Anthony Foster, Freelance Writer
Rascive Grant (left) and Dwight Mullings, both of St. Jago, power down the straight in the under-20 200m final at June's National Junior and Senior Athletics Championships held at the National Stadium. Grant, along with Jesse Saunders, will be in action in the 100m on Friday's opening day at the Pan American Junior Championships in Canada, while Mullings will compete in the 200m on Sunday's final day. - IAN ALLEN/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
JAMAICA'S CONTINGENT to the Pan American Junior Championships in Windsor, Canada is scheduled to leave the island in two batches this morning.
Manager Carol Long on Monday told The Gleaner that the first group will depart at 7:00 a.m. while the other is scheduled to leave at 10:00 a.m.
The 10:00 a.m. athletes will depart Kingston, then fly via Montego Bay to Windsor, while the early group will arrive in Toronto and then drive about three hours to Windsor.
Long said it was difficult to get everyone on one flight and this was the only alternative to get all the athletes in for Friday's start to the Championships.
DAY ONE ACTIVITIES
Sprint hurdlers Natasha Ruddock, Latoya Greaves are the first two Jamaicans down to compete on the opening day. They will contest the semi-final (first round) of the girls' 100m hurdles, trying to book a place in the afternoon's final.
Markino Buckley and Sheldon Wilkinson are in the boys' 110m hurdles first round.
Rascive Grant and Jesse Saunders will be in the boys' 100m quarter-finals while Schillonie Calvert and Rose-Marie White are in the girls' 100m semi-finals. The girls' final will also be run on the opening day.
The girls' 400m duo of Sonita Sutherland and Anastasia Le-Roy, along with Jason Edwards and Leford Green will start in the semi-finals for girls and boys.
Arusha McKenzie, Jodi-Ann Richards, Theon O'Connor and Stafford McFarlane will be in the 800m girls' and boys' semi-finals respectively. Natoya Goule will also contest the 3000m for girls and Andre Drummond the 5000m for boys.
Alain Bailey and Jermaine Jackson will line-up in the boys' long jump final. Camoi Hood and Hickel Woolery are also down for early action in the boys' shot put.
