DEFENDING champions John Mills lead with 69 points after seven finals on day one of the two-day Institute of Sports (Insports)/Hi-Lyte All-Age and Junior High Athletics Championships at the National Stadium yesterday.

The Championships concludes today with 48 finals to be contested, beginning at 8:30 am.

Meanwhile, in second position are arch-rivals Windward Road with 41.50 points, followed by Rock Hall with 25, Louise Bennett-Coverley, 22, Cockburn Gardens, 22, Melrose, nine-point five, Swallowfield, eight, Stony Hill, seven, and Constant Spring on six points.

Qute-Ann Robb of Windward Road won the girls’ shot put open with a throw of 9.69 metres ahead of Yaneak Thompson of Stony Hill, 8.88m, and Juvette Newton of Windward Road, 8.63 metres.

The Class One girls’ long jump final was won by Ginnelle Grant of John Mills with a distance of 4.65 metres, followed by Saskia Mitchell of Constant Spring, 4.61m, and Neisha Rowe of Rock Hall with 4.47 metres.

Kacian Ferguson of John Mills captured the Class Two girls’ long jump with 4.71 metres from teammate Tijauna Constantine, 4.62m, and Annistassia Livingston of Cockburn Gardens, 4.33 metres.

Nerisa Distant of Windward Road won the Class Three girls’ high jump final with a leap of 1.35 metres ahead of Ashley Miller of John Mills, 1.30m, and teammate Kerisha Arboine, 1.25 metres.

Neisha Rowe of Rock Hall was the winner of the Class One girls high jump with a leap of 1.45 metres ahead of Alethea Minott of Louise Bennett-Coverley, 1.40m, and Antonette McDonald of Rock Hall with 1.40 metres.

Kevaun Riley of John Mills won the Class Three boys long jump with a distance of 5.05 metres ahead of teammate Rolando Barnett, 4.82m, and Leon Williams of Constant Spring, 4.81 metres.

Tavar Slowly of John Mills was the winner of the Class Two boys’ high jump final with a leap of 1.60 metres from Tyrike Haughton of Windward Road, 1.60m, and Junior Maitland of Cockburn Gardens, 1.45 metres.

Meanwhile, Ransford Spaulding, coach of John Mills, said his athletes looked very solid and things are going the way he planned.

“We have dominated the field events and with our all-round team I am confident of easily retaining the title. We are doing very well in the sprints and I don’t see any dangerous challenges coming from the other schools,” Spaulding said.

Spaulding said Windward Road looked good in the field events, but today they will have no chance of coming close to them. “It will be a similar win as last year, despite our weakness in Class Four.”

The Class One 100 metres final should be keenly contested among Lorenzo Cooper of Swallowfield, who has ran the fastest time in the heats of 12.13 seconds, Romain Watson of Melrose with 12.31, Sheveion Brown of Constant Spring, 12.33, and Ajjaoul Brown of Shortwood with 12.18 seconds.

The Class One girls’ final should also be quite interesting with Shanay Livermore running 12.49 seconds in her heats, Demesha Rosewell of Cockburn Gardens, 13.76, and Telecia Mitchell of Windward Road with 13.98 seconds.

The Class One boys’ 400 metres final should be hotly contested among Kristoff Darby of John Mills, who ran the fastest time in the heats of 53.38 seconds, Dumisa Munroe of Marverley with 54.62, Denroy Noble of Red Hills, 54.73, Olando Mullings of Stony Hill, 54.94.