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#TRIALS2023 | Edwin Allen’s Morgan edges Hunter to u18 1500m title

Published:Friday | July 7, 2023 | 7:24 PMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter
Edwin Allen's Joel Morgan (left) outdips Kingston College's Rekelme Hunter (right) to win the boys under-18 1500 metres at the JAAA/PUMA National Senior and Junior Championships earlier this evening. Third was Jamaica College's Tyrone Lawson.
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Edwin Allen's Joel Morgan (left) outdips Kingston College's Rekelme Hunter (right) to win the boys under-18 1500 metres at the JAAA/PUMA National Senior and Junior Championships earlier this evening. Third was Jamaica College's Tyrone Lawson.

Edwin Allen’s Joel Morgan produced a tactical master class, outdipping Kingston College’s Rekelme Hunter to claim first place in the boys under-18 1500 metres at the National Senior and Junior Championships inside the National Stadium this afternoon.

Morgan stopped the clock at 4:10:69 while Hunter, who led for the majority of the race had to settle for second in 4:10:81.

Jamaica College’s Tyrone Lawson finished third in 4:13:98, while teammate Rasheed Pryce failed to complete the race.

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