JC, Alpha early leaders in Corporate Area Athletics Championship
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Jamaica College (JC) and the Convent of Mercy “Alpha” Academy are the early leaders of the Corporate Area Athletics Championship after three events held at the Youngster Goldsmith Classic on February 7, 2026.
The two-day Corporate Area Championship will be held on February 20 and 21 at Ashenheim Stadium at Jamaica College.
There were two events in the boys’ section, which were the 2000m steeplechase and pole vault opens, and the 2000m steeplechase for the girls.
JC jumped to an early lead on 29 points and held a 15-point lead over defending champions Kingston College (KC) on 14 points.
Excelsior High is third, eight points ahead of Calabar High on six points, with Camperdown and Wolmer’s Boys on four points each.
In the girls’ section, Alpha are out front after one event with a maximum of 16 points, seven clear of The Queens School on nine points.
Defending champions Excelsior High and Immaculate Conception High are on six points each.
Alpha took the top two spots in the steeplechase, with Ashanti Park winning in 8:21.60 minutes ahead of her teammate, Tydrania Palmer, in 8:52.51 for 16 big points.
Ashana Bonnick of Queens was third in 8:57.66, and Excelsior’s Shea-Anna Mullings finished fourth with 9:24.19.
Kimoy Dennis of Immaculate was fifth in 9:25.95, ahead of Amanda Bailey of Queens in 9:51.24. Seventh went to Hayleigh Brown of Immaculate in 10:17.75, with Navae Mothersill of Excelsior completing the top eight with 11:17.75.
In the boys’ steeplechase, JC got 16 points courtesy of Evans Tetteh, who won in 6:09.68, and his teammate Tyrone Lawson, who was second in 6:30.59. Calabar’s Shakeem Ebanks was third with 6:46.02 and Christopher Anderson of JC was fourth in 6:50.69.
In the pole vault, tip-paced went to KC’s Jurel Clement with 3.40m. He was third overall behind Alh Lewis of STETHS (3.60m) and Jaquan Souden (3.40m) of Happy Grove High.
But the top two performers are not from the Corporate Area; hence, Clement is the best-placed competitor from the Corporate Area, and he earned nine points for KC.
