Friday, February 14, 2014 | 3:28 PM
HANOVER, Jamaica — Defending champions St Elizabeth Technical High (STETHS) hold a slender 21 points lead after 16 completed finals in the County of Cornwall Athletics Association’s (COCAA) Gatorade/Hanover Co-operative Credit Union’s Girls Western Championships after Thursday’s eliminations held at the Colin Miller Sports Complex in Lucea.STETHS trailed hosts Rusea’s earlier but accumulated valuable points from finals that were completed late on the day to take the lead going into Saturday’s combined finals at the Montego Bay Sports Complex starting at 10:00am.
Six records were broken at both eliminations, at the boys on Tuesday at Munro College and the girls on Thursday. Grange Hill’s Felecia Street was a double-winner on Thursday, breaking the Class 1 discus throw record, with a 45.25m effort, then added the Shot put Class 1 later in the day.
Girls points after 16 completed finals:
STETHS-111.5, Rusea’s High-90.5, Herbert Morrison-72, Grange Hill-47, Hampton-32, Petersfield -29, Spot Vlley-26.5, Frome-24, Mt Alvernia-24, Mannings-23, Lacovia-19, Montego Bay High-14.5, BB Coke-14, Green Island-12, Lewisville-11, William Knibb-11, Green Pond-3, Balaclava-3, Rhodes Hall-3, Maud McLeod-2, Muschett-1
Boys points after 13 finals:
Munro College-135, Petersfield High-99, STETHS-68, Herbert Morrison-51, Cornwall College-45, Lacovia-18, Cedric Titus- 12.5, Rusea’s High-11.5, Godfrey Stewart-10, Green Island-7, Grange Hill and Mannings-6, Green Pond and Muschett-4 each, Maggotty-3, and Balaclava-1.
Paul Reid
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STETHS hold slim lead at Western Champs
