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Calabar’s Christopher Taylor is definitely on top of his game, as the young prodigy clocked another superb sub-46 time to win the boys’ Under-20 400m on day two of the Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association (JAAA) Carifta Trials at the National Stadium yesterday.

Running from lane four, Taylor got up early and had the field covered on the backstretch before making a big move leaving the 200m mark to sprint away in the straight in 45.41 seconds. Dashawn Morris (46.67s) of Kingston College and Malik Smith (47.39s) of Bridgeport High were second and third, respectively.

The 17-year-old, in what was his first 400m outing this season, has now confirmed that injury was not the cause of the late start to his season.

“The plan was just to come out here and run hard and that’s what I did. I am very pleased with the time, but my coach was surprised because he is saying that I am way ahead of where he was expecting me to be,” he told journalists in a post-race interview.

“Some things happened last season and I had to take care of them, so there was no problem in me getting some rest. No injury was involved,” he added.

Former St Elizabeth Technical standout Junelle Bromfield, now representing the University of Technology (UTech), won the girls’ Under-20 event in 52.75 seconds.

Petersfield’s outstanding 14-year-old Antonio Watson produced a late burst to top the field in the boys’ Under-18 event in a new personal best time of 47.08 seconds, while Sanique Walker of Vere Technical won the girls’ event, also in a new personal best of 53.01 seconds.

Meanwhile, Michael Stephens was the highlight of the 200m events, cruising to victory in the Under-18 category in a new personal best of 20.93 seconds, lowering his previous best of 21.43 seconds while consistently glancing left and right after hitting the home stretch.

His time clocked in a positive 0.1 metres per second wind speed, saw him bettering the Wolmer’s Boys’ pair of Xavier Nairne (21.35s) and Jeremy Farr (21.79s).

Holmwood Technical’s Michae Harriott (23.71s) finished tops in the girls’ Under-18 event in a positive 0.4 metres-per-second wind speed.

After the disqualification of Kimone Shaw of St Jago in the girls’ Under-20 event, Taqece Dugan (24.01s) of GC Foster College was comfortable in victory in a negative 0.7 metres per second wind speed.

A three-way battle towards the line in the boys’ Under-20 event provided some entertainment for the moderate crowd inside the Stadium, with Tyreke Bryan (21.40s) of Kingston College slipping ahead to win in a positive 0.3 metres per second wind speed. Delano Dunkley (21.55s) of Jamaica College and Xavier Angus (21.59s) of Calabar finished further back.

It was a clean sweep for Vere Technical in the girls’ Under-18 and Under-20 100m hurdles, as Britany Anderson and Amoy Brown proved superior for their respective competitions.

Anderson clocked a fast 13.21 seconds in a negative 3.2 metres-per-second wind speed to win ahead of reigning Class Two champions Daszay Freeman (13.44s) of Manchester High and Holmwood Technical’s Shanette Allison, with Ray-Donna Lee of Hydel, both crossing in the same time of 13.54 seconds for fourth.

Brown followed with a 13.33-second clocking in a wind reading of negative 1.0 metres per second, bettering Janique Brown (13.52) of Wolmer’s Girls’ and Edwin Allen’s Gabrielle McDonald (13.57).

There was also a Calabar sweep in the boys’ events with Dejour Russell in his first outing of the season, looking strong in the Under-18 category, while Orlando Bennett took the Under-20 class.

Russell recovered from a slightly slow start to round the field at the 60m mark and pull away to win in 13.31 seconds in a -0.8 metres per-second wind speed. Wayne Pinnock (13.71) of Kingston College and Oquendo Bernard (13.80) of Jamaica College were second and third, respectively.

Bennett (13.86s) proved too strong in the Under-20 event staving off a challenge from former Calabar teammate Alex Robinson (13.90s), now representing Wolmer’s Boys’, in a negative wind speed of 1.8 metres per second. Jamaica College’s Phillip Lemonious (14.02s) was third.