St Jago High’s Jade Ann Dawkins etched her name into Penn Relays history on Friday at Franklin Field in Philadelphia when she became only the second athlete to win a third straight high school girls triple jump title.

She produced 13.18m (-0.m/s), the second longest jump in the history of the event.

Dawkins, who also won a third straight triple jump title at Jamaica’s boys and girls athletic championships, joins former Vere Technical jumper Kimberly Williams who won from 2005-2007 and set the meet record 15.36m in her final year.

Hydel High’s Sabrina Atkinson, the Carifta Under-20 girls silver medalist, was second with 12.51m (-0.6m/s) and Destini Smith of Souderton, Pennsylvania was third.

Holmwood Technical’s Mikayla Longmore finished fifth with 12.21m (-0.1m/s).

Meanwhile, top ranked Chloe Palmer of St Elizabeth Technical High School (STETHS) finished second in the long jump with 6.07m (-0.9m/s), moving up from fourth place last year.

St Catherine High’s Rohanna Sudlow repeated her third place finish with 5.88m (-0.2m/s) and Edwin Allen High’s Deijanae Bruce was fourth with 5.82m (-0.3m/s).

Lilly Ver Beek of James River, Virginia won with 6.07m (-2.3m/s) on her final jump, moving from third to the top spot.

– Paul Reid