FROM THE PUBLISHER

Summary
Edwin Allen has now won three consecutive titles
and based on these Championship results, will
continue to be strong contenders. In fact, Edwin
Allen continues to be strong in the lower classes,
so the graduation of their senior athletes will not
have a serious effect on next year’s Championship
hopes. They continued to be very competitive
in the jumping events, an area where they
used to be quite weak, but were less than dominant
in the throws, an area in which they were traditionally
strong.
Of course, Hydel has become stronger contenders
year after year and they would have noticed
that the margin of victory in 2016 was sixty seven
points, much less than the 100 point margin in
2015. A quick look at the scoring tables show that
Hydel matched Edwin Allen’s scores in the hurdles
and throws. They were even the top scoring
team in the jumps, but in the sprints and distance
events, Edwin Allen was dominant, outscoring
Hydel by more than 80 points. Coach Corey Bennett
knows that to dethrone Edwin Allen, that
situation must be rectified quickly.
St. Jago‘s task in rebuilding for 2017 will not be
easy. The will lose top senior athletes like Natalliah
Whyte, Shanice Reid, Nelda Huggins and
Andrenette Knight. Those athletes were the
heart of the St. Jago challenge and they will not
be easily replaced. The problem is compounded
by the fact that they scored no points in the
middle and long distance events and no serious
challenge can be mounted against Edwin Allen,
with that type of weakness. They should however
be able to dominate the throwing events with former
Edwin Allen throwing coach Marlon Gayle
now on the St. Jago coaching staff.
Holmwood and Vere are two schools that have
dominated Girls’ Championships in previous
years, but have not mounted a serious challenge
in the last few. Holmwood remains competitive
on the track, but are now very weak in the field
events. Compared with their rivals, they scored
POINTS BY CLASS
SCHOOL I II III IV OPEN TOTAL
1. Edwin Allen 62 79.5 96 37 55 329.50
2. Hydel 56 40 48 50 70 264.50
3. St. Jago 81.5 46 34 35 45 241.50
4. Holmwood 68 48 14 21 33 184
5. Vere 10 10 50 0 29 139
SCHOOL SPRINTS DISTANCE HURDLES RELAYS THROWS JUMPS HEP. TOTAL
1. Edwin Allen 92 79 35 41 21 55.5 6 329.5
2. Hydel 46 38 30 46 25 71.5 8 264.5
3. St. Jago 87 0 25 57 22 38.5 12 241.5
4. Holmwood 53 52 24 28 9 12 6 184
5. Vere 15 51 26 6 28 10 3 139
very few points in the jumps and throws. Vere on
the other hand continue to hold their own in the
distance and hurdling events, but in great contrast
to previous years are quite weak in the sprints
which also causes them to score few points in the
critical relays. Even though they have two of the
best jumpers in Carifta medalists Lamara Distin
and Britany Anderson, they had woeful scores in
the jumping events.
At this point in time, no other school has a realistic
chance of winning the Girls’ Champs title in
the immediate future, but it has never been all
about winning the coveted title. Instead, teams
will continue to develop and showcase their stars
who usually go on to represent their country at
the youth, junior and senior levels. Athletes like
sprint hurdler Daszay Freeman of Manchester,
Anna-Kay-Allen and Julien Alfred of St. Catherine
and Stacey-Ann Williams of St. Elizabeth,
as a school, might have little or no chance of winning
the Championship title but will continue
to win individual medals and make their school
proud.
There are a number of outstanding athletes who
will be saying goodbye. At the top of the list are
Shannon Kalawan (Edwin Allen), Rochelle Burton
(Camperdown) and Junelle Bromfield (St.
Elizabeth) who all won individual medals at the
2016 World Junior games, while Natalliah Whyte
won a gold medal at the 2014 youth Olympic
games.
Other athletes who did their school and country
proud are Shanice Reid, Janelle Fullerton and,
Andrenette Knight, Britny Kerr, Samara Spencer,
Semoy Hemmings, Shanice Love , Zinedine
Russell, Sydney Marshall, Teresha Jacobs
and Ashley Williams who were medal winners at
Champs and at the Carifta games.
We say goodbye to those young ladies and we will
continue to follow their track and field exploits as
they make their transition to the college system at
home and abroad.
BREAKDOWN BY EVENTS
SCHOOL SCORED IN WON
1. Edwin Allen 46 11
2. Hydel 46 6
3. St. Jago 46 8
4. Holmwood 46 4
5. Vere 46 6
ATHLETES CONTRIBUTING
INDIVIDUAL POINTS
1. Edwin Allen 38
2. Hydel 29
3. St. Jago 20
4. Holmwood 23
5. Vere 13
RANK SCHOOL SCORE
1. Edwin Allen High 329.50
2. Hydel Group of Schools 264.5
3. St. Jago High 241.50
4. Holmwood Technical 184
5. Vere Technical 139
6. Excelsior High 80
7. St. Elizabeth Technical 72
8. Wolmer’s Girls 63.20
9. Manchester High 55
10. Alpha Academy 45.20
11. Camperdown High 39
12. St. Andrew High 37.50
13. St. Catherine High 33
14. Green Island High 27
15. Petersfield High 23
16. Immaculate Conception High 19.20
17. Spaldings High 18
18. Buff Bay High 17.50
19. St. Mary High 15
19. Rusea’s High h 15
21. St. Andrew Technical 13
22. Mount Alvernia High 10
23. Frome Technical High 9
24. Mavis Bank High 7
25. Clarendon College 6
26. Lacovia High 5
27. Albert Town High 4
28. Campion College 3
28. The Queen’s High 3
28. Titchfield High 3
31. Holy Childhood High 1.20
32. Herbert Morrison Technical 0.20
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