Munro Faculty’s Javontae Smith on his technique to setting the Boys Class 2 shot put file 18.21m finally yr’s COCAA Western Champs Day 1 held at Cornwall Faculty on February 15. (Picture: Paul Reid)
ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica — Thirty-six finals, 30 of them within the subject occasions, shall be selected Wednesday’s first day of the 2 day County of Cornwall Athletics Affiliation (COCAA) Western Excessive Faculty Championships to be held on the St Elizabeth Technical Sports activities Complicated in Santa Cruz, set to begin at 8:45 am.
Thirty-one boys colleges and 28 women colleges are set to compete on the championships that can proceed and finish on Saturday at GC Foster Sports activities Faculty.
St Elizabeth Technical Excessive (STETHS) shall be defending each titles however are anticipated to be challenged by William Knibb Memorial within the boys part and Mt Alvernia Excessive within the women part.
All six 1500m finals shall be contested Wednesday with the primary rounds of 100m, 200m 400m, 800m, dash and inter-mediate hurdles all set to be contested together with the semi-finals of the three relays- 4x100m, 4x400m and dash medley, in each genders.
Munro Faculty, who’ve dominated the boys throws all season, are anticipated to steer on the finish of the day with the likes of Devonte Edwards and Rajeem Road in Class 1 and world Underneath 18 shot put chief Javonte Edwards who’s a stable lock to defend each titles he gained final yr.
Cornwall Faculty is predicted to be aggressive with the likes of Mar-Lando Farquharson within the Class 1 throws and Junior Wright in Class 2.
STETHS’ Ricoy Hunter is predicted to defend his Class 1 boys lengthy leap title whereas Herbert Morrison Technical’s Santino Distin is the favorite to win the Class 1 excessive leap occasion.
William Knibb Memorial’s Cheyenne Cooper will begin favorite to win the Class 1 excessive leap whereas STETHS’ Chloe Palmer goes into the Class 1 lengthy leap with the most effective mark of the season up to now.
Whereas solely the primary rounds of the sprints shall be held Wednesday, the stage shall be set for what is predicted to be a aggressive Class 1 the place Muschett Excessive’s Johan-Ramaldo Smythe, who has run 10.4 seconds already this season, will conflict in opposition to Herbert Morrison’s Tavaine Stewart and Munro Faculty’s Romario Hines within the 200m.
On the feminine aspect, Lacovia Excessive’s Sabrina Dockery is predicted to dominate Class 1 and Muschett Excessive’s Shanoya Douglas in Class 2.
Sabrina Dockery of Lacovia Excessive (left) and Shanoya Douglas of Muschett Excessive taking part within the Class 2 Women 200m preliminaries finally yr’s COCAA Western Champs Day 1 held at Cornwall Faculty on February 15. (Picture: Paul Reid)
