2023 track and field season continues with three meets

THE 2023 track and field season continues today with the staging of three JAAA development meets.

Central Jamaica will host two of the meets. The Manchester High/Charlie Fuller Field Events meet will be held at Manchester High, while the JAAA/Puma/Fuller/Anderson meet will be held at Kirkvine. Both central Jamaica meets will begin at 9 a.m.

The G.C. Foster College of Sports and Physical Education will host the Douglas Forrest Invitational, which is set to begin at 8:30 a.m.

Defending ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys’ and Girls’ champions, Kingston College and Edwin Allen High School, will be the leading teams at the Douglas Forrest Invitational as they continue their preparations for the big meet in April.

With World Under 20 100-metre silver medallist Serena Cole taking a break today after her double win at Jamaica College last week, the Michael Dyke-coached Edwin Allen will be led by Theianna Lee Terrelonge and Rickeisha Simms. Terrelonge who was a medallist in the Under 17 100m at the Carifta Games will contest the Class Three 200m today. Simms, who won the Class Two 800/1500m double and who was a Carifta gold medallist in the Under 17 1500m will contest the 800m in her first year in Class One.

After an encouraging start a week ago, Immaculate Conception High School, along with Wolmer’s High School for Girls, and former Champs winners, St Jago High School,will also be in action .

St Jago’s boys will be the leading team among the males where they will be joined by an Edwin Allen team led by Delano Kennedy, who won the Under 17 400m at the Carifta Games. He was unfortunate at the World Under 20 Championships in Cali, Colombia last year as he was disqualified in the final of the 400m after entering the event as the fastest qualifier. He will want to start on a positive note when he contests the one-lap event today.

Events down to be contested include 5000m open for boys, 3000m open for girls, 400m hurdles for classes two and one, 400m hurdles open for girls, 800m and 1500m in all classes, along with the 4x400m.

Holmwood Technical High Schoolwill open their season at Kirkvine as the meet returns to its traditional venue after being held at G.C. Foster College last year. Events down to be contested are the 3000m open for girls, 5000m open for boys, 200m, 800m, 1500m and the 4x400m relays.

After his record-breaking double a week ago at Jamaica College where he won the Class One discus and shot put events, Calabar High School’s Kobe Lawrence will be in the spotlight at Manchester High. Most of the top school will be in action in the field events.