Girls’ sprint relays will be hot at Gibson-McCook

Fans at this week’s Central Athletics Championships were treated to a worthwhile display of speed when the girls’ 4x100 metres relays rolled around. St Jago High School and Edwin Allen High School took top billing with the fastest times of the season in the girls’ Class Three and Four sprint relays.

Coached by Keilando Goburn, Shannia Campbell, Adora Campbell, Martina Parkes and Trecia-Ann Grant disintegrated the season-leading Class Three time of 46.69 seconds by Edwin Allen at Western Relays with a slick passing stunner that was 1.1 seconds faster at 45.59 seconds.

Campbell and Grant had earlier scored a one-two for St Jago in the 200m and Goburn deployed them on the straight legs to good effect. With this pair in form, the girls from Monk Street will be hard to beat at this Saturday’s Gibson-McCook Relays inside the National Stadium.

The same can be said about Hydel High School in Class Two and Edwin Allen in Class Four. Hydel won a thriller – 45.54 to 45.56 – over Edwin on the line in Class Two, just 0.01 of a second off Edwin Allen’s season leading time from the Western Relays. As usual, 100m winner Thieanna-Lee Terrelonge supplied a magnificent second leg, but it wasn’t quite enough to unseat the girls coached by Hydel team leader Corey Bennett.

This could be a Gibson-McCook classic as St Jago placed third at Central with a notable time of 45.87.

In contrast to the 0.02 margin in Class Two, Edwin Allen beat Hydel 48.49 to 48.92 seconds in Class Four, with St Jago well back at 49.40. As with St Jago in Class Three, Edwin Allen upgraded the best time of the season from their own 48.71 at Western Relays.

The signs of Edwin Allen’s speed were there before the relay. Tashana Godfrey and Mailaika McDonald were second and third, respectively, in the 100m and McDonald took bronze in the 200m. Both of those individual events were won by Rhiana Scott of Ferncourt High School.

Once the Central Championships teams recover, the Class Two, Three and Four 4x100m relays will be quite a spectacle at tomorrow’s Gibson-McCook Relays.