A brilliant 20.38 seconds in the men’s Under-20 200m by the University of Technology’s Julian Forte highlighted yesterday’s second and final day of the JAAA/Supreme Ventures National Junior Trials at the National Stadium.

After missing Saturday’s 100m after he had run 10.19 seconds earlier this season, Forte looked supreme in the event as he won by the proverbial city block in the second fastest time of the year by a junior male, trailing the United States’s Tyreek Hill, who posted 20.14 seconds and ahead of Munro College’s Delano Williams’ 20.54 seconds. Williams will be competing for the Turks and Caicos Islands at the 14th IAAF World Junior Championships in Barcelona, Spain July 10-15.

Running into a 1.0 metre-per-second wind, Tyquenndo Tracey of Garvey Maceo High was second in 21.35 seconds, while Munro College’s Senoj-Jay Givans was third running from lane eight in 21.41 seconds.

Forte said he was held out of the 100m on Saturday more out of caution than anything else. “All my injuries have come in the 100m,” he told reporters, “so my coach decided to skip that event.”

Asked whether he would consider the double in Spain, the former Wolmer’s sprinter deferred the decision to his coach Paul Francis.

Unlike Saturday’s hot and windy day, yesterday was cool and overcast with intermittent drizzles and was ideal for competition.

As he did a day earlier Bog Walk’s Jevaughn Minzie dazzled in the Under-18 section winning the 200m in 21.37 seconds (-1.2m/s) to complete the double after taking the 100m on Saturday.

Michael O’Hara of Calabar was second in 22.20 seconds and Herbert Morrison’s Gawain Williams was third in

22.27 seconds.

Shericka Jackson of Vere Technical justified her favourite tag by winning the women’s 200m in 23.95 seconds running into a negative 2.3 metres per

second wind.

Jodean Williams of St Mary High was second in 24.20 seconds and Herbert Morrison’s Seidatha Palmer was third in 25.02 seconds.

Edwin Allen’s Saqukine Cameron was also a double winner, adding the Under-18 girls 200m in 24.27 seconds (-1.2m/s), ahead of St Jago’s Nataliah Whyte, 24.39 seconds, and Petersfield Asain Hall,

24.46 seconds.

The 400m races lived up to expectations after Saturday’s heats as Javon Francis of Calabar took the Boys Under-20 title in 47.16 seconds well under the qualifying standard for the World Juniors (47.95 seconds), as Manchester High’s Lennox Williams took second in 47.55 seconds and Wolmer’s Jermaine Fyffe was third in 47.75 seconds.

Olivia James won the women’s Under-20 race in 53.16 seconds, running from the front for the entire race to hold off Pan-Am Junior champion Chrisann Gordon (53.43) with the US-based former Manchester High runner Sandrae Farquharson third in 54.33 seconds.

Papine High’s Tiffany James ran an impressive personal best 53.77 seconds to win the Under-18 girls’ 400m ahead of St Jago’s Genekee Leithe (54.23 seconds) and Petersfield’s Asain Hall (54.28 seconds) after leading for most of

the race.

St Jago’s Ivan Henry took the Under-18 boys 400m in 48.99 seconds, holding off Bog Walk High’s Renardo Wilson (49.36 seconds) and Robin Black of STETHS, 49.52 seconds.

Chanice Porter of Manchester High repeated her Girls Champs double by adding the Under-20 girls’ high jump to the long jump she won on Saturday’s

first day.

The IAAF World Youth Championships high jump bronze medallist equalled her personal best 1.86m to beat National Junior Record holder Kimberly Williamson (1.83m) and Wolmer’s Girls’ Shanice Hall (1.80m).

Porter, who also won the gold medal in the long jump at the World Youths and was in her third high jump competition this season, told the Jamaica Observer she would not have a problem competing in both events in Barcelona.

She admitted she had some areas to work on before the World Juniors. “I am still working on the long jump run up and the high jump approach,” she said, adding that the medical tapes she wore on her right thigh were “only for precaution” as she was fully fit and over the nagging injury that had plagued her for the past two seasons.

CARIFTA Trials winner Yannick Hart repeated yesterday in the men’s Under-20 110m hurdles, running 13.80 seconds into a negative 1.8 metres-per-second wind, beating CARIFTA Under-20 and Boys Champs Class One winner Stefan Fennel (13.81 seconds) with Manchester High’s Omar McLeod third in 13.83 seconds, repeating his position from Saturday’s 400m hurdles.

Jamaica College’s Tyler Mason won the Under-18 section in 13.87 seconds (-2.1 m/s wind) with Calabar’s Michael O’Hara second in 13.96 seconds and Levaughn Battick of Kingston College third in 14.60 seconds.

St Jago’s Chrisdale McCarthy won the women’s Under-20 100m in 13.72 seconds, just edging Auburn University’s Samantha Scarlett (13.74 seconds) with Megan Simmons of St Andrew High third in 13.79 seconds.

The impressive Semoya Campbell of Spalding High overhauled a fast starting Titania Markland of St Mary High to win the Under-20 girls 800m in 2 minutes 04.31 seconds, as Edwin Allen’s Desreen Montaque was second in 2 minutes 08.79 seconds with Markland third in 2 minutes 11.59 seconds.

Gleneve Grange of Holmwood, who is expected to compete in the Heptathlon, won her third event of the weekend when she won the Under-18 girls shot put to add to the discus throw and javelin events she won on Saturday.

Grange won the shot put with 12.80m, after throwing 33.00m in the javelin and 46.50m in the discus throw.

Ashinia Miller took the Boys’ Under-20 shot put with 19.00m, well off his personal best 20.15m set earlier this year, beating CARIFTA Trials winner Emmanuel Onyia (18.34m) with Under-20 discus champion Fedric Dacres third with 18.24m.

St Hugh’s Devene Brown took the girls Under-20 event with 12.82m ahead of the US-based Sasha Ann Lebert (12.50m) and Kellion Knibb (12.40m).