Serena Cole wins the Class 2 girls' 100m at Ben Francis Invitational
Serena Cole wins the Class 2 girls' 100m at Ben Francis Invitational

Athletes battled strong headwind at Saturday’s (15 Feb) Ben Francis Invitational Meet held at GC Foster College in Spanish Town.

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Michael Dyke, Edwin Allen High’s head coach, told Trackalerts.com, “there was a strong headwind, powerful, and there was no wind guage.”

The meet, however, was without the crucial wind guage.

Edwin Allen won three of the 100m events. Kevona Davis, 12.08; Serena Cole, 12.26 and Xavian Harrison, 12.92 were the winners in classes, 1, 2 and 4.

“The windy conditions did not allow me to post a fast time, but I am happy to finish the race healthy,” Davis was quoted by the Jamaica Gleaner.

Shanise Ellis of Manchester with 12.52 was the Class 3 girls’ 100m winner.

On the boys’ side, Kishane Thompson of Garvey Maceo, 11.02 in Class 1; Deshaun Gordon of Charlemont High, 11.51 in Class 2 and Malik Carridice of Vere, 12.20 in Class 3, were the 100m winners.

Selisa Palmer of Edwin Allen, 56.86, was the only Class 1 girl to break 1-minute in the 400m.

Abigail Smellie of Glengoffe, 57.55 and Mickayla Sutherland of Manchester, 57.81, were the Classes 2 and 3 girls’ 400m winners.

In the boys’ 400m, Bryan Levell of Edwin Allen, 49.54; Kishane Thompson of Garvey Maceo, 48.50 and Romari Scott of Manchester, 55.15, won classes 1, 2 and 3 respectively.

Edwin Allen won the boys 4x400m in 3:15.50 while Manchester with 3:48.35 took the girls’ event.


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