Boys Champs 2008 Day 2 Results and Highlights
Propelled by Andrew Riley’s victory in the heptathlon, defending champions Calabar High rushed into the lead with 39 points on the second day of the ISSA/GraceKennedy Athletics Championship at the National Stadium yesterday. Meanwhile, Girls champions, Holmwood Technical, also assumed the lead on a day of two records while one was equalled as the champs opened up a 19-point lead over Vere Technical, 48 to 29, with St Hugh’s third on 27.
Among the boys, the Michael Clarke-coached school from Red Hills Road brushed off their failure to score on Wednesday to take the lead entering into today’s third day.
With 32 finals to go, Jamaica College (JC) are second with 35 points, followed by Kingston College (KC) 34, Wolmer’s 30 and Morant Bay 15. Riley, who scored 4,897 points to win the seven-discipline event last season, produced 5,064 to retain the title yesterday.
The Carifta silver medallist leaped 6.60 metres for fourth in the long jump, threw 38.47 metres for second in the discus and clocked 5:11.70 in the 1500m to add 1,848 to his overnight score of 3,216.
On Wednesday, Riley clocked 14.30secs to win the 110 hurdles; cleared 2.05m to win the high jump; threw 12.06m for third in the shot put and clocked 22.64secs to win 200m.
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