Christopher Young of Edwin Allen High established a new meet record in the Class I shot put on Day 2 of the 2022 Central Championships at the G.C. Foster College in Spanish Town, St Catherine in Jamaica on Wednesday.

Young threw 18.77m to shatter the previous record of 18.34m set by fellow alumni Demar Gayle in 2015.

It was an Edwin Allen 1-2 in the event as Trevor Gunzell also surpassed the previous record with his own mark of 18.71m in the close battle between teammates. Brandon Gayle of St Jago High threw 17.85m for third.

In the Javelin Open for Girls, Natalie Albert threw 39.71m to take victory over teammate G’Nea Pitt (39.0m).

Edwin Allen’s Shenelia Williams took the bronze medal with her best effort of 36.06m.

Another meet record was established in the Class III Girls High Jump where Edwin Allen’s Asia McKay soared to a new mark of 1.70m, eclipsing the mark of 1.68m set by Vere Technical’s Anishka McDonald in 2019.

Sabrina Atkinson of Hydel copped the silver with her clearance of 1.65m. Third went to Jahmeka Brown, who cleared 1.60m.

The Class I long jump title now belongs to Edwin Allen’s Serena Cole. The sprinter/long jumper produced a leap of 5.92m to secure victory over St Jago High School’s Kay-Lagay Clarke (5.84m).

St Jago picked up valuable points as Machaeda Linton leapt 5.62m for third.

St Jago picked up another win in the Class 3 High Jump for Boys as Patrick Brown equalled the record of 1.65m shared by Shane York of St Jago High and Christoff Madden of Mt St Joseph.

After 28 finals St Jago is the runaway leader among the boys with 295.5 points. Edwin Allen is second with 103 points while Clarendon College and St Catherine High are third tied with 75 points.

Manchester High with 60 points makes up the top five teams.

After 29 finals, Edwin Allen leads the girls’ standings with 246.2 points. Hydel lie second with 181.6 points. St Jago High 166.6, Holmwood  Technical 147 and St Catherine High 135 round out the top five.