Wolmer’s Boys’ Gary Card and Lacovia High’s Sabrina Dockery won the respective Under-20 Boys and Girls 100m titles on Friday’s day one of Jamaica’s CARIFTA Trials at the GC Foster College in St. Catherine.
Card, 18, produced a speedy 10.21 to win the Boys title and solidify his spot as the favorite to win the Class One sprint double at next month’s ISSA Boys and Girls Championships at the National Stadium.
Calabar’s Shaquane Gordon and Jamal Stephenson were second and third in 10.36 and 10.41, respectively.
Lacovia’s Dockery won a hotly contested Girls final in 11.30, just ahead of Muschette High’s Shanoya Douglas (11.35) and Wolmer’s Girls’ Abigail Wolfe (11.63).
Holmwood Technical’s Jaydon Collins took the Under-17 Boys title in 10.60 ahead of Excelsior’s Michael Graham (10.63) and Calabar’s Byron Walker (10.71).
The Girls Under-17 final went to St. Jago’s Adora Campbell in 11.59 ahead of St. Mary High’s Shayon Smith (11.73) and Ferncourt’s Rihanna Scott (11.73).
In the field, JC’s Michael-Andre Edwards produced 7.40m to win the Under-20 Boys long jump ahead of STETHS’ Rickoy Hunter (7.31m) and KC’s Omarion Miller (7.28m).
Hydel’s Zavien Bernard took the Under-17 Girls high jump title with a clearance of 1.75m. St. Mary High’s Sackoya Palmer was second with 1.70m while Wolmer’s Girls’ Kariecia Morrison was third with 1.65m.
KC’s Despiro Wray took the Under-20 Boys shot put with 20.23m ahead of Munro College’s Devonte Edwards (19.77m) and Javontae Smith (17.45m).
Calabar’s Kamari Kennedy took the Under-17 title with 18.82m ahead of Munro’s Brandon Lawrence (15.32m) and JC’s Xhaevion Kelly (14.79m).
Munro’s Selethel Johnson cleared 1.90m to win the Under-17 Boys high jump ahead of St. Jago’s Nikaro Johnson (1.90m) and Amani Phillips (1.80m).
St. Catherine High’s Rohanna Sudlow won the Under-20 Girls long jump with 5.85m ahead of Edwin Allen’s Ishna James (5.73m) and William Knibb Memorial’s Cheyenne Cooper (5.67m).
Clarendon College’s Marla-Kay Lampart threw 14.60m for top spot in the Under-20 Girls shot put ahead of the Excelsior pair of Kimeka Smith (14.10m) and Gianna Clayton (14.07m).
Immaculate Conception’s Jamie-Lee Tulloch won the Under-17 title with 12.27m ahead of Excelsior’s Zoeyann Plummer (11.38m) and STETHS’ Davieka Lewis (10.66m).
Photos courtesy of Marlon Reid/Loop News.