Year Two Arts, Sciences and General Studies are the new Track and Field champions at the SVG Community College, as they ran away with the 2019 QuickCash Corp. National Lotteries SVG Community College Track and Field Finals, on Friday 29 th March, amassing a total of 359 points. The Technical and Vocational Divisional took the second spot with 249 points while Year One Arts, Sciences and General Studies placed third with a total of 225 points.
Year Two Arts, Sciences and General Studies also walked
away with the Female and Male Divisional honors, with a tally of 183 point in the female division and 155 points by their male counterparts.
Odeshia John of Year One Arts, Sciences and General Studies copped the award for the Female Meet Champion with 40 points; winning the High Jump event and placing second in the 400m, 1500m and Long Jump events. Tamara Woodley and Keiffer Bailey, both of Year Two Arts, Sciences and General Studies were second and third respectively with 38 and 34 points.
Tilron Harry of Year Two Arts, Sciences and General Studies grabbed the Male Meet Champion award with 32 points; winning the male Long Jump and placing second in the 200m and High Jump events. Javiel Saxon of Year Two Arts, Sciences and General Studies placed second with 20 points while Truloni McKenzie of the Division of Technical and Vocational Division placed third with 18 points.
Male finals: 60 meters record breaking run by Troy Archibald
Two records were broken during Friday’s event. In the Female division, Odeshia John bettered the old High Jump record of 1.40m set by Angel John in 2018, as she achieved a jump of 1.50m.
In the Male division, Troy Archibald broke the 60m dash record of 7.20 seconds that was set in 2017 by Raasikh John, with a sprint of 7.15 seconds.
The Technical and Vocational Division won the coveted cheer-leading competition that entertained the patrons during the lunch break.