At the end of three days of intense and enthralling rivalry Red Bay Primary School emerged as and, in the process, retained their hold on the Inter-Primary Track & Field Championship trophy with an overall team score of 284.90 points to Prospect’s 272, Joann Clarke’s 232.50, Cayman Academy’s 179, Cayman Prep’s 165.20, George Town’s 151, Sir John A Cumber’s 127.20, Cayman International’s 99, Theoline McCoy’s 97, Triple C’s 564, North-East’s 53, and First Baptist’s 53, First Baptist 50, St. Ignatius 23.20, Sister Island’s 18 and Homeschool’s 1 point.
Prospect and Red Bay both topped the Girls Division with 136.50 points each, followed by Joanna Clarke (106.50), Cayman Prep (95), George Town (78), Cayman Academy (72), Sir John A Cumber (46.50), Cayman International (46), Triple C (46), Theoline McCoy (39), First Baptist (17) North East Schools (14) St. Ignatius (13) and Sister Islands (8).
In the Boys Division Red Bay emerged on top of Standings with 142.40, followed by Prospect (127.5), Joanna Clarke (124), Cayman Academy (97), George Town (73), Cayman Prep (58.20), Theoline McCoy (54), Sir John A Cumber (52.20), Cayman International (49.50), North East Schools (39), First Baptist (33), Sister Islands (10), Homeschool (1).
A total of 11 records fell in the Meet. In Division 2, Cayman International’s Sophie Clyne 23.02 in the Girls 150m established the new standard for the event, whilst in the same Division Red Bay’s Nathaniel Haye rewrote the books by winning the Boys Long Jump with a leap of 4.16m.
In Division 3 the impressive looking duo of Oshwaney Johnson’s (20.76) and Jahriah Ngyou (21.70) of Theoline McCoy and Prospect, respectively are now the record holders for that Divisions Boys & Girls 150m, respectively.
The Champion’s Gabriella Linton was responsible for toppling the only record to fall in Division 4 when she shot putted 7.20m in the winning the Girls event.
It was in Division 5 that most records fell with six new standards being created. Prep’s Heidi Hayward won the High Jump with a new record clearance of 1.25m in a close competition with Sir John A, Cumber’s Bella Persaud (1.25m) who lost on the countback. George Town’s Jeleah Maize’s was the standout athlete of the Championships creating two new marks. She was impressive when establishing the new 13.65 in the Girl’s 100m and 27.81 in the 200m. First Baptist’s Keion McLean was also a triple record breaker in the Division when he not only won the equivalent sprint events for the Boys with new record times of 13.28 (100m) and 27.50(200m), but also went on to establish a new record for the Boys Long Jump with a leap of 4.47m.
Attention now turns to the Carifta Games to be staged in Jamaica this Easter weekend and the Inaugural Civil Service Track & Field Championships to be staged on the 30th April at the Truman Bodden Stadium.
