BOYS CHAMPS in JAMAICA: Calabar jumper Reid shatters record as defending champs soar to lead... After six finals, early leaders Jamaica College (JC) were relegated to second on 34 points ahead of Kingston College with 28. St Jago High with 18 points are fourth ahead of Edwin Allen High on 16 points.

BY HOWARD WALKER Observer senior reporter walkerh@jamaicaobserver.com  Friday, March 27, 2015    
CALABAR High's jumper Lamar Reid broke the first boys' record and propelled the champions to the top of the GraceKennedy ISSA Boys' and Girls' Athletics Championships with 48 points yesterday.
After six finals, early leaders Jamaica College (JC) were relegated to second on 34 points ahead of Kingston College with 28. St Jago High with 18 points are fourth ahead of Edwin Allen High on 16 points.
Calabar's Lamar Reid leaps to 1.99m to break the Class
 Three high jump record on day three of the GraceKennedy
 ISSA Boys’ and Girls’ Athletics Championships at the
 National Stadium yesterday. (PHOTO: COLLIN REID)
Reid, who is actually a Class Four athlete, broke a 22-year-old high jump record of 1.98m set by his schoolmate Ryan Chambers in 1993, clearing the bar at 1.99m on his second attempt, sending the Calabar fans into a frenzy.
Vanderleer Palmer of St Jago was second with 1.81m ahead of Javair Hall of Herbert Morrison with 1.78m.
In the first final of the day, the Class One discus, Demar Gayle of Edwin Allen High won with a throw of 50.70m; Calabar's Warren Barrett was second with 49.95m. Petersfield High's Sanjae Lawrence was third with 49.65m ahead of KC's Rajindra Campbell with 49.48m.
Rasheeda Downer delivered the first gold for KC, capturing the Class Two shot put with 16.47m and relegating favourite Andre Chin of Calabar to second with 15.53m with his teammate Savion Burke third with 15.10. KC was fourth courtesy of Dohnarris Stewart.
Meanwhile, KC suffered a major setback when star athlete Jhevaughn Matherson pulled up 90 metres into the Class Two 200m semi-final two which was won by Calabar's Tyrek Wilson in 21.11 seconds.
But before that, the remarkable Christopher Taylor sizzled to 20.97 seconds in semi-final one setting the stage for a Calabar sweep. more

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