Delano Williams shines for Western Jamaica

Paul Clarke, Western Focus Writer

While the major spoils went to Calabar High School and Holmwood Technical in the 2013 ISSA GraceKennedy Boys and Girls' Championships, Munro College's Delano Williams was the pick of western Jamaica.

The lanky Turks and Caicos-born sprinter mined gold in the Class 1 Boys' 100m, the 200m, and then closed in a blaze of glory, anchoring his 4x400m team to victory in the final of the championship's 30 records.

Unfortunately for the west, the major casualty in William's onslaught was fellow western athlete and 2011 World Youth Championship 100m gold medallist Odail Todd of Green Island. Todd took second in the 100m and third in the 200m.

RECORD PERFORMANCE

In an exceptional display of sprinting, the versatile Williams secured a place for himself in the record books, becoming the first man to defend the Class One Sprint Double since former Camperdown High School star Garfield Campbell did 27 years ago. Williams took the 100m in 10.28 and the 200m in 20.27.

It was a clean sweep for western Jamaica schools in the 100m as Munro's Sanjae Givens, who clocked 10:45, took third behind Williams and Todd.

In the 200m, Williams just missed out breaking Usain Bolt's 2003 record when he ran 20.78, a shade off Bolt's 20.25 mark. Todd ran 20.98 for his silver-medal effort.

In what was his last appearance at the annual championship, Williams anchored his team to the Boys 4x400m gold in a record 3:09.21 after previously leading them to a close second in the 4x100m, clocking 39.92 behind Kingston College's 39.85.

Munro copped another record-breaking performance when Kino Dunkley took gold in the Class Two Boys' Discus with a distance of 52.09m. Fellow western athlete Sanjae Lawrence of Petersfield High School took silver with a distance of 46.15m.

Rusea's High School's Stephanie Barrett gave her school a major chunk of the spotlight when she took gold in the Girls' 3000m Open event in a time of 10:24.35. Mannings School's Rashell Reid claimed the bronze in the Girls Class One Shot Put, the school's lone medal, hurling a distance of 12.26m.