Many-time champions Jamaica College are seeking the intervention of Sports Minister Olivia Grange in resolving an impasse between the institution and the Inter Secondary Schools Sports Association (ISSA) over the eligibility of two international student athletes to represent the school at the 2024 Boys’ and Girls’ Athletics Championships.

According to a letter to Grange signed by Chairman of the Jamaica College Board of Management, Lance Hylton, ISSA has reportedly refused to permit the two athletes because of what it says is an “influx” of foreign athletes into Jamaican high schools.

“We believe that the action taken by ISSA is unfair and inconsistent with ISSA’s own rules and could have negative repercussions on Jamaican athletes seeking similar scholarships to overseas schools,” Hylton wrote, telling Grange that “We are kindly seeking your intervention and mediation into this matter. We look forward to your positive response.”

The student athletes, Evans Tetteh and Dominic Amponsah, are both from Ghana.

A 22-time champion, Jamaica College was second at last year’s Boys’ Athletics Champs, behind Kingston College, the winningest school with 34 titles.