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This was taken from the Caribbean TRack and Field site. Champs 2009 is going to be hot!!!! We seem to be churning out talents like it's going out of style. elmo
Carifta Trials Observations
Fri Mar 13, 2009 12:53
72.27.152.68
At the end of the carifta trials last week end, there seemed to be a general consensus that Jamaica was going to dominate the Carifta Games in St. Lucia. There were quite a number of great performances, and the Carifta Selection Committee will have their hands full in picking the team.
The Cross Country Confusion
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A number of top athletes represented Jamaica in a cross country event in Miami over the weekend and did not get a chance to participate in the trials. I would therefore hope that when the team is named (usually before champs), the middle and long distance selections are not made until the athletes meet “head to head” at champs. So although Twishana Williams of Dinthill won the 3000M at trials, Amoy Bailey a top contender, was away on cross country duty. Champs results should be used to make the selection. The same thing should go for the 800M, 1500M and 5000M where top athletes Kemoy Campbell, Conroy Crossman and Natoya Goule were away on Cross country Duty.
As if things were not complicated enough, there is the situation of UTECH’S Kimolidi Omeally, who won the 1500M, but will not run at champs. I would suggest he runs a very fast time at inter-Col.
The Medical Exemption
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As track fans know, world junior and world youth silver medalist Nickel Ashmeade of St Jago fractured his arm and has asked for a medical exemption. The defending Carifta champion will therefore have to prove his fitness and quality at champs. The matter of course is complicated due to the fact that World youth and world junior gold medalist Dexter Lee did not make the 100M finals but qualified for the 200M finals. With the top two 100M sprinters Bailey-Cole (10.53) and Mitchell (10.63) running average times that may not be too competitive at the games, selections will be very controversial.
Outstanding Performances
Chanice Porter
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This 14 year old Manchester High athlete has gone where no Class three athlete has gone before. She jumped 6.09 M in the long jump and is currently our top female junior athlete in the event. No other high school female in any class has jumped over 6.0M this year. She also jumped 1.75 in the high jump, a height that would have broken the class three record.
Janeive Russell
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The Holmwood class three sensation was in tears when she missed the 300M hurdles heats when the school bus came late to the trials. She took her frustration out on the high jump event, when she cleared 1.80M, much higher than any Class three higher had gone before. In fact three class three girls cleared 1.75M, a height that would have broken the champs record..
Jazeel Murphy
This new Bridgeport High sensation has just turned 15 yrs old, but his 10.42 run would have propelled him into being the favorite for the World Junior 100M crown. However the new IAAF rule states that only 16 and 17 year olds are eligible to participate in the youth games, so Murphy has been declared as being too young.
Now what are those IAAF folks drinking?
School Domination
It was a bit strange to see a number of schools placing 1-2 in particular events at the trials. To make it even more strange, none came from the top boys school Calabar or from the top girl’s school Holmwood.
The Wolmers Girls
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The Wolmers girls Jodian Muir and Danielle Dowie ran 1-2 in the U20 400M at the trials. That is a definite first for the Wolmers female track team. The sub 54 time run by Muir was quite revealing.
The JC Boys
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The general consensus was that Waquar Dacosta was going to win the U17 800M and 1500M events. But in the 800M, teammate Earl Grant placed second in an eye opening time of 1:55. That is the champs quinella right there.
The Vere Girls
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The Vere 200M runners went one step further. Deidre Whitehorne and Sherika Jackson not only placed 1-2 in the U17 200M, but their teammates Celia Whyte and Jura Levy did the same in the U20 category. That must be some type of a record.
Carifta Trials Observations
Fri Mar 13, 2009 12:53
72.27.152.68
At the end of the carifta trials last week end, there seemed to be a general consensus that Jamaica was going to dominate the Carifta Games in St. Lucia. There were quite a number of great performances, and the Carifta Selection Committee will have their hands full in picking the team.
The Cross Country Confusion
------------------------------------
A number of top athletes represented Jamaica in a cross country event in Miami over the weekend and did not get a chance to participate in the trials. I would therefore hope that when the team is named (usually before champs), the middle and long distance selections are not made until the athletes meet “head to head” at champs. So although Twishana Williams of Dinthill won the 3000M at trials, Amoy Bailey a top contender, was away on cross country duty. Champs results should be used to make the selection. The same thing should go for the 800M, 1500M and 5000M where top athletes Kemoy Campbell, Conroy Crossman and Natoya Goule were away on Cross country Duty.
As if things were not complicated enough, there is the situation of UTECH’S Kimolidi Omeally, who won the 1500M, but will not run at champs. I would suggest he runs a very fast time at inter-Col.
The Medical Exemption
-----------------------------
As track fans know, world junior and world youth silver medalist Nickel Ashmeade of St Jago fractured his arm and has asked for a medical exemption. The defending Carifta champion will therefore have to prove his fitness and quality at champs. The matter of course is complicated due to the fact that World youth and world junior gold medalist Dexter Lee did not make the 100M finals but qualified for the 200M finals. With the top two 100M sprinters Bailey-Cole (10.53) and Mitchell (10.63) running average times that may not be too competitive at the games, selections will be very controversial.
Outstanding Performances
Chanice Porter
-------------------
This 14 year old Manchester High athlete has gone where no Class three athlete has gone before. She jumped 6.09 M in the long jump and is currently our top female junior athlete in the event. No other high school female in any class has jumped over 6.0M this year. She also jumped 1.75 in the high jump, a height that would have broken the class three record.
Janeive Russell
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The Holmwood class three sensation was in tears when she missed the 300M hurdles heats when the school bus came late to the trials. She took her frustration out on the high jump event, when she cleared 1.80M, much higher than any Class three higher had gone before. In fact three class three girls cleared 1.75M, a height that would have broken the champs record..
Jazeel Murphy
This new Bridgeport High sensation has just turned 15 yrs old, but his 10.42 run would have propelled him into being the favorite for the World Junior 100M crown. However the new IAAF rule states that only 16 and 17 year olds are eligible to participate in the youth games, so Murphy has been declared as being too young.
Now what are those IAAF folks drinking?
School Domination
It was a bit strange to see a number of schools placing 1-2 in particular events at the trials. To make it even more strange, none came from the top boys school Calabar or from the top girl’s school Holmwood.
The Wolmers Girls
----------------------
The Wolmers girls Jodian Muir and Danielle Dowie ran 1-2 in the U20 400M at the trials. That is a definite first for the Wolmers female track team. The sub 54 time run by Muir was quite revealing.
The JC Boys
---------------
The general consensus was that Waquar Dacosta was going to win the U17 800M and 1500M events. But in the 800M, teammate Earl Grant placed second in an eye opening time of 1:55. That is the champs quinella right there.
The Vere Girls
------------------
The Vere 200M runners went one step further. Deidre Whitehorne and Sherika Jackson not only placed 1-2 in the U17 200M, but their teammates Celia Whyte and Jura Levy did the same in the U20 category. That must be some type of a record.
Paul Marin -19 is one thing, 20 is a whole other matter. It gets even worse if they win the UCL. *groan*. 
05/18/2011.MU fans naah cough, but all a unuh a vomit?-Lazie 1/11/2015
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