CHAMPS (BOYS) in JAMAICA at the National Stadium : Smashing! Jaheel Hyde sets 400m hurdles national junior record.Hyde's time is the second best in the world and is only bettered by Michael Stigler of the University of Kansas, who ran 48.44....CALABAR High leads the boys with 104 points going into final day...

BY HOWARD WALKER Senior Staff Reporter walkerh@jamaicaobserver.com  Saturday, March 28, 2015    
WORLD Junior 400m hurdles champion Jaheel Hyde of Wolmer's Boys turned in a scintillating performance setting a new national junior record of 49.01 seconds at the GraceKennedy/ISSA Boys' and Girls' Athletics Championships at the National Stadium last night.
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Jaheel Hyde of Wolmer’s Boys on his way to winning the Class One
400m hurdles in a new national junior record of 49.01 seconds during
the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys’ Championships at the National Stadium
last night. (PHOTO: BRYAN CUMMINGS)
Hyde's time is the second best in the world and is only bettered by Michael Stigler of the University of Kansas, who ran 48.44 yesterday.
Up to press time last night, defending champions Calabar High held the lead with 104 points, opening a 25-point lead over Kingston College (KC) on 79 points after 15 finals. St Jago High are third with 69 points, while early leader Jamaica College were relegated to fourth on 59 points.
Calabar's captain Michael 'Skelly' O'Hara left it late, but used his great top-end speed and finished like a bullet to win the Class One 100m in 10.42 seconds ahead of his teammate Edward Clarke in 10.50 seconds. Raheem Robinson of Wolmer's Boys was third in 10.61 seconds.
Micheal O’Hara (left) of Calabar takes the Class One Boys’
100m at the National Stadium last night. At right is Raheem
Robinson of Wolmer’s Boys, who was the early race
 leader. (PHOTO: BRYAN CUMMINGS)
The boys from Red Hills Road also grabbed the top two spots in the Class Two 100 metres as Dejour Russell upset his more fancied teammate Tyrek Wilson to win in 10.67 seconds with Wilson clocking 10.76 seconds. Michael Bentley of St Jago was third in 10.99.
In the Class Three 100m, St Jago's Taiwane Garriques won in 11.26 ahead of Javier Johnson of Green Island in 11.53 and Akeem Smith of KC in 11.55 seconds.
In the first boys' final on Friday, JC's Micha Wellington captured the Class Three long jump with a leap of 6.61m, relegating the KC pair of Shacquille Lowe (6.57) and Wayne Pinnock (6.51) to second and third in the last few jumps. JC's Michael Beecher was fifth with 5.99m as both JC and KC garnered 13 points each while Calabar failed to score.  
TOP 10 BOYS STANDINGS GOING INTO THE FINAL DAY:   
Calabar High 104
Kingston College 79
St Jago High 69
Jamaica College 59
St Elizabeth Technical Hi 47
Wolmer's High School for 26
Edwin Allen High 20
Holmwood Technical High 19
Cornwall College 16
Bellefield High 14
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