The Tribune

By BRENT STUBBS

Senior Sports Reporter

bstubbs@tribunemedia.net

On day two of the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture/Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations’ 28th Annual National High School Track and Field Championships, a few more records were established and CARIFTA-qualifying standards met.

Tavonte Mott pulled off the win for St Augustine’s College in the under-20 boys’ 200 metres in 21.65 to erase the meet record of 21.80 that was held by Stephon Green of Moore’s Island.

However, the race in the chilly weather conditions last night at the Thomas A Robinson National Stadium saw Javan Martin, in pursuit of the sprint sweep, pull up on the curve and have to be lifted off the track.

Karon Dean of CI Gibson came in second in 22.36 and Vincent Simmons of CR Walker was third in 22.44. Pearlajio Knowles of Doris Johnson picked up the win in the under-20 boys’ 200m B final in 22.59.

Sasha Wells, representing the Home School, got the win in the girls’ under-20 200m in 24.57. Kaylin Hewitt from Tabernacle Baptist was second in 25.34 and Chenice Forbes of CR Walker came in third in 25.85.

CC Sweeting got to celebrate as Denvaughn Whymns pulled away from the field and powered to an easy win in the boys’ under-18 200m in 21.45 to shatter the meet record of 21.88 that was set by Johnathon Smith of Tabernacle Baptist in 2015.

Whymns also went under the CARIFTA-qualifying time of 21.80.

Adrian Curry of SAC was second in 21.87 and Corey Sherrod of Tabernacle Baptist had to settle for third in 22.08.

Ure Mills from Moore’s Island pulled off the boys’ under-18 200m B final in 22.57.

In a class of her own, Devine Parker picked up another win as she added to her 100m triumph the night before by running away from the field in the under-18 girls’ 200m in 23.97.

Parker lowered her own meet record of 25.00 that she set in 2016 and in the process went under the CARIFTA-qualifying time of 24.60.

Tanae Miller from SAC got second in 25.02 and Tyler Gray from St Anne’s was third in 25.33.

Raymond Orioki of SAC came from behind to lean across the line to edge out Tabernacle Baptist’s Romeo McKenzie for the win in the boys’ under-16 200m. Orioki’s time was 22.94, compared to McKenzie’s 22.99. Litvinor Delhomme of Tabernacle Bsptist was third.

Ahneko Forbes of Eight Mile Rock picked up the victory in the under-16 boys’ 200m B final in 24.21.

Megan Moss, the top qualifier, completed the 200/400m double in the under-16 girls division by winning the shorter race in 24.25, just shy of breaking the meet record of 24.24 set by Devine Parker in 2015.

Her team-mate Jaida Knowles was second in 24.90 and Genique Bassette of Tabernacle Baptist was third in 25.76.

Kerielle Carey, the 12th qualifier, won the girls under 16 B final of the 200m in 27.78.

In a keenly contested final of the under-14 boys’ 200m, DeAngelo McKie, the fastest qualifier, pulled of the win for Tabernacle Baptist in 23.32. Jamal Flowers from CH Reeves, the third fastest qualifier, got second in 23.95 as he nipped SAC’s second fastest qualifier Otto Laing, who had to settle for third in 24.03.

Reshae Dean of SAC held on for the win in the girls’ under-14 200m in 25.86 as she held of D'Arjha Davis of St Andrew's, who did 25.88. Stepenique Thompson, of Tabernacle, was third in 26.48.

In the girls’ under-14 B final, Makayla Lewis of Sister Mary Patricia out of Grand Bahama, who had the 8th fastest qualifying time, won in 27.37.

The three-day meet, which begins at 9am, ends today. A number of field events were contested but the full results of Thursday’s meet were not available up to press time last night. They will be published next week.

• The BAAA will hold its Test Run for the IAAF third edition of the World Relays on Saturday, starting at 6:30 pom pm and continue on Sunday, starting at 3 pm.