CALABAR High and St Jago girls emerged as the champion schools from the Camperdown Classic last Saturday with 194 and 246.83 points, respectively, and walked away with the $250,000 winning prize.

St Jago boys were second in the male category with 180.25 points ahead of Jamaica College with 134 points. Vere Technical with 212 points were second, well ahead of St Andrew High with 56 points in the girls’ section. The second-placed teams pocket $100,000 with $50,000 going to the third-placed finisher.

Kingston College and Edwin Allen were the first winners at the Youngster Goldsmith meet on February 7.

Meanwhile, St Jago High were responsible for five of the 16 records established at the Camperdown Classic in which a scholarship fee of $25,000 will be awarded.

Daniel Chambers ran 11.63 seconds to break the Class Four 100m record. Daniel is actually the brother of the Champs Class Two 100m record holder Raheem Chambers.

Tiffany Green leapt 5.31m for a new record in the girls’ Class Four long jump, while new recruit, Andrennette Knight, formerly of Vere Technical, ran 59.81 seconds to establish a new record in the 400m hurdles.

St Jago’s girls Class Four and Class Three 4x100m relay teams also set records in 48.35 seconds 46.62 records respectively.

The Michael O’Hara-led Calabar dipped below 40 seconds in establishing a new record in the Class One 4×100 relay in 39.82. Their Class Two team with Tyreke Wilson and Dejour Russell stopped the clock at 41.08 seconds for another record. JC broke the Class Three record in 43.19 seconds.

Shakeem Smith of JC broke the Class Two 1500m record in 4:15.33 minutes, while KC’s Karime Dennis did likewise in Class Three in 4:30.18 minutes.

Selvin Facey of Mico University established a new record in the men’s 1500m Open with 4:08.24 minutes. Ristananna Tracey of Racers Track club erased the women’s 400m record with 54.68 seconds.

Trishauna Hemmings of Glengoffe High leapt to 5.45m in setting a new Class Two long jump record, while Ayesha Champagnie of St Andrew Technical High (STATHS) did 5.60m in erasing the Class One long jump record. The University of the West Indies’ (UWI) Jami Lee Gordon, formerly of Manchester High, took the long jump open record with 5.40m.

Ackeem Robertson of UWI, who soared to 2.13m in the men’s high jump open, did the final record.