PEARMAN CALDER WINS SPORTS DAY 2009 !!!

PC BREAKS 7-YR DROUGHT
Pearman Calder won Sports Day 2009 with stellar performances across classes and event categories. In so doing they broke a seven year curse for the title position.

Tevin Wilson (Class IV Champion Athlete), Kaneil Harrison (Overall and Class III Champion Athlete), Rolando Reid (Class II Champion Athlete), Dexter McKenzie (Class I Champion Athlete), Levar Dunchie, Delano Williams, Javauri Mitchell, Emmanuel Oniya, Jevaughn Shaw, Omar Bryan and Razzack White had multiple medal winning performances.

Final House Positions

1. Pearman Calder
2. Dickenson
3. Sangster
4. Coke Farquaharson
5. Harrison

***Official event results to come***

MIDNIGHT TAKES A DOUBLE AT STETHS

When you have a green carpet for a track, like STETHS does, you're going to attract a few athletes. Last Saturday STETHS hosted a "Champs-like" crowd of participants for its Invitational. Perenially one of the best multi-diciplinary meets for the year, the Invitational suffered from an over population of athletes. The accommodating virtue paid a high price when all the 100m heats finished in just under five hours and resulted in the removal of the 1500m from the schedule.

The surge of interest in the sport has been compounded by a banner Olympic year in 2008. The demand for meets by schools and athletes now far outstrip supply. Most meets this season have attempted to host in a single day the same amount of students and events that Champs hosts over a four day period and Champs is among the largest annual High School Championship meets in the world. At some point the powers that be must realize the math just doesn't work. The development schedule needs more meets and better technology to accommodate the quantum size increases that have occurred over the last four years. With that said, I must commend Keith Wellington and Eldemire Smith of STETHS for weathering the flood.

It is a rare year when a MCTF thrower doesn't have a breakout performance at STETHS. This year Emanuel Onyia and Jevaughn Shaw had personal bests in the Class II Discus. Onyia won with 46.98m and Shaw was 4th with 39.07m. Other highlights on the field came from Dexter McKenzie's 6.98m leap in the Class I Long Jump for the win followed up by a 11.06 clocking in the 100m for 7th place overall. Other MCTF wins came from Kaneil Harrison in the Class III 100m (11.47) and Patrick Campbell in the U-17 400mH (58.47).

However, it was Rolando "Mignight" Reid's performances that stole the meet by winning the Class II 100m in 11.07 and coming back to win the Class I&II Grand Prix 100 in 10.90.

A preliminary draft of the meet's results can be found in the "2009 Results" section to the right.

Regards,
B.C. Hayden
Team Manager

BIG SHOTSKY MEETS THE BIG YORUBA

The Big Shot Invitational, like all "Throwers R Us" meets, was a well-run and enjoyable family affair. MCTF rolled in with a four man strong delegation that saw the return of Nigerian born Emmanuel Onyia (pronounced "un-yah" at Munro). Onyia (left) opened up his final Class II season with a win in the Shot (14.82m) and a 2nd place finish in the Discus (43.70m). He was joined by first year Class II man Jevaughn Shaw who finished 5th in the Discus (38.53m) and 10th in the Shot (11.47m).

In Class I, Razzack White and Rajae Gayle had notable performances in the Discus with 7th (41.58) and 8th (40.88m) place finishes respectively.

A complete list of results can be found in the "2009 Results" section to the right.

RESULTS FROM CENTRAL HURDLES AND RELAYS

Jumpers Sprint | Sprinters Jump
In its second year, the Central Hurdles and Relays Meet has fast become a favourite on the MCTF schedule. The meet was not overcrowded, often ran ahead of schedule and was centred by a fitting ceremony honouring the achievements of Olympic gold medallist, Deon Hemmings. Kudos to Jerry Holness and his team.

MCTF fielded a team of thirty student-athletes across the flat hurdles and sprint relays. While there were some excellent performances, overall the times were subdued because of heavy negative winds. Patrick Campbell and Myles Chingara took medal positions in the Class II 110mH and 400mH respectively. Newcomer Jevaughn Jackson took 4th in the Class II 110mH with an impressive run for his second time ever over the sticks. The relay teams also performed well highlighted by the performance of the mile relay squad that finished second in 3:18:83. The team entered as the meet record holders having won last year's inaugural. This year we were led off by National Long Jumper, Dexter Mckenzie (above left) who filled in at the last minute and split 48.2. Rolando Reid took the baton around in 50.9, Jodi-Rae Blackwood in 47.9 and Erroll Davis in 51.2.

A summary of MCTF performances are below and a comprehensive list of the meet's performances can be found in the "2009 Results" section to the right.

Class I 4x100m 43.18 5th
Class II 4x100m 44.00 4th
Class III 4x100m 47.46 6th

Class I & II 100m
Adam Cummings 11.71 7th
Rolando Reid 11.73 8th

Class II 110mH
Patrick Campbell 16.24 2nd
Jevaughn Jackson 16.75 4th

Class II 400mH
Myles Chingara 1:02:78 1st

RESULTS FROM THE 2009 KIRKVINE MEEET

Munro landed in numbers once again for their second outing of the season. Coaches Harrison and Cole ran a forty two man squad to the 2009 Puma/JAAA Meet in Kirkvine, Manchester. Much thanks must be given to Ms. Smith, Mrs. Miller-Foster and Mr. Powell for their support. The performances on the track were balanced with 11 A and B standard Champs qualifiers respectively.

The team had two first place finshers in the form of Kaneil Harrison (above, Class III 400m, 53.20s) and the Open Mile Relay A Team in 3:29:00s. Other notable performances came from Levarr Dunchie for 2nd in the Class III 800m, Delano Williams (right) for 3rd in the Class II 200m, Jodi-Rae Blackwood for 5th and Rolando Reid for 6th in the Classes I and II 400m respectively. Please see below for a list of top ten finishers. A comprehensive list of results can be found in the results section to the right (courtesy of the meet organizers).

RESULTS FROM THE 2009 JC INVITATIONAL

Campbell Takes 110mH Title at JC

MC Track and Field kicked off its 2009 season with a balanced opener at the JC Wata Invitational. Coach Harrison carried 42 athletes that covered most of the events offered on the day. The highlight of the meet was the performance of second year Class II sprinter and Harrison House 4th former, Patrick Campbell (above). Campbell won the 110mH event in a time of 14.90 beating his previous best of 15.27. Also on the track Kaneil Harrison (below left) set a personal best in the Class III 100m by placing third with a time of 11.22 and placed 6th in the 400m with 54.81. Delano Williams was 7th in the Class II 100m with a time of 11.13 and Jodi-Rae Blackwood was 4th in the Class I 400m in 50.28.

In the field events Omar Bryan took second in the Men's Discus (2K) with a throw of 42.30m and set a personal best in the Class I shot with a throw of 15.15m. Chadrick Morrison and Jade Rankine tied for 2nd in the Class II High Jump at 1.75m.

See below for a list of the team members that finished in the top 10. of their respective events. A comprehensive list of results can be found in the "2009 results" section to the right. There were no 1500m races or relays due to poor light.

Patrick Campbell Wins Class II 110mH in 14.90 secs

Class III 800m

Levorr Dunchie 2:19.70 6th

Class III 100mH

Rosean Maxwell 15.00 4th

Class II 110mH

Patrick Campbell 14.90 1st

Class III 100m

Kaneil Harrison 11.22 3rd

Class II 100m

Delano Williams 11.13 7th

Class I 100m

Shawnterry Manboard 10.82 9th

Class III 400m

Kaneil Harrison 54.81 6th

Class I 400m

Jodi-Rae Blackwood 50.28 4th

Class III High Jump

Romario Lynch 1.55m 7th

Class II High Jump

Chadrick Morrison 1.75m 2nd

Jade Rankine 1.75m 2nd

Class II Shot Put

Jevaughn Shaw 12.56m 7th

Class I Shot Put

Omar Bryan 15.15m 4th

Rajae Gayle 14.81m 6th

Class I Discus

Razzack White 42.79 8th

Rajae Gayle 40.71 9th

THE ADAM CUMMINGS INTERVIEW ON KLAS

MC Track and Field sprinter, Adam Cummings, sat down for an excellent interview with KLAS' Young Sport, last Tuesday. Hear the interview below courtesy of KLAS.

CUMMINGS ON KLAS RADIO


CUMMINGS SETS NEW CHAMPS RECORD