BY HOWARD WALKER Observer senior reporter walkerh@jamaicaobserver.com Tuesday, March 25, 2014
CALABAR High and Edwin Allen girls are highly favoured to win the 104th staging of the five-day Inter-secondary Schools Sports Association (ISSA)/GraceKennedy Boys' and Girls' Athletics Championships which starts today at the National Stadium.
Defending champions Calabar are expected to turn back what is expected to be another spirited effort from fierce rivals Kingston College (KC) and secure their 24th lien on the Mortimer Geddes Trophy, while last year's girls' runners-up, Edwin Allen, look a good bet to dethrone champions Holmwood Technical High School and secure only their second title and avenge last year's painful five-point loss.
The prestigious track and field championships, which started in 1910, will see 205 schools and approximately 2,500 athletes participating in what is arguably the greatest high school event in the world.
Calabar, who won by 41 points last year, are touted to retain their title easily, but it will be much, much closer with KC breathing down their necks and quietly confident of capturing their first title since 2009.
Calabar's head coach Michael Clarke is happy that people are predicting an easy win for his school and he hopes that is so. But he believes his team is well-prepared and raring to go and he is "cautiously confident".
Calabar, formed in 1912, first won the title in 1930 and have since won it 23 times and based on the results at early season development meets, they should secure win number 24.
"It should be an interesting Champs as usual and should be exciting and adventurous," Clarke told the Jamaica Observer. more
No comments:
Post a Comment