38th GIBSON RELAY SIMPLY BRILLIANT: Outstanding performances highlight at Gibson Relays in JAMAICA.....CALABAR High School produced some scintillating performances

Calabar changed baton ahead of Kingston College

CALABAR High School produced some scintillating performances at the 38th staging of the Gibson Relays in breaking the Class One and Class Three 4x100m relay records, while Kingston College responded by smashing the Class Two record in what could be a prelude of what is to come at next month’s ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys’ and Girls’ Athletics Championships yesterday.

Calabar, with World Youth 200m champion Michael O’Hara anchoring, sped to a magnificent 39.61 seconds, erasing their old mark of 39.95 done in 2009.

The expected challenge by KC never materialised with news filtering through that star sprinter Zharnel Hughes was injured and the famed ‘Purples’ eventually messed up the final exchange and failed to finish.

But by then, the elegant, high knee-lifting O’Hara and Calabar were out of sight. St Jago World Youth 400m champion Martin Manley showed that his 10.42sec run at the Camperdown Classic was no fluke, carrying St Jago to second in a pretty good 39.99 seconds.

The outstanding Akeem Bloomfield and Jevaughn Matherson responded for KC and lowered the Class Two record of 40.76sec done by JC in 2012 to 40.65 seconds. more