The team of Roshawn Clarke, Rimando Thomas, Junior Harris and Nickoy Drummond sped to 40.96 to advance as the fastest qualifiers.
Saturday’s final will also see the likes of St. Jago (41.06), Jamaica College (41.20), STETHS (41.48), Calabar (41.73), St. Catherine High (41.78), Excelsior (41.84) and Herbert Morrison (41.90) in the field.
Jamaica College was the fastest qualifier for the High School Boys 4x800m final. The team of Khandale Frie, Omarion Davis, Handal Roban and Kemarrio Bygrave ran 7:53.41 to be the only Caribbean team to advance to Saturday’s final.
In the field, Edwin Allen’s Trevor Gunzell (61.79) and Jamaica College’s Raquil Broderick (59.43) were the top two finishers in the High School Boys discus. Bergen Catholic’s Benjamin Shue was third with 58.82m.
Carifta U-20 champion and record holder Keyshawn Strachan of the Bahamas won the High School Boys javelin with a throw of 72.48m representing St. John’s College. Jose Santana of Eugenio Guerra Cruz in Puerto Rico was second with 60.29m while Wyoming Area’s Drew Mruk was third with 58.60m.
Jamaica once again got the top two spots, this time in the High School Boys shot put thanks to Edwin Allen’s Christopher Young (19.87m) and Calabar’s Kobe Lawrence (19.68m). Joe Licata of Gill St. Bernard’s was third with 18.75m.
Dejone Raymond of STETHS cleared 2.05m to win the High School Boys high jump ahead of South Brunswick’s Damarion Potts (1.99m) and Kingston College’s Aaron McKenzie (1.99m).
Jamaica College’s Uroy Ryan was second in the High School Boys long jump with 7.54m behind Lawrenceville School’s Gregory Foster (7.59m). Altoona’s Jake Adams was a distant third with 7.08m.
Kingston College’s standout long and triple jumper Jaydon Hibbert jumped out to 15.94m to win the High School Boys triple jump ahead of Valley Stream North’s Ryan John (15.02m) and Brandon Hutchinson of St. Augustine’s in the Bahamas (14.93m).
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.
Palomino entered the competition with a first-time clearance of 2.05m before clearing 2.10m on his second attempt.
He then needed three attempts to clear 2.14m before eventually clearing 2.17m, his winning height, on his second attempt. Palomino then had three unsuccessful efforts to clear 2.20m, his personal best which he did to win at the Sun Belt Indoor Championships on February 20.
Corvell Todd and Jacob Patten both cleared 2.10m for second and third.
Barton County Community College sophomore Christopher Young was also a winner on Saturday, producing 18.57m for top spot in the men’s shot put.
Memphis sophomore Sascha Schmidt threw 18.43m in second while Southern Miss sophomore Piers Cameron threw 17.95m for third.
On the track, Florida State sophomore Shenese Walker won the women’s 200m in 23.20 ahead of teammate Kaniya Johnson (23.62) and Southern Miss senior Kenia Seals (23.65).
