Shameika McLean continued to create history for Foga Road High after becoming the first athlete in the school’s history to win two gold medals at the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys’ and Girls’ Athletics Championships after she won the Class 2 400m on Thursday’s third day at the National Stadium with a personal best 52.22 seconds.

After 15 events, Edwin Allen lead the points standings with 94.5 points with Hydel next best on 60. Holmwood, 57; Immaculate 52 and Alpha Academy 30.5 are the next best.

Meanwhile, McLean, who won the school’s first-ever gold medal when she took the Class 3 title, held off Hydel High’s Sashana Johnson, who had won the silver medal last year, taking the silver again with 53.43 seconds, while Annastacia Hall of Holmwood Technical was third with 54.22 seconds.

“I did not know that I could run another 52 seconds race, I wanted to run a 51 seconds,” said McLean.

Kelly-Ann Carr of Edwin Allen upgraded her bronze from last year to gold when she ran a personal best 52.20 — the second-best time in the world for Under-20 girls, to win the Class 1 gold.

“I came out here and I delivered,” said Carr. “I followed instructions from my coach and did what I had to do. We are going to fight to get back our championship trophy. We made some mistakes last year but we are working on them.”

Hydel’s Nastassia Fletcher, last year’s Class 2 champion, was second in 52.48, with Holmwood’s Abrina Wright third with 52.81.

Tyecia McDonald (Hydel) won the Class 3 400m with 55.00 seconds, beating Sha-Jay Davis of Alpha Academy, 55.34 and Malya McClennon of Holmwood, 55.36.

Earlier in the day, Holland High’s Shanoya Douglas was one of three 100m champions still on course for their respective sprint double after the first round of the 200m.

Douglas, Wolmer’s Girls’ Class 2 champion Natrece East and Excelsior High’s Class 4 champion Briana Gray all advanced to the semi-finals of the 200m.

Less than 18 hours after running a personal best 10.98 seconds to win the Class 1 100m on Wednesday, Douglas led the qualifying for the 200m semi-finals, running 24.21 seconds.

Edwin Allen High’s Alexxe Henry, the silver medallist in the 100m also advanced with 24.90 seconds.

East ran 24.38 seconds to book her spot in the semi-finals and was joined by silver medallist Shannia Campbell of St Jago, who ran 24.53 seconds and bronze medallist Giana Murray of Mt Alvernia High, 24.78.

Gray ran 25.66 seconds to win her first round heat, while Vere Technical’s Omeika Shepherd led the qualifying with 25.30 seconds. Hydel High’s Reneka Reid qualified with 25.49 seconds and Edwin Allen’s Niesha Campbell, 25.52 seconds.

Ferncourt High’s Rihanna Scott, the Class 3 100m silver medallist, advanced with 24.87 seconds, Tyecia McDonald of Hydel High ran 24.85, Knox College’s Tawaina Marston posted 24.88, while the Edwin Allen pair of Andriana Pine, 24.96 seconds and Tashana Godfrey, 25.11 as well as Veneisha Pottinger of Mt Alvernia, 25.20, are all through.

In the field, Hydel Zavien Bernard won her first long jump gold medal when she landed 5.75m to take the Girls’ Class 2 event. Bernard dominated the event with the four longest jumps but told the Jamaica Observer, “I am a little disappointed. I thought I could have jumped a bit further, closer to my personal best.”

Rajana Price of Convent of Mercy Alpha Academy took the silver medal with 5.61m coming in the final round, moving her from fourth place, while Stefvanco Henry of Campion College, who was third in Class 3 last year, took the bronze with 5.59m.

Immaculate Conception’s Sanique Watt won the Class 3 girls’ high jump gold medal after she cleared 1.71m, needing only one attempt to get over the first four heights, clearing 1.68m and 1.71m on the second attempt before failing at 1.74m

Kemoya Campbell of Edwin Allen High was second with 1.68m, the same height cleared by bronze medal winner Jessica Francis of Alphansus Davis High.

St Elizabeth Technical’s Anastacia Richards won the Girls’ Class 4 long jump with 5.46m (-0.1m/s) in the final round, just shy of her personal best 5.47m, which she won with at the COCAA Western Champs, five weeks ago.

Richards led with 5.32m in the second round and beat Immaculate Conception’s Sukhuri-Shay Smith, who had a best of 5.29m also in the final round to take the silver, while St Andrew High’s Gabriella Fletcher took the bronze medal with 5.10m, the same mark for fourth placed Leantrae Williams of Edwin Allen High.

St Elizabeth Technical’s Anastasia Richards wins the Class 4 Girls’ long jump event with a mark of 5.46m at the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys’ and Girls’ Athletics Championships at the National Stadium on Thursday, March 26, 2026. (Photo: Garfield Robinson)

Immaculate’s Sanique Watt, the Class 3 high jump champion, is all smiles as she poses with her gold medal after taking top spot in the final with a 1.71m clearance inside the National Stadium at the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys’ and Girls’ Athletics Championships on Thursday, March 26, 2026. (Photo: Garfield Robinson)