National Schools Championships

NORTH Georgetown’s Tianna Springer rewrote the girls’ U-18 100m record with a blistering time of 11.86 seconds on the fourth day of the National Schools’ Cycling and Track and Field Championships.
Based on unofficial results, she lowered the record from 12.17 seconds, which was set by Deshanna Skeete in 2017.
Athaleyah Hinckson of District 12 (East Georgetown) also lowered Skeete’s U-16 record of 12.26 seconds to 11.28.
More so, Johnathan Richards of District Three lowered Ezekiel Newton’s time from 10.62 seconds to 10.46 seconds.
Nalicia Glenn (12.00 seconds) won the U-20 title, while Angus Lynch clocked 10.57 seconds to break his previous record of 10.89 seconds.

800 METRES

CARIFTA gold medalist Javon Roberts accomplished the goal of winning gold and, most importantly, shattering the Boys’ U-18 800m record.
Roberts blazed to 1:57.9 seconds to erase Daniel Melville’s record of 2:00.03 seconds set in 2017.
Now running for District 11, Roberts said he would go for the record in the 1,500m this evening.
Springer clocked 2:26.1 seconds to win her race, while Naressa McPherson ran 2:35.1 seconds for the U-20 gold.
After 44 events in Track and Field, District Three leads the standings with 205 points, followed by District 10 (189 points), District Five (164 points), District Four (150 points), and District Nine (114 points), round off the top five of the 15 districts.