The Tribune

By RENALDO DORSETT

Sports Reporter

rdorsett@tribunemedia.net

It was a dominant performance from the St Augustine’s College Big Red Machine on day two of the BAISS Track and Field Championships, and now sets the stage for a thrilling finish in today’s finale.

The Big Red Machine won 13 of the 26 finals yesterday at the Thomas A Robinson stadium to spark an 87.5 point turnaround and take possession of the top spot in the standings.

Heading into the final day of competition, Big Red Machine have totalled 748 points, just ahead of the two-time defending champion Queen’s College Comets in second place with 713.50 points. The Comets held a 53-point lead after day one.

The standings remained virtually unchanged for the rest of the 12-team field.

The St Anne’s Blue Waves are third with a total of 231 points, followed by the St John’s College Giants in fourth with 171.50 points.

The Nassau Christian Academy Crusaders complete the top five with 141.50 and the Temple Christian Suns round out the list of teams with three digit scores with 110.50 points.

The Jordan Prince William Falcons are seventh with 82.50 points, Kingsway Academy Saints eighth with 59.50 points, St Andrew’s School Hurricanes are ninth (68 points), Aquinas College Aces in 10th with (25 points), Westminster College Diplomats in 11th with 22 and Charles W Saunders Cougars with 19.

The 100m finals highlighted day two and produced several new meet records along with three CARIFTA qualifiers, while another qualifying standard was reached in the field.

Leading the list of performances in the 100m was reigning MYSC Junior Female Athlete of the Year and Rising Star award winner, Devine Parker of the St Anne’s Blue Waves.

Parker ran to a first place finish in the under-18 girls’ race in 11.73 seconds for a new meet record well ahead of the rest of the field and easily bypassing the CARIFTA standard of 12.15.

Second place finisher Kendesha Ingraham of St John’s also reached the standard with her time of 12.01 and SAC’s Tanae Miller was third in 12.20.

Parker won silver at last year’s CARIFTA meet in 11.77.

D’Arjah Davis also set a new meet record in the under-14 girls’ race in a time of 12.82. SAC teammates Danielle Saunders (12.94) and Reshae Dean (13.06) finished second and third respectively.

Rashan Darling of St John’s took the under-20 girls’ event in 12.38. SAC’s Blayre Catalyn (12.46) and Kayneshia Carter (12.53) were second and third.

Big Red Machine sprinters would go on to take first place in five of the eight 100m finals.

Tavonte Mott took the under-20 boys’ event in 10.63 to top the previous meet record of 10.65. His teammate Alexander Storr was second in 11.13 and QC’s Brentan Edwards was third in 11.23.

Adrian Curry successfully defended his title and dipped below the under-18 CARIFTA standard of 10.85 as he took first place in 10.71. In an exact finish as the 2016 final, the Comets’ Max Azor was second in 10.87 followed by the Blue Waves’ Godfrey Arthur (11.05).

Azor would go on to win the long jump in 6.26m. Lowell Bethell won the under-16 boys in 11.34, followed by the Comets’ Nathan Moss (11.39) and Ethan Hanna (11.52).

Otto Laing won the under-14 boys’ event in 11.89 ahead of the Comets’ Antonio Bethel in 12.03 and Tyler Miller of NCA was third in 12.38.

Laing also won the long jump with a leap of 1.60m.

Megan Moss took the under-18 girls’ event in 12.06 followed by teammate Jaida Knowles in 12.12 and the Geordan Thurston was third in 12.72 secs.

The Big Red Machine also took both 3000m races as both winners defended their titles. In the U18 boys event, Ryan Bethel took first in 10:28 secs and Gabriella Thompson won the U20 girls event in 13:12.03 secs.

In the field, SAC’s Terajh Hudson reached the CARIFTA standard (44.30m) in the U16 boys discus. His throw of 46.17m was nearly 10m ahead of second place and he set a new meet record to surpass the old mark of 41.08m.

Comets and Big Red Machine competitors swept all but two events in the field yesterday. Ashton Knowles of St. Anne’s won the u20 boys high jump at 1.90m and Jordan Lewis of Temple Christian won the U18 boys shot put with a throw of 13.11m

The Comets’ Deaejha Moss set a new meet record in the U20 girls long jump with a mark of 5.68m.

In the javelin, Leon Miller of SAC won the U20 boys with a throw of 45.37m and Carmitra Mackey of QC won the U16 girls with a throw of 31.63m.

SAC’s Ann-Marie Oriakhi won the U14 Girls shot put with a new meet record throw of 9.66m, her teammate Anthaya Charlton won the U16 girls high jump at 1.45m, Tiffany Hanna won the U20 shot put with a throw of 10.87m and Chima Johnson won the U16 girls triple jump with a leap of 12.48m.

Other Comets winners in the field included Paige Archer in the U14 girls long jump (4.41m), Amelia Peterson in the U18 girls triple jump (11.38m), Tianna Carey in the U18 discus (28.12m) and Reagan Hidalgo in the U14 boys shot put (11.16m).

Day three will be highlighted by several field events and finals in the 200m, 800m, 4x100m and 4x400m. The meet continues today at 9am at the Thomas A Robinson Stadium.