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I don't see where Sicko has declared his favourite but it seems the experts have declared Calabar as favourites and JC as the most plural and KC as the weakest of the big four.
Biased me is backing Wolmer's Boys with Munroe calling the shots to decide who gets 2nd and 3rd. The all Wolmerian team of managers and advisors will out manage JC & CBar. To bororow a phrase from Stephen Francis we 'apply science to work.'
Champs on show! - Island's high schools hunt athletic glory
BY PAUL A REID Observer Writer reidp@jamaicaobserver.com
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
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THE coaches of respective champions Wolmer's Boys' and Holmwood Technical are not expecting to be anywhere near the top after the first two days of the four-day ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls Championships meet which gets underway today at the National Stadium.
David Riley of Wolmer's and Holmwood's Maurice Wilson sounded as if they were reading off the same page in the songbook as they told the Observer yesterday they were expecting to come from behind and score heavily on Saturday's final day of the world's biggest high school athletic event.
Jazeel Murphy of Brideport High.
Ristanana Tracey of Edwin Allen
SMIKLE... leads Calabar’s field events charge
Jazeel Murphy of Brideport High.
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After months of build-up with the various development meets and the announcement three weeks ago that seven schools, including two time winners St George's College, would not be taking part after failing to meet the entry deadline, 101 boys and 80 girls teams from across the island will begin their quest for honours when the first heat of the decathlon 100m gets underway at 8:15 am.
The boys' section is expected to be a close race between the top four schools — Wolmer's, Kingston College (KC), Calabar and Jamaica College (JC), with western champions Munro College a 'dark horse' to sneak into the top four.
Wolmer's won their 13th title at the Centenary meet last year and their first since 1956 after scoring 208.5 points, seven more than Calabar, 201.5, with KC third place with 192 and JC fourth with 153.
Holmwood, who are hunting their ninth straight lien on the girls' title, are expected to be pushed all the way by Edwin Allen High, who will be seeking their first championship.
The Christiana-based Holmwood last year amassed 273.33 points to hold off Edwin Allen, 258, St Jago, 180, and Vere Technical, 158.
Four new events will be introduced this year — the decathlon for boys, boys javelin Open and steeplechase Open for both boys and girls.
Three finals will be contested today — the girls triple jump Open and Class 1 discus, as well as the boys Class 1 long jump.
There will be the first five events in the decathlon — the 100m, long jump, shot put, high jump and 400m, as well as the preliminaries of both steeplechase events.
The preliminaries of the 800m, 200m, 400m hurdles and the 4x100m relays will also be contested.
When contacted yesterday, coaches of the main contenders all expressed confidence that their athletes were ready for the challenges of the next four days.
Riley of Wolmer's told the Observer that they were "relaxed and ready", and predicted they would score more points than any other school on the final day.
"We expect to trail after the first day," he said. "But we should go ahead after the 400 finals on Saturday and we will score more points than any other school," he asserted.
His confidence, he said, was based on the health of his athletes and he added that while a number of the top schools all had injury worries, the Wolmer's athletes were getting healthier. He said there were no secrets to their strategy.
"The same concept it took us to win last year will do it again for us this year. We can't ask for anything else other than each athlete go out there and do their best."
Julian Forte and Odean Skean, sprint double winners last year, were declared fit and ready to run, but Riley did not say which events they would contest, saying that would be his surprise.
Meanwhile, KC's coach Michael Russell said the 'Purples' are expecting to be at the top of the standings come Saturday night. He said given the expected closeness of the championships, each athlete will have to go and earn every point available.
"There are no points being given away at Champs," he declared.
According to Russell, KC's relative moderate showing at the Gibson Relays three weeks ago was no indication of what will happen at Champs.
"Our performance at Gibson was not that big a deal," he said, explaining that they had "spread the talent around so as not to put any pressure on any athlete or athletes".
And Calabar's Michael Clarke was playing down reports of his team winning their 22nd title and first since 2008, saying they would have to "maximise... expectations while minimising the mistakes".
While admitting that the powerful throwing team to be led by World Youth Championships bronze medal winner Traves Smikle is the foundation of the squad, Clarke said they expected to pick up points all around.
Wilson of Holmwood, meantime, told the Observer that his team "can always win Champs" and said it would take the girls from Edwin Allen "to perform to their true potential of the athletes on their team... while the other schools perform below par" for his girls to be unseated.
He said while they had lost a number of the more senior athletes from last year's team, the members of this team were united in their belief that nothing can stop them.
He said last year's performance over the final two days when they had their backs to the wall showed him all he wanted to know of his charges.
Dyke, who was expected to end Holmwood's run last year before stumbling, says they know where they have to make amends.
"We must cut down on the mistakes, especially in the relays. We can't take any unnecessary chances and must ensure we get to the finals where the points are scored," he noted.
He said his team was "excited and anxious and confident" and that they were ready to get over the hump.
Dyke said they expected to be well ahead after the first two days and then it would be a matter of ensuring that they closed the deal.
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Biased me is backing Wolmer's Boys with Munroe calling the shots to decide who gets 2nd and 3rd. The all Wolmerian team of managers and advisors will out manage JC & CBar. To bororow a phrase from Stephen Francis we 'apply science to work.'
Champs on show! - Island's high schools hunt athletic glory
BY PAUL A REID Observer Writer reidp@jamaicaobserver.com
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
<A href="mailto:?subject="Champs on show! - Island" s JamaicaObserver.com? - Online News Jamaican | Champs-on-show----Island-s-high-schools-hunt-athletic-glory_8602548 sport www.jamaicaobserver.com http: glory?&body="Link:" athletic hunt schools high>THE coaches of respective champions Wolmer's Boys' and Holmwood Technical are not expecting to be anywhere near the top after the first two days of the four-day ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls Championships meet which gets underway today at the National Stadium.
David Riley of Wolmer's and Holmwood's Maurice Wilson sounded as if they were reading off the same page in the songbook as they told the Observer yesterday they were expecting to come from behind and score heavily on Saturday's final day of the world's biggest high school athletic event.
Jazeel Murphy of Brideport High.
Ristanana Tracey of Edwin Allen
SMIKLE... leads Calabar’s field events charge
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1/3<A style="FILTER: alpha(opacity=100); ZOOM: 1" class=next href="http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/sport/Champs-on-show----Island-s-high-schools-hunt-athletic-glory_8602548#" jQuery1301484723818="24">
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The boys' section is expected to be a close race between the top four schools — Wolmer's, Kingston College (KC), Calabar and Jamaica College (JC), with western champions Munro College a 'dark horse' to sneak into the top four.
Wolmer's won their 13th title at the Centenary meet last year and their first since 1956 after scoring 208.5 points, seven more than Calabar, 201.5, with KC third place with 192 and JC fourth with 153.
Holmwood, who are hunting their ninth straight lien on the girls' title, are expected to be pushed all the way by Edwin Allen High, who will be seeking their first championship.
The Christiana-based Holmwood last year amassed 273.33 points to hold off Edwin Allen, 258, St Jago, 180, and Vere Technical, 158.
Four new events will be introduced this year — the decathlon for boys, boys javelin Open and steeplechase Open for both boys and girls.
Three finals will be contested today — the girls triple jump Open and Class 1 discus, as well as the boys Class 1 long jump.
There will be the first five events in the decathlon — the 100m, long jump, shot put, high jump and 400m, as well as the preliminaries of both steeplechase events.
The preliminaries of the 800m, 200m, 400m hurdles and the 4x100m relays will also be contested.
When contacted yesterday, coaches of the main contenders all expressed confidence that their athletes were ready for the challenges of the next four days.
Riley of Wolmer's told the Observer that they were "relaxed and ready", and predicted they would score more points than any other school on the final day.
"We expect to trail after the first day," he said. "But we should go ahead after the 400 finals on Saturday and we will score more points than any other school," he asserted.
His confidence, he said, was based on the health of his athletes and he added that while a number of the top schools all had injury worries, the Wolmer's athletes were getting healthier. He said there were no secrets to their strategy.
"The same concept it took us to win last year will do it again for us this year. We can't ask for anything else other than each athlete go out there and do their best."
Julian Forte and Odean Skean, sprint double winners last year, were declared fit and ready to run, but Riley did not say which events they would contest, saying that would be his surprise.
Meanwhile, KC's coach Michael Russell said the 'Purples' are expecting to be at the top of the standings come Saturday night. He said given the expected closeness of the championships, each athlete will have to go and earn every point available.
"There are no points being given away at Champs," he declared.
According to Russell, KC's relative moderate showing at the Gibson Relays three weeks ago was no indication of what will happen at Champs.
"Our performance at Gibson was not that big a deal," he said, explaining that they had "spread the talent around so as not to put any pressure on any athlete or athletes".
And Calabar's Michael Clarke was playing down reports of his team winning their 22nd title and first since 2008, saying they would have to "maximise... expectations while minimising the mistakes".
While admitting that the powerful throwing team to be led by World Youth Championships bronze medal winner Traves Smikle is the foundation of the squad, Clarke said they expected to pick up points all around.
Wilson of Holmwood, meantime, told the Observer that his team "can always win Champs" and said it would take the girls from Edwin Allen "to perform to their true potential of the athletes on their team... while the other schools perform below par" for his girls to be unseated.
He said while they had lost a number of the more senior athletes from last year's team, the members of this team were united in their belief that nothing can stop them.
He said last year's performance over the final two days when they had their backs to the wall showed him all he wanted to know of his charges.
Dyke, who was expected to end Holmwood's run last year before stumbling, says they know where they have to make amends.
"We must cut down on the mistakes, especially in the relays. We can't take any unnecessary chances and must ensure we get to the finals where the points are scored," he noted.
He said his team was "excited and anxious and confident" and that they were ready to get over the hump.
Dyke said they expected to be well ahead after the first two days and then it would be a matter of ensuring that they closed the deal.
Read more: http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/sport...#ixzz1I57hotc3
Champs only come once a year so lets have some fun with it. For example you can write that the masters from Heroes Circle and their controllers at MVP depsite at huge disadvantage in terms of size and injuries could slip through and win this thing by virtue of the points spread in the top six teams
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