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Two records fall at NAPSAC semis
3/13/2010
By Corey Greaves
OVER 3000 Primary school athletes descended on the National Stadium yesterday to contest the semi-finals of the National Primary School Athletic Championships.
With the different athletes vying for a place in the final next week two records came crashing down.
Malachi Harris from Deacons Primary set a new mark of 33 metres in the under-7 boys tennis ball throw replacing the old mark of 32.84m set by Emerson Hooper in 2008.
The other record the was erased came in the under-9 boys cricket ball throw where Emerson Hooper from Boscobel Primary who saw his under-7 record erased continued his impressive throwing form. He eclipsed Charles F Broome’s Kevin Wilfred’s 2004 mark of 43.67m and replaced it with a new distance of 46.02metres.
With both records coming in semis they will have another chance to extend the mark even more.
The boys Open High Jump final was a close contest with five athletes ended at the same mark of 1.28 metres.
However, it was Charles F Broome’s Zachary Moore the carried off the victory from second place Devin Butler from Bay Primary with few attempts.
There was a tie for third place with Andwele Estwick from Charles F Broome and Jourdan Niles from Luther Thorne.
Rounding off the top five was Jamon Cole from George Lamming.
The girls open high jump was a much easier affair to judge as Whitney Fanfan from Hilda Skeene was the only one to clear a height of 1.29 metres. Second place went to Ariel Burke from
Bayley’s Primary with a leap of 1.26m, while Narissa Chase from Charles F Broome was third with 1.23m.
After one final in each division it is Hilda Skeene with 10 points that holds the early advantage over Charles F Broome with nine.
The battle of the track was just as intense with Luther Thorne looking to defend their title in the boys and Bayley’s Primary in the girls.
Shaquille Ifill from All Saints turned in an outstanding performance on the track qualifying with the fastest time in the boys’ under-11 100m (13.82secs), 200m (28.21secs) and 400m (1:05.73).
However fuel was added to the fire that threatened to engulf the already hot pace set on the track when Jamahl Burke from West Terrace and Fabian Leon from Eden Lodge showed themselves as close contenders in the 100m, as they qualified for the final with a time of 13.86 secs and 13.88 secs respectively.
Burke and Leon will also be among the eight finalist in the 200m and it should be another close affair with Burke qualifying at 28.28 secs and Leon 28.87 in comparison to Ifill’s 28.21 secs.
The battle in the 400m will once again be between Ifill (1:05.73) and Leon (1:05.88).
In the girls’ under-11, the 100m and 200m looks as though it will require the photo finish in the final and will feature Shontae Cole from Grazettes (15.09 secs), Ranicha Sargeant from Wesley Hall Junior (15.11 secs) and Janiah Drakes from Charles F Broome (15.16 secs).
Rosette Hoyte from Sharon qualified with the fastest times in the 200m and 400m but Cole was
hot on her heels in the 200m and while Hoyte ran 29.70 secs, Cole clocked 29.80 secs.
However, Drakes and Takara Bryan were not far off with times of 29.84 secs and 29.86 secs respectively.
In the under-13 boys’ three names kept being repeated in the top four as the different events were ran and they were Rivaldo Leacock from St. Stephen’s, Deshon Trent from Arthur Smith and Jayden Carter from Wesley Hall Juniors, while Shaquan Mascoll from Roland Edward’s may not have qualified automatically but his times were not far off the top three automatic qualifiers in the 100m and 200m.
The battle for supremacy next week should be closely watched at the stars of tomorrow are sure to reveal themselves in this meet.
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