Anthony Foster, Freelance Writer

EDWIN ALLEN and Holmwood Technical are joint girls leaders while Edwin Allen are out front in the boys section entering today's second and final day of the Milo Central Athletic Championships at G.C. Foster College, St. Catherine.

Edwin Allen and Holmwood are on 159 points each with Manchester and defending champions Vere locked on 134 each in the girls' competition.

Glenmuir are next with 19 points.

In the boys section, defending champions Edwin Allen, with 60 points, lead Holmwood (55), Manchester (44), Claude McKay (36), Central and Vere (33 each).

Taffawee Johnson of Ocho Rios and Holmwood Technical's Schillonie Calvert won the senior 100m events on yesterday's opening day of the meet.

Johnson won his event in 10.91 seconds, edging out Bruce McLean of Knox, who did the same time, in a photo finish.

In the girls event, Calvert, a World Junior and World Youth bronze medallist, won in 11.52. Edwin Allen's pair of Shawne Anderson (11:83) and Kimberley Smith (11:89) collected the minor placings.

The boys Class Two event went to Brandon Tomlinson of Manchester High, who crossed the line in 11:07, ahead of Dean Hylton of Central (11:19).

Glenmuir High's Kedesha Simpson took the girls Class Two event in 11:73 ahead of Kaycea Jones of Edwin Allen (12:00).

Vere's Denadra Whitehorn won the girls Class Three event in 12:05 ahead of Colleen Spencer of Manchester High (12:18), while Jamie Wilson of Old Harbour (11:61) took the boys equivalent.

Holmwood's Osheen Erskine took the Class Four event in (12:30), beating Dejah Stewart of Edwin Allen (12:68) to the line.

Open section

In the field, Keneisha Throughsingh of Vere hurled the shot put 12.67m to win the Open section ahead of Deborah Rose of Holmwood (12.60).

In discus, Class Two, Salcia Slack of Holmwood won with a throw of 41.49m ahead of Kaymarie Jones of Vere (34.44).

Shaneka Thomas of Vere won the Class Three long jump with a leap of 5.26m.

Manchester High, with Chantel Adams and Sean Ellis, won the girls and boys Class Three 400m events.

Adams secured her victory in 56:57 ahead of Yanique Ellington of Holmwood (56:69) and Jereece Maxwell of Manchester (57:30), while Ellis (55.47) defeated Omar Campbell of Tacius Golding (57.92).

Vere's Kayon Robinson (54:64) won the girls Class One 400m while Jair Francis of Manchester (47:64) took the boys event.

Claude Melhado of Edwin Allen (49:38) and Holmwood's Keno Haven (54.71) were the boys and girls Class Two winners.

In the 800m events, Andrea Sutherland of Edwin Allen (2:17:15) beat Holmwood's Vanessa Boyd (2:17:38) for the girls Class One title while Rayan Lawrence of Bog Walk (1:56:52) took his event ahead of Ryan Reid of Vere (1:57:00).

Garnet Gordon of Vere (1:57:92) won the Class Two boys race while Mackola Joseph of Edwin Allen (2:19:14) took the girls event.

San-J Powell of May Day (2:09:42) and Sharlene Brown of Manchester (2:19:36) were the Class Three winners.

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