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JC’s Kemarrio Bygrave, Rasheed Pryce top Carfita 800 metres prelims

Published:Saturday | March 11, 2023 | 2:39 PMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter -
Kingston College’s Schevorn Wardlow (right) pips Omarion Davis of Jamaica College and Magotty High’s Yoshane Bowen (foreground) in Heat 2 of the Under-20 boys’ 800 metres at Carifta Trials at the National Stadium today. Wardlow clocked 1:56.9 minutes
Ian Allen
Kingston College’s Schevorn Wardlow (right) pips Omarion Davis of Jamaica College and Magotty High’s Yoshane Bowen (foreground) in Heat 2 of the Under-20 boys’ 800 metres at Carifta Trials at the National Stadium today. Wardlow clocked 1:56.9 minutes, with Davis doing 1:56.11 and Bowen 1:56.17. Wardlow and Davis advanced to tomorrow's final.

Jamaica College's (JC) Kemarrio Bygrave led the field in the Under-20 boys’ 800 metres on the second day of the Carifta Trials at the National Stadium this afternoon.

Bygrave qualified for tomorrow's final, clocking 1:53.14 minutes, the fastest time among the finalists. Kingston College's (KC) Jaquan Coke had the second fastest time in qualifying with 1:53.34, while his teammate Ainsley Campbell had the third fastest time with 1:54.88.

In the Under-17 boys’ category. JC's Rasheed Pryce clocked 1:57.46 minutes to enter tomorrow's final with the fastest time. Charlemont's Delano Todd had the second fastest time with 1:57.75 while Pryce's teammate Tyrone Lawson had the third fastest time with 1:57.84.

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