Digicel/Anthrick Corporate Area champions Kingston College (KC) said although they are satisfied with winning the event there is no place for complacency, as they remain grounded with the bigger picture in mind.

KC amassed 461 points and were 98 points ahead of dethroned champions Calabar High on 363, with Jamaica College third, not far behind, on 342 points.

It was a solid, all-round display by KC, and Head Coach Leaford Grant told the Jamaica Observer that the Corporate Area champs was just preparation for the big Boys’ and Girls’ Championships.

“We treat this as a regular development meet but it was good for us as a motivational meet going into Champs, as winning is always good,” said Grant, who played Manning Cup for KC in the early 1980s.

“We are comfortable with what we have seen so far. There are still some areas of concern, but we will work on those to see if we can get it right,” he added.

“This is Corporate Area and it includes Class Four. We are aware that the opposition didn’t showed their hands either, but it is good for what it’s worth. Our real aim is to come and deliver at the big one — that’s Boys’ and Girls’ Champs,” Grant pointed out.

Outside of beating their rivals for what is a confidence -booster, KC won a number of events and in the process broke at least 10 records with some outstanding displays.

Class Two throwing sensation Ralford Mullings broke both the discus and shot put records. He became the first Class Two thrower over 60m in the discus with 61.85m and 18.84m in the shot put.

Class Three jumper Anthony Willis won both the long jump and high jump with record leaps of 6.38m and 1.80m. Wayne Pinnock once again soared over the eight-metre barrier in the Class One long jump, while his teammate Shacquille Lowe improved to a massive 7.75m.

There were other outstanding records, especially in the middle distance races, with Calabar’s Kimar Farquharson clocking 1:49.79 minutes in the Class One 800m, while JC’s J’Voughnn Blake lowered Farquharson’s Class Two record of 1:52.92 to 1:52.15. Blake also established a new record in the 1500m, stopping the clock at 3:56.43 — well below Aryamanya Rodgers’ old record of 3:59.59.

So good was Blake’s run that he would be second in Class One behind new record holder Rivaldo Marshall of Calabar, who took five seconds off the Class One 1500m record and lowered it to 3:56.13.

Calabar’s Kai Chang broke the Class One discus record with 58.91m, while KC’s Louis Gordon leapt 2.13m for a new Class One high jump record. Calabar’s Jerome Campbell also broke the Class Two high jump record with 2.00m.