Athletes competing in the BAAA Scotiabank National Track and Field Championships smashed 15 national high school records over the course of the three-day meet, which culminated on Saturday night. On the track, the Saint Augustine's College (SAC) senior girls quartet of Devynne Charlton, Danielle Gibson, Makeya White and Keianna Albury broke the high school 4x100-meter (m) record of 46.84 set in 2004 by R.M. Bailey. They finished with a time of 46.60, before Bishop Michael Eldon School, which came in second and Queen's College, which took third.
SAC's junior girls also ran away with the 4x400m relay record. Crossing the line with a time of 4:04.35, Marrisa White, Blayre Catalyn, Chelsea Smith, and Doniesha Anderson broke the previous record of 4:06.70, also set by SAC in 2011. Queen's College came in second with a time of 4:16.90 and Bishop C. Eldon came in third with a time of 4:18.69. Blayre Catalyn of SAC lowered the national high school record in the junior girls 100m dash, running a time of 12.36 to eclipse the record of 12.40, which was set in 2005 by Sparkyl Cash of Queen's College.
Daneisha Curry, of Tabernacle Baptist, came second with a time of 12.72 and Kayneisha Carter, of SAC, got third with a time of 13.00. Another SAC runner Doniesha Anderson broke the junior girls 400m record. She crossed the finish line in 57.80 seconds, just under the previous record of 57.91 seconds, set in 2011 by Dreshanae Rolle, also of SAC. In second place was Alexya Sawyer of Queen's College. She crossed the finish line in 1:00.34, followed by Kenyoniq Thompson, of Jordan Prince William, who finished in 1:00.79. Henri Delauze, of Bishop Michael Eldon, ran a time of 48.53 in the intermediate boys 400m to break the previous record of 49.37 set in 2010 by Stephen Newbold.
Behind Delauze was Kinard Rolle, of SAC, who placed second with a time of 48.64 and Bradley Dormeus, of C.R. Walker, who came in third with a time of 51.02. Joshua Stubbs, of C.C. Sweeting, set a new record in the senior boys 400m hurdles, crossing the finish line first with a time of 53.09. The previous record was 53.31, set by Nejmi Burnside, of St. Anne's, in 2010. Xavier Coakley, of SAC, came in second with a run of 53.62 and Eric Davis of Doris High, placed third with a run of 57.20. The record also fell in the bantam boys 800m race. Omavi Collison, of St. Anne's, crossed the finish line with a time of 2:33.54.
His time beat the previous record of 2:34.62 set in 2010 by Kenneth Sweeting, of SAC. Lhavehinna Joseph, of H.O. Nash, came in second with a time of 2:37.52, and Jaugh Ingraham, of Bishop Michael Eldon, placed third running a time of 2:39.68. Sunland Baptist student Kennedy Culmer, who won the bantam girls 100 dash in a time of 13.19, also broke the 13.31 record set in 2010 by Asia Butler, of SAC. Culmer's closest rival was Oneika Rolle, of C.H. Reeves, who came second running 13.39 and Raneshi Colebrook, of SAC, who ran a time of 13.60.
Rubin Smith-Bastian also lowered the 200m bantam boys national high school record when he crossed the finish line in 26.58 seconds during the heats. The previous record was 27.18, which was set by Kennan Munnings, of Zion Christian Academy, in 2011. Smith-Bastian went on to win the finals in 27.52 seconds. Following behind him were Kaleb Levarity of Louise McDonald, who came in second with a time of 27.96 and Ruben Pierre, of T.A. Thompson, with a time of 29.14. On the field, Michael Butler, of South Haven, broke the six year high-school record in the junior boys javelin set by Donovan Williams who threw 47.25m.
Butler's winning throw was 49.53m, followed by Branson Rolle of Queen's College (QC) with a 42.92m toss and Andrea Calvert, of Temple Christian, with a throw of 34.84m. Also on the field, two boys soared high enough to break the 1.45m high jump record set in 2010 by Cameron Oliver, of C.H. Reeves, in the bantam boys division. However, Benry Smith, of Central Andros, soared to victory with a jump of 1.52m, beating Rubin Smith-Bastian who came in second with a 1.47m leap. In third place was Maverick Smith, of T.A. Thompson, with a jump of 1.35m.
A similar scenario unfolded during the intermediate girls shot put event with two girls breaking the previous eight-year record set by Gabriel Nixon, of St. John's College, who threw 12.40m in 2005. Zhizell McKenzie, of SAC, clinched the gold with a throw of 12.64m, followed by her teammate Serena Brown, who secured the silver with a throw of 12.50m. Another SAC athlete, Brashae Wood, got the bronze with a 12.29m throw. That trio also got the top three positions in the under 17 girls discuss throw. Wood, who was the previous record holder, smashed the 36.33m record she set last year.
This time around the SAC athlete threw the discuss 36.55m. However, that throw was only good enough for second place, as Brown threw 37.03m for the gold. McKenzie threw 28.37 for third place. Intermediate boys high jump champion Ken Mullings, of C.C. Sweeting, soared to a record breaking height of 2.00m, smashing the 10-year record held by Ricardo Jacques, of C.C. Sweeting, who jumped 1.98m.
Mullings beat out second place finisher Livingston Bramwell, of C.V. Bethel, who had a best jump of 1.91m and Aaron Ross, of St. John's, who placed third with a jump of 1.75m. Kyra McKinney, of SAC, broke the junior girls javelin throw record, with a throw of 23.05m. Breanna Carey, of St. Anne's, came in second with a throw of 23.02m and Ramona Hanna, of Queen's College, came in third with a throw of 20.33m.
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