jamaica College was fifth with 18.73m.

Boys Champs gold medallist Javarn Gallimore of Jamaica College is the favourite to win the 400m hurdles, while Ronald Levy of STETHS, Divonte Dennis, Kyle Robinson, Fabian McCausland and Stefan Fennell of Kingston College, as well as Wolmer’s Boys’ Orwell Maylor will also take part in the 110m hurdle event.

Clive Pullen of Kingston College is the favourite in the long jump and will be joined by teammate Keneil Grant, Gavin Gibson and Nicholas Phynn of Jamaica College and Munro College’s Ifeanyichukwu Otuonye.

Three Jamaicans will contest the high jump in Fitzroy Dunkley of Jamaica College, Carlington Benjamin of Kingston College and Owen Smith of Calabar High.

Two-time CARIFTA Games champion Xavier Boland of Kingston College will seek to become only the second Jamaican after K’Don Samuels to win the pole vault.