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Picture Academic Sportsman is copyrighted © 2016 Versel Thompson Page 3 C’bar/Edwin Allen retained boys & girls champs titles Led by the little dynamo stave off the concerted and and field. Christopher Taylor along well-disciplined challenge of Taylor who won a total of with Dejour ‘Teddy Bear’ Kingston College yet again four gold medals at the five Russell, Calabar crowned who finish with 250 points. day Championship, teamed themselves Champions of the Jamaica College (227.5) up with Anthony Carpenter 2016 ISSA/Boys Athletics points, St Jago (175) and on the opening leg, Akeem Championship. St Elizabeth Technical (100) Francis and Brandon Heath Amassing 287.5 points, the completed the top five as Calabar won the gold in Red Hills Road aggregation schools. 3 .minutes 09.77 seconds, secured their fifth title in-a Taylor who is the World ahead of Kingston College 3 -row and their 26th overall, Youth champion ran a blis- minutes 10.26 seconds and dating as far back to 1930. tering 45.20 seconds anchor JC 3 minutes 15.06 seconds. Plagued by injury and mis- leg in the 4×400 relays, Taylor, with his other gold haps, the Michael Clarke overtaking KC Class one medals coming in the class coached boys did enough to 400m powerhouse Akeem two 200 and 400m and the Bloomfield in the last 80m class two boys 4×100m re- sending the green and black lays, where he helped the clad spectators in a frenzy, team to a new record 40.29 while giving the global media seconds, thereby erasing audience another great treat from the books the old of the rivalry in junior track mark of 40.54 set by JC back in 2013. KC placed second in the event in 41.58 seconds, while JC crossed the Plagued by injury and mis line in 42.08 seconds. Taylor -haps, the Michael Clarke was just simply unique, coached boys did enough magical and spectacular, and aside from is four gold med- to stave off the concerted als he shattered two individ- and well-disciplined ual marks, first in the heats challenge of Kingston of the 400 meters heats on College yet again who the opening day where he finish with 250 points. posted 46.33 seconds and in the 200 metres heats where he smashed the old Christopher Taylor mark of 20.89 to establish a Page 4 C’bar/Edwin Allen continues new time of 20.80 seconds. was the darling of the He is without question the Champs. Sporting a low hair best 15 year old Sprinter in style, she ran away with four the world at the moment. gold medals. Bromfield took Meanwhile, Edwin Allen se- the1500m class One, along cured their third title in ar- with the 800m and the row, and their forth title 400m and led her team to overhaul, tallying 329 victory in the mile relay in a points to beat an improved smart 3 minutes 37.40 sec- and promising Hydel High onds as they finish ahead of which finished with 263 Hydel and Vere Technical points. respectively. St Jago High with 241.50 , There were other outstand- Holmwood Technical 184 ing performances in the girls and Vere Technical 139 category from Ashley Wil- Edwin Allen’s Shelece Clarke rounding out the top five liams of Holmwood Tech- was unstoppable. girls teams. With Shelece nical, Kimone Shaw and Clarke last year’s Class two Shanell English of St Jago, In the meantime, it was the first athlete coming into the Shanice Love of Excelsior, time that Calabar had won five championship not 100 per- Monifa Green of Hydel, and titles in a row, breaking their cent fit and Patrice Moodie Aiko Jones of Wolmer’s. own mark of four consecutive false starting in the 200m Meanwhile, Excelsior High titles won in (1930, 31, 32 and class one rounds and stop- School with great all round 1933). ping at the third flight of performance on the girl’s hurdles on the penultimate side on the track and in the day Friday, and with their field, were crowned Corpo- class four 4×100m team rate Area Champions, wres- crashing out in the qualifiers tling the title from many after a fumble on the final times winners Wolmers High exchange on Thursday night; School for Girls. The last cor- the sky blue team from porate area school to win Frankfield, Clarendon was Girls ‘Champs’ was the unstoppable in their title Queen’s School with Olympi- quest. Carifta Champion an Grace Jackson back in Junelle Bromfield of Steths 1978. Page 5 Boys Champs winners 2016 Calabar High 1980 Kingston College 1944 no competition 2015 Calabar High 1979 Kingston College 1943 Munro College 2014 Calabar High 1978 Calabar High 1942 Kingston College 2013 Calabar High 1977 Calabar High 1941 Wolmer’s 2012 Calabar High 1976 Calabar High 1940 Jamaica College 2011 Jamaica College 1975 Kingston College 1939 Wolmer’s 2010 Wolmers Boys 1974 Kingston College 1938 Wolmer’s 2009 Kingston College 1973 Kingston College 1937 Kingston College 2008 Kingston College 1972 Kingston College 1936 Calabar High 2007 Calabar High 1971 Kingston College 1935 Munro College 2006 Kingston College 1970 Kingston College 1934 Munro College 2005 Kingston College 1969 Kingston College 1933 Calabar High 2004 Kingston College 1968 Kingston College 1932 Calabar High 2003 Kingston College 1967 Kingston College 1931 Calabar High 2002 Kingston College 1966 Kingston College 1930 Calabar High 2001 Kingston College 1965 Kingston College 1929 Wolmer’s 2000 Jamaica College 1964 Kingston College 1928 Jamaica College 1999 Jamaica College 1963 Kingston College 1927 Wolmer’s 1998 Jamaica College 962 Kingston College 1926 Munro College 1997 Calabar High 1961 Calabar High 1925 St. George’s College 1996 Calabar High 1960 Excelsior High 1924 Wolmer’s 1995 Jamaica College 1959 Jamaica College 1923 Jamaica College 1994 Jamaica College 1958 Calabar High 1922 Jamaica College 1993 St. Jago High 1957 Kingston College 1921 Jamaica College 1992 Jamaica College 1956 Wolmer’s 1920 Munro College 1991 Jamaica College 1955 Calabar High 1919 Jamaica College 1990 Calabar High 1954 Kingston College 1918 Jamaica College 1989 Calabar High 1953 Kingston College 1917 Wolmer’s 1988 Calabar High 1952 Jamaica College 1916 Jamaica College 1987 St. Jago High 1951 Kingston College 1915 Wolmer’s 1986 Calabar High 1950 Kingston College 1914 St. George’s College 1985 Clarendon College 1949 Wolmer’s 1913-11 Jamaica College 1984 Clarendon College 1948 Munro College 1910 Wolmer’s 1983 Kingston College 1947 Munro College 1909 Jamaica College 1982 Clarendon College 1946 Calabar High 1981 Calabar High 1945 Munro College Page 6 Girls Champs winners 2016 Edwin Allen 1986 Vere Technical 2015 Edwin Allen 1985 Vere Technical 2014 Edwin Allen 1984 Vere Technical 2013 Holmwood Technical 1983 Vere Technical 2012 Edwin Allen 1982 Vere Technical 2011 Holmwood Technical 1981 Vere Technical 2010 Holmwood Technical 1980 Vere Technical 2009 Holmwood Technical 1979 Vere Technical 2008 Holmwood Technical 1978 Queens High 2007 Holmwood Technical 1977 St. Mary High 2006 Holmwood Technical 1976 St. Mary High 2005 Holmwood Technical 1975 Vere Technical 2004 Holmwood Technical 1974 Vere Technical 2003 Holmwood Technical 1973 Excelsior High 2002 Vere Technical 1972 Excelsior High 2001 Vere Technical 1971 Excelsior High 2000 Vere Technical 1970 Excelsior High 1999 St.