CHAMPS (GIRLS) IN JAMAICA at the National Stadium. : St Jago girls dominate sprints, but Edwin Allen High lead ...two records were broken -- St Jago's Peta-gay Williams smashed Melanie Walker's Class One 100m hurdles record of 13.68 seconds set in 2001 with a brilliant 13.56 seconds into a -3.0 head wind, while Holmwood Technical's Tamara Moncrieffe jumped 13.63m in the triple jump, surpassing the 13.52m set in 2007 by Vere Technical's Kimberly Williams....XLCR High in top 10 going into final day.

PAUL A REID Observer writer reidp@jamaicaobserver.com  Saturday, March 28, 2015    

ST Jago High girls showed their sprinting pedigree, winning three of the four 100m titles on yesterday's penultimate day of the ISSA/GraceKennedy Girls' Championships at the National Stadium.

St Jago’s Natalliah Whyte (left) beats Wolmer’s Girls’ Shauna Helps
 to the line in the Class One 100m finals of the ISSA/GraceKennedy Girls’
Championships last night at the National Stadium.
 (PHOTO: BRYAN CUMMINGS)

Natalliah Whyte in Class One, Kimone Shaw in Class Three and Joanne Reid in Class Four rose to the occasion as only Edwin Allen's Shellece Clarke in Class Two managed to break their dominance at the short sprint.

The points helped to boost the Spanish Town school's tally after they struggled in the first few days of the five-day Championships.

Action in today's final day starts at 1:00 pm.

After 20 finals yesterday and before the 100m races, defending champions Edwin Allen led the standings with 131.50 points, followed by Hydel High (113). St Jago High moved up to third place on 86.33 with Holmwood Technical (75) and Vere Technical (46) rounding out the top five places.

Despite strong head winds that gusted up to 9.0 metres per second at times, two records were broken -- St Jago's Peta-gay Williams smashed Melanie Walker's Class One 100m hurdles record of 13.68 seconds set in 2001 with a brilliant 13.56 seconds into a -3.0 head wind, while Holmwood Technical's Tamara Moncrieffe jumped 13.63m in the triple jump, surpassing the 13.52m set in 2007 by Vere Technical's Kimberly Williams.

It was the 100m that held the attention last night as St Jago's Whyte won the Class One event, just holding off Wolmer's Girls' Shauna Helps, reversing the order in Class 2 last year. Shanice Reid, also of St Jago, was third.

Whyte clocked 11.77 seconds, the same time she ran in the semi-finals earlier in the day, just getting to the line in front of Helps (11.81 seconds) and Reid (11.86 seconds).

Ayesha Champagnie of St Andrew Technical High
 School (STATHS) makes her winning throw of 47.73 metres
in the girls’ Class One javelin throw Open.
 (PHOTO: BRYAN CUMMINGS)

Favourite Clarke of Edwin Allen obliged in the Class Two 100m, getting over a slow start to run past the field and win in 11.81 seconds (-2.1m/s).

Hydel's Yanique Dale was second in 12.94 seconds and Green Island's Kimone Hines was third in 12.03 seconds.

As expected, St Jago's Kimone Shaw easily won the Class Three 100m running 11.81 seconds (-0.7m/s) after a false start saw Edwin Allen's Shavell Riley being disqualified.

Alpha Academy's Kiara Grant took silver with 12.02 seconds and Hydel's Ray-donna Lee placed third in 12.22 seconds.

TOP 10 GIRLS STANDINGS GOING INTO FINAL DAY AT CHAMPS:

Edwin Allen High 131.50

Hydel High 113

St Jago High 71.33

Holmwood Technical High 75

Vere Technical High 46

Wolmer's Girls 30

Rusea's High 29

Convent of Mercy Alpha 24

Manchester High 21

Excelsior High 19

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