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I said it before and some smart person at the herald has seen the light. My boys can run the 4 x1 in under 39.6.
Let see what Munro can deliver next year. In the meanwhile Wolmer's will hold the title as Jamaica'a greatest 4 x 1 HSB team by virture of running the 39.78 while tired at Penns which is harder compared the 39.78 by St Jago while tired at Champs at Jamaica's National Stadium.
Wolmer’s solves the mystery
Article Published: Sunday, May 2nd, 2010
At first, it was hard to predict who would be the best high school team in the boys’ 4×100 relay.Wolmer’s had retained all the members of the 2009 Penn Relays team that had run 40.44 seconds.A loss to St George’s College at the Gibson Relays in class 1 and a dropped baton in the Grace/ISSA Championships confused the issue even further.
The matter was clarified at the Penn Relays as Wolmer’s won the Championship 4×100 in 39.78 seconds. That time not only broke Calabar’s meet record of 39.91 but also equaled the Jamaican high school record set by St Jago in 2008. In a race where the four Jamaican schools went 1-2-3-4, Odeen Skeen, Dwayne Exdol, Julian Forte and A-Shawni Mitchell connected with three perfect baton passes to equal the record set by Yohan Blake and his St Jago teammates at the 2008 edition of Grace/ISSA Champs.
St George’s College had taken the ascendency with a 40.24 second win over Wolmer’s at Gibson. Sadly, senior Georgian Khorey Spaudling suffered an injury at Champs where Aldain Rankin anchored Calabar to victory ahead of Camperdown.
On the surface, that was confusing. A closer look at the Champs results revealed the sprinting strength of the Wolmer’s squad. Skeen had taken the class 2 sprint double. Forte took the same events, the 100 and 200 in class 1, with 400 champion Exdol second in the curved sprint. Mitchell, a former class 3 400 winner, came to Penn fresh from a 47.86 second personal best for 400 metres at Champs.
After a winning experiment with Skeen on the first leg and Mitchell absent at the UTECH Classic on April 17, the Wolmerians went to Penn confident. The heats, run on Penn Friday, gave a hint of their speed. At 40.47 seconds, Skeen, Exdol, Forte and Mitchell had come close to the 40.44 of 2009.
Few noticed that it was the fifth entry into the all-time Penn Relays top 10. That didn’t matter as more was to come.
In the final, Skeen jetted from the start and made a perfect connection with Exdol who closed the stagger on Calabar’s hurdler Deuce Carter. Forte pulled away and Mitchell ran well to close the effort.
Camperdown and St George’s College were second and third in 40.61 and 40.97 seconds respectively. The time was remarkable. St Jago’s 39.78 was set in the spacious surrounds of Kingston’s National Stadium. That venerable structure is similar to many of the world’s great track and field stadiums with long straights and gentle curves.
Penn’s Franklin Field is cramped with short straights and sharp curves. That combination makes it harder for sprinters to go fast. In 2007, St Jago ran 39.80 at Champs and 39.96 seconds at the Penn Relays. That suggests that the 2010 Wolmer’s team can run under 39.6.
That potential may never be discovered as Exdol will be out of high school track and field eligibility after this season. It is, however, clear that the 2010 sprint relay mystery has been solved. Even though St Jago and Calabar beat Wolmer’s to sub-40 territory, fans can safely conclude that Skeen, Exdol, Forte and Mitchell are the fastest Jamaican high school 4×100 quartet of 2010 and one of the very best of all time.
Let see what Munro can deliver next year. In the meanwhile Wolmer's will hold the title as Jamaica'a greatest 4 x 1 HSB team by virture of running the 39.78 while tired at Penns which is harder compared the 39.78 by St Jago while tired at Champs at Jamaica's National Stadium.
Wolmer’s solves the mystery
Article Published: Sunday, May 2nd, 2010
At first, it was hard to predict who would be the best high school team in the boys’ 4×100 relay.Wolmer’s had retained all the members of the 2009 Penn Relays team that had run 40.44 seconds.A loss to St George’s College at the Gibson Relays in class 1 and a dropped baton in the Grace/ISSA Championships confused the issue even further.
The matter was clarified at the Penn Relays as Wolmer’s won the Championship 4×100 in 39.78 seconds. That time not only broke Calabar’s meet record of 39.91 but also equaled the Jamaican high school record set by St Jago in 2008. In a race where the four Jamaican schools went 1-2-3-4, Odeen Skeen, Dwayne Exdol, Julian Forte and A-Shawni Mitchell connected with three perfect baton passes to equal the record set by Yohan Blake and his St Jago teammates at the 2008 edition of Grace/ISSA Champs.
St George’s College had taken the ascendency with a 40.24 second win over Wolmer’s at Gibson. Sadly, senior Georgian Khorey Spaudling suffered an injury at Champs where Aldain Rankin anchored Calabar to victory ahead of Camperdown.
On the surface, that was confusing. A closer look at the Champs results revealed the sprinting strength of the Wolmer’s squad. Skeen had taken the class 2 sprint double. Forte took the same events, the 100 and 200 in class 1, with 400 champion Exdol second in the curved sprint. Mitchell, a former class 3 400 winner, came to Penn fresh from a 47.86 second personal best for 400 metres at Champs.
After a winning experiment with Skeen on the first leg and Mitchell absent at the UTECH Classic on April 17, the Wolmerians went to Penn confident. The heats, run on Penn Friday, gave a hint of their speed. At 40.47 seconds, Skeen, Exdol, Forte and Mitchell had come close to the 40.44 of 2009.
Few noticed that it was the fifth entry into the all-time Penn Relays top 10. That didn’t matter as more was to come.
In the final, Skeen jetted from the start and made a perfect connection with Exdol who closed the stagger on Calabar’s hurdler Deuce Carter. Forte pulled away and Mitchell ran well to close the effort.
Camperdown and St George’s College were second and third in 40.61 and 40.97 seconds respectively. The time was remarkable. St Jago’s 39.78 was set in the spacious surrounds of Kingston’s National Stadium. That venerable structure is similar to many of the world’s great track and field stadiums with long straights and gentle curves.
Penn’s Franklin Field is cramped with short straights and sharp curves. That combination makes it harder for sprinters to go fast. In 2007, St Jago ran 39.80 at Champs and 39.96 seconds at the Penn Relays. That suggests that the 2010 Wolmer’s team can run under 39.6.
That potential may never be discovered as Exdol will be out of high school track and field eligibility after this season. It is, however, clear that the 2010 sprint relay mystery has been solved. Even though St Jago and Calabar beat Wolmer’s to sub-40 territory, fans can safely conclude that Skeen, Exdol, Forte and Mitchell are the fastest Jamaican high school 4×100 quartet of 2010 and one of the very best of all time.
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