Roshawn Clarke is right down to compete within the Males’s 400m. (Photograph: Collin Reid)
DENZIL Wilks, a member of the organising committee for this yr’s Gibson McCook Relays, has confirmed that every one methods are in place for a profitable staging of the forty eighth version of the occasion at present.
Wilks stated he’s anticipating some thrilling motion on the observe as over 2,700 athletes — representing faculties, golf equipment and establishments — are anticipated to compete.
The championships is to kick off at 9:30 am and can function 40 occasions, together with 31 relay races — 15 of that are championship races — and 9 particular person occasions. The meet is to conclude at 9:00 pm, with the finals set to start at 4:00 pm.
“Every thing is in place, as a result of that is the forty eighth staging. However when it comes to time, we’ve got been doing this now for 51 years as there are a few years once we didn’t have a staging,” Wilks defined.
“Plenty of individuals who sit on the organising committee, in addition to technical officers, have been doing this repeatedly yr after yr, all the time searching for to enhance, so we’re just about in line and all methods go for Saturday.”
Wilks expressed confidence within the athletes’ readiness, noting their robust performances this season.
“We now have 15 championship relay occasions and we’ve got two 60-metre occasions — one male and one feminine — with some fascinating prizes and incentives so we count on individuals to be at their greatest,” he stated.
“The place we’re at within the season, most of our athletes have already performed their preliminary runs so they need to be rounding into good kind. We’re actually anticipating it to be a cracker on Saturday.”
Among the many prime faculties vying for supremacy are Kingston School, Calabar and Jamaica School on the boys’ aspect, whereas Edwin Allen Excessive, Hydel Excessive, and Holmwood Technical lead the ladies’ competitors.
The opening occasion of the championships will function the preliminary rounds of the highschool boys’ 4×400 metres relay, a championship occasion.
Senior athletes are to contest the Males’s and Girls’s 60m races, together with the Males’s 400m.
Within the Males’s 400m, nationwide document holder Rusheen McDonald of MVP Monitor and Subject Membership is predicted to face competitors from Roshawn Clarke, Malik James-King of Titans, and Demish Gaye.
The Girls’s 60m ought to see Tia Clayton and her MVP teammates Jonielle Smith and Serena Cole go head-to-head with Elite Monitor Membership’s Shashalee Forbes, Jodean Williams and Kemba Nelson.
Malik James-King (Photograph: Collin Reid)
Jonielle Smith (Photograph: AFP)
Tia Clayton (Photograph: AFP)
