Two records tumble at Milo Western Champs for girls

BY PAUL A REID Observer West Writer

Thursday, February 16, 2012

BOGUE, St James - TWO new records were set at Tuesday's girls' eliminations of the Milo Western Championships held at Herbert Morrison Technical in Bogue, St James.

Herbert Morrison Technical's Kishauna Smith clocked 11.84 seconds to win her semi-final heat of the Class 3 100m erasing the two-year-old mark of 11.96 seconds that was set by William Knibb's Shanel Johnson.

St Elizabeth Technical's national junior representative Alethia McLaughlin established the new 3,000m record when she won the events in 10 minutes 55.24 seconds, beating the six-year-old mark of 10 minutes 55.6 seconds set by another St Elizabeth Technical High School (STETHS) runner Judith Powell in 2006.

Defending champions, STETHS, leads the points tables after 11 finals were contested, 36 points ahead of former champions Mannings School with Herbert Morrison back in third place on 52 points.

The boys eliminations will be held today at the STETHS Sports Complex in Santa Cruz with the combined finals set for the Montego Bay Sports Complex on Saturday, starting at 10:00 am.

CARIFTA Games Under-20 high jump champion Peta Gay Reid of STETHS won two events on Tuesday after clearing 1.70m for the Class 1 title then defeating Herbert Morrison's Seidatha Palmer to take the long jump gold medal with a best jump of 5.34m.

Mannings' Lecia Dale was second with 5.02m with Palmer third with 4.95m.

Hampton School's Sanola Dunkley who is being coached by former national junior representative Debra Rose, threw a creditable 33.20m to win the javelin throw Open.

Herbert Morrison's Keja Christie was second with 29.10m in her first attempt at the event, with Irwin High's Sasha Layne third with 25.34m.

Jenese Colquhoun of Herbert Morrison improved on her silver medal from last year to win the gold in the shot put Open with a best mark of 11.57m to beat Mannings' Omesha Locke, who threw 11.04m. Rashel Reid, also of Mannings, took the bronze with 10.50m.

Point's standings after 11 finals:

STETHS-107, Mannings School-71, Herbert Morrison-52, Hampton-42, Lewisville-18, Grange Hill-15, Lacovia-14, Montego Bay High-14, BB Coke-10, Irwin-10, Holland High-9, Green Island-8, Spot Valley-6, Maud McLeod-5, Albert Town-4, Godfrey Stewart-4, Black River-2, Frome Technical-1.