Things began to heat up at the old Thomas A. Robinson Track and Field Stadium yesterday on the second day of the 4th Annual Bertha's Go-Go Ribs/ New Providence Public Primary Schools Sports Association (NPPPSSA) Track and Field Championships.
On the first day Carmichael Primary School and Albury Sayles Primary School both got out to a fast start and pulled away from the rest of the pack. Carmichael Primary ended the first day in first position with 39 points, just five points ahead of second place Albury Sayles.
On the second day both schools came out and looked to give themselves an advantage going into the last day of competition. Last year's champion Cleveland Eneas Primary School got off to a slow start on the first day. Its athletes finished the day with just 18 points and found themselves way back in twelfth position. On Tuesday, they came in and looked to make up ground to get themselves back into the thick of things.
After the second day Carmichael Primary remains in the lead going into day three by just half a point with 77.5 points. Cleveland Eneas made the comeback they were looking for to get into second place with 77 points. Sadie Curtis Primary School and Albury Sayles are tied for third with 60 points.
Claridge Primary School is in fifth with 52 points, while Gerald Cash Primary and Thelma Gibson Primary are tied for sixth with 48 points and Carlton E. Francis rounds out the top ten with 34 points.
Janae Cooper from Gerald Cash Primary won the D-division girls' 400-meter (m) dash in a time of 1:31.22 seconds, and Bryson Rolle from Claridge Primary won the D-division boys' 400m dash in a time of 1:25.83 seconds.
In the A-division boys' 800m race Ethan Hanna from Thelma Gibson took first place in a time of 2:31.94 seconds, and Omar Kelly from Yellow Elder Primary won the B-division boys' 1200m run in a time of 4:10.31 seconds.
Over on the field, Sherea Charlton from Palmdale Primary won the A-division girls' long jump with a leap of 3.71m (12' 2"), while Reuben Cooper from Carmichael Primary won the A-division boys' long jump with a leap of 5.35m (17' 6").
In the A-division boys' shot put Dwight Dernier from Cleveland Eneas won with a toss of 8.07m (26' 5") and Jinaicoeur Victor from Thelma Gibson won the A-division girls' shot put with a throw of 6.81m (22' 4").
The final day of competition will occur today.

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