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On the corridors of Kingston College,<br />
Jhevaughn Matherson looks just like<br />
his white-shirted peers in sixth form.<br />
Summoned to talk to the PREVIEW, this soft<br />
spoken speed merchant gives little away<br />
with his facial expression or tone of voice.<br />
Yet, in a few moments with him, it becomes<br />
clear that there is more to him than meets<br />
the eye.<br />
Inside the cool exterior lies a heart filled with<br />
ambition and desire. His reflection on his<br />
five trips to Boys and Girls Championships<br />
is thoughtful. “It’s been quite an interesting<br />
journey, not necessarily what I expected”,<br />
he says of a sojourn that has seen him win<br />
three individual gold medals with two of<br />
those coming in a scintillating 2013 Class 3<br />
sprint double. “There have been a few ups<br />
and downs”, he considered “but a good five<br />
years.”<br />
His countenance is even when he pinpoints<br />
the low point of those five years. “2015<br />
when I got injured in the 200 metres<br />
semi-final”, he says of his last year in Class<br />
2. He arrived there as defending 200 metre<br />
champion and as one of the favourites in the<br />
100m but walked away with nothing. “Most<br />
importantly, we lost that Championships<br />
by 15 and a half points”, he recalls, “and I<br />
was expected to give 18 points so with that<br />
happening, that has to be the lowest point.”<br />
For him, the high point was becoming<br />
the first Class 3 boy to break 22 in the 200<br />
metres. He did that in 2013 with a since<br />
broken record of 21.87 seconds. As is the<br />
case with the great Usain Bolt, the 200m is<br />
Jhevaughn’s favourite event.<br />
CALM,<br />
COOL AND<br />
By: Hubert Lawrence<br />
AMBITIOUS<br />
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