Jamaica’s fastest schoolboy, Nigel Ellis made amends after his 100m blunder and punched his ticket to the World Junior Championships by easily winning the 200m in 20.72 seconds at the Supreme Ventures National Junior Championships at the National Stadium yesterday.

Ellis, who has a 100m personal best of 10.16 seconds, false-started on Saturday and was disqualified, and after a faulty start in the 200m, made no mistake.

The St Elizabeth Technical High School (STETHS) student drawn in four, caught Akeem Bloomfield of Kingston College (KC) into the straight and powered away for an impressive victory into a headwind of (-3.8 m/s). Bloomfield, who eased up after Ellis was gone, was second in 21.06 seconds ahead of Hujaye Cornwall of STETHS in third with 21.30 seconds.

Shanice Reid of St Jago High took the Girls’ 200m in 24.22 seconds into a headwind of (-2.3 m/s) and was comfortably ahead of Roniesha McGregor of Hydel High in 24.96. Shellece Clarke of Edwin Allen was third with the identical time.

Meanwhile, Jamaica College’s Obrien Waysome, who was the overwhelming favourite for the triple jump, finished fourth with a leap of 16.04m, well below his season best of 16.39m. Jordon Scott of Campion College with a season’s-best 16.61m won the event. Calabar High’s Javier Lowe was second with 16.09m.

Earlier, World Youth champion Christopher Taylor of Calabar High safely secured his spot to Poland with a relaxed 46.26 seconds to win the boys’ 400m, and pulled with him Sean Bailey of St Jago High with 46.51 seconds. Anthony Carpenter of Calabar High was third with 47.25 seconds.

The Calabar standout, just as he did Saturday in the heats, toyed with the opposition for the first 300m, before turning on the afterburner and going by long-time leader Bailey for an easy victory.

Tiffany James of Cameron Blazers turned in her best performance of the season, clocking a personal best 52.06 seconds to win the 400m ahead of Junelle Bromfield of STETHS in 52.59. Stacey Ann Williams, also of STETHS, was third in 53.96 seconds.

Jeanine Williams of Auburn University won the Girls’ 100m hurdles in 13.62 seconds ahead of the fast-closing Rushelle Burton of Camperdown High with 13.63. Excelsior High’s Renee Shaw was third with 13.92 seconds.

Another overseas-based 16-year-old, Damion Thomas of Florida-based Trinity Elite, took the Boys’ 110m hurdles in 13.50 seconds ahead of Dejour Russell of Calabar High in 13.55 seconds. Rohan Cole of the University of Technology was third in 13.62 seconds.

Only two girls turned up for the 800m and Chrisanni May of Holmwood Technical stopped the clock at 2:12.91 minutes and easily dispatched Asshanni Robb of Edwin Allen High in 2:14.75 minutes. The qualifying mark is 2:09.29 minutes.

Bellefield High’s Shevan Parks captured the boys’ 800m in 1:52.43 minutes and was just outside the World Junior Championship qualifying mark of 1:49.50 minutes. Nathan Brown of Excelsior High was second in 1:52.90 and Akeen Colley was third with 1:55.59 minutes.

Shanice Love of Excelsior High took the girls’ discus in 50.82m, easily above the qualifying mark of 48m. In April, she had established the national junior record of 54.72m. Joel Robinson of Holmwood Technical was second yesterday with 42.64m ahead of Gabrielle Bailey with 37.24m.

Kevin Nedrick of Petersfield High won the boys’ discus with 55.75m and just made the qualifying mark of 55.00m. Roje Stona of St Jago was second with 53.40m ahead of Sanjay Lawrence of Petersfield with 51.67m.

In the high jump, both Lushane Wilson of St Jago and Jordon-Kobe Rhooms of Cornwall College came up tied for first with a height of 2.05m. Shenley Allen of Munro College was third with 1.95m.