WR 2010: A MONSOON EPIC

THREE WINS THREE RECORDS

Munro closed out the 2010 Milo Western Relays by breaking the mile relay record under the year's heaviest torrential downpour. It was an epic performance on a day when the team set three meet records. The gun sounded with sheets of rain all but removing visibility of the starter and the athletes in the outer lanes. Class II sprinter Delano Williams drove out the blocks from lane 2 and covered three staggers by the 150m mark. and with 200m to go disconnected the field to hand off in 47.1 -> Mile relay veteran Jodirae Blackwood maintained the lead to the last 10m when he was caught by Holmwood's Denton who must have split the better of 46.5 to make the recovery -> Patrick Campbell took the baton from Blackwood, made off like a scared hare and handed over just ahead of Holmwood to Dexter McKenzie (pictured above) on anchor. -> McKenzie and Holmwood's anchor battled down the backstretch until McKenzie let him go ahead at the 200m mark -> With 120m to go McKenzie went by and powered home to claim the victory and the the record in 3:14.86. The picture above captures some of the epic drama.

Dexter McKenzie also had his hand in a second record when earlier in the day he won the Men's Long Jump title with a leap of 7.34m (-0.5w). The third record came from Class I high jumper Wendrico Seymour who won the men's High Jump with a clearance of 2.00m.

Other notable performances came from the Class III 4x100m (2nd, 46.39), the Class IV 4x100m (4th, 48.12) and the Class II 4x200m (2nd, 1:30.05).

Munro next competes at the 60th Annual COCAA Western Championships on February 18th and 20th.

Above: Class III 4x100m Lead-off Cejay McLaughlin

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B. Hayden ('87)
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YG 2010: MCTF VAULTS INTO HISTORY

SOARING TO NEW HEIGHTS

Sean Lawson (left) and Nicholi Campbell (below right) made history for Munro College at the 2010 Youngster Goldsmith Meet when both cleared heights in the Pole Vault Open. This was the first time any Munronian executed a successful series of vaults at the National Stadium (previous clearances were at Sabina Park or Race Course). Special commendation must go to their instructor Mr. Orville Brown, the region's preeminent pole vault coach, who continues to offer guidance every weekend.

YG 2010 was also the venue for another prodigal return as Class II athlete Adam Cummings participated in the long jump for the first time at the high school level. Cummings, leaped 6.52m (21' 4 5/8") for second place. Later that evening he opened his 100m season with a 10.84 clocking to not only win the Class II event but also record the fastest schoolboy time of the day.

Other notable MCTF performances came from Emmanuel Oniya in the Class I shot put (4th, 15.51m) and Rajae Gayle in the Class I Discus (6th, 46.10m).

JAMALCO 2010: MCTF sent a split squad to the 2010 running of the JAAA JAMALCO meet. The team won the High School Boys 4x400m in a time of 3:20.90. Congratulations to Messrs. Dennis May and Neville Myton for consistently running one of the most enjoyable meets of the year.

MCTF is scheduled to compete at the 2010 Milo Western Relays at GC Foster on Saturday February 13th.

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B. Hayden ('87)
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MC SPORTS DAY 2010

SIGNS OF A DYNASTY

"We whop dem again" was the cry from an elated House Master, Joseph "Daddy P" Powell (pictured left), after Pearman Calder repeated as Sports Day Champions on February 5th, 2010. PC won by a clear 110 points over runner-up Dickenson and had three of the four class champions.

Congrats to all who helped make the day a success!


Class Champions
Class IV: Kirk Goodlit (Pearman Calder)
Class III: Tevin Wilson (Dickenson)
Class II: Delano Williams (Pearman Calder)
Class I: Giovanni Mowatt (Pearman Calder)

How they Finished
Pearman Calder - 493
Dickenson - 383
Coke Farquharson
Harrison
Sangster

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B. Hayden (Pearman Calder, '87)
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STETHS 2010: SEVEN GOLD AND ELEVEN MEDALS

MILE RELAY MAVENS
MCTF nabbed six gold and eleven medals at the 2010 STETHS Invitational. The senior mile relay team took the marquis event under the lights in a time of 3:20.71 ahead of new rivals Holmwood Tech in 3:23.13. Other wins came from JodiRae Blackwood in the 400mH Open(55.77), Jevaughn Shaw in the class II discus (47.72), Delano Williams in the Class II 200m (22.08; best time of any class - pictured left), Tevin Wilson in the Class III 200 (24.03), Giovanni Mowatt in the Class I 1500m (4:13.60) and the resolute Myles Chingara in the Triple Jump Open (13.40m). Other medal winning performances came from Wendrico Seymour in the Class I High Jump (2nd, 1.85m), Derron Duncan in the Class III Long Jump (2nd, 5.29m), Rojay Ottey in the Class III 200m (2nd, 24.39; still Class IV), Ahkeim Forbes and Kemar Sutherland in the Class III High Jump (3rd, 1.58m), Patrick Campbell in the 400mH Open (56.59) and Rosean Maxwell in the U17 400mH (3rd, 60.40).

Complete results can be found in the 2010 results section of the blog.

MCTF next competes this Saturday February 6th at the JAAA Jamalco Meet in Clarendon and the Youngster Goldsmith Classic at the National Stadium.

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B. Hayden ('87)
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RECORD BREAKING PERFORMANCE AT CENTRAL

TWO WINS AND A RECORD

MCTF produced two wins and a record breaking performance at the 2010 Central Hurdles and Relays Meet held at GC Foster. Jodi-Rae Blackwood took the U20 400mH event in a record time of 54.04 and Patrick Campbell (pictured left) won the U20 110mh in a time of 14.84. Blackwood, still relatively new to the event, (his 5th ever time over the long sticks) showed good promise last year when he clocked 52.65 to place fourth at Champs in his second ever 400mH final.

Other notable performances came from the mile relay "B" team that finished a close second to a Holmwood-based team in a time of 3:17:35. The "B" team ran Dexter McKenzie - Rolando Reid - Kaneil Harrison - Jodirae Blackwood.

MCTF will next Compete at the STETHS Invitaional in Santa Cruz, St. Elizabeth on January 30th.

Regards,
B. Hayden ('87)
Team Manager

BALANCED RESULTS AT KIRKVINE 2010

NEW TALENT RISES TO THE TOP
MCTF had two top three finishers at Kirkvine 2010. First year Class II middle distance runner Jason Lewis (pictured left) placed second in the 800m with a time of 2:06:70s and Delano Williams, also in Class II, placed third in the 400m with a time of 51.8s. Other notable performances came from Tevin Wilson in the Class III 400m (5th, 55.50s), Kaneil Harrison in the Class II 400m (5th, 52.20s), Giovanie Mowatt in the Class I 800m (7th, 2:04:10) and Jason Lewis in the Class II 1500m (7th, 4:39:70s).

Jason Lewis and Giovanie Mowatt are late entrants to the sport and have developed particularly well this season. Both Lewis and Mowatt took top ten places at the Western Cross Country Championships this past November. Credit must be given to coach Neil Harrison for reviving the Inter-house Cross County Championship at Munro as both athletes were discovered during the competition.

The senior mile relay team will make its 2010 season debut this weekend when MCTF competes at the 2010 Central Hurdles and Relays Meet on January 23rd at GC Foster College.

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B. Hayden ('87)
Team Manager

A ROCKET START AT JC 2010

HARD OUT THE BLOCKS

Munro got off to a strong start for the track and field season with five winning performances at the 2010 JC Invitational. Record breaking performances by throwers Emmanuel Oniya and Jevaughn Shaw were the key highlights of the meet for MCTF (Oniya is pictured left) . Shaw threw 46.47m to win the class II discus and Oniya's put of 17.45m to win the class I shot also qualifies as the best ever performance in the discipline by a Munro athlete. Other excellent openers came from Delano Williams in the class II 100m (1st, 10.65), Giovanni Mowatt in the class I 1500 (1st, 4:24:06) and Wendrico Seymour in the class I High Jump (1st, 1.90m).

The team will next compete at the JAAA/Puma Development Meet at Kirvine on Saturday the 16th.

MCTF RESULTS (click below; complete results to the right)

Oniya CL I Shot Put 17.45 m [HQ]



Shaw CL II Discus 46.47m [HQ]



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B. Hayden ('87)

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