By Howard Walker Observer senior reporter walkerh@jamaicaobserver.com Saturday, March 22, 2014
Daegu World Championships 100m champion Yohan Blake will headline a host of athletes slated to participate at the 12th staging of the UWI Invitational Track and Field meet set for today at the Usain Bolt track.
The meet, which is scheduled to start at 10:00 am, will see Blake and Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association (JAAA) president, Dr Warren Blake, being honoured for their contribution to track and field.
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| WEIR…from the Racers Track Club. At right: Schillone Calvert |
Grace Jackson, the chairperson of the organising committee and meet director, confirmed that several top-class athletes will be participating.
Field events will get things going at 10:00 am with discus for the Collegiate/Olympic Development male, while track events start at 1:00 pm with the 4x50m relays for Prep School girls.
With the ISSA Boys' and Girls' Athletics Championships set to start next Tuesday, the bulk of the athletes will come from local clubs, including Racers, MVP, UWI, UTech, Cameron Blazers and Akan. A team from the UWI St Augustine campus will also participate.
Blake will lead a host of Racers athletes who include Warren Weir, Jason Young, Delano Williams, Kemar Bailey-Cole, Ricardo Chambers, Allodin Fothergill, Ristananna Tracey, Bobby Gaye Wilkins and Schillone Calvert.
MVP will parade several athletes such as Andrew Hinds, Winston Barnes, Ricardo Cunningham, Akino Ming, Julian Forte, Rusheen McDonald, Taekwando Tracey, Carrie Russell and Christine Day. more
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