The New Providence Public Primary Schools Sports Association (NPPPSSA) brought its annual track and field championships to a close yesterday. Carmichael Primary School dethroned last year's winner, Cleveland Eneas Primary.
Carmichael Primary finished with 223.50 points, Cleveland Eneas ended the day with 203 points. Albury Sayles Primary came in third with 203, while Thelma Gibson finished fourth 179. Sadie Curtis came in fifth with 152, and Yellow Elder Primary finished sixth with 151. Carlton Francis finished in seventh with 127. Claridge Primary came in eighth with 107 points and Stephen Dillet came ninth with 72. T.G. Glover Primary finished 10th with 64 and Oakes Field Primary 11th with 58. Gerald Cash Primary came in 12th with 57 points and E.P. Roberts and C.W. Sawyer finished tied in 13th with 56. Columbus Primary came in 14th with 448 points while Palmdale Primary finished 15th with 41. Ridgeland Primary came in 16th with 38 and Garvin Tynes 17th with 36. Centerville Primary finished 18th with 34.50 and Sandilands Primary 19th with 31 points. Woodcock Primary finished 20th with 31 points and Adelaide Primary rounded out the bunch with 24 points.
Bernard Kemp and Kayiana Downer won the top male and female awards.
Kemp finished with 21 points and downer finished with 24. Both students are from Albury Sayles Primary.
The only field event on Wednesday was the A-division boy's triple jump. Jordan Gibson from Ridgeland Primary won the event with a leap of 9.41 meters (m) (30' 10").
Over on the track Ambernique Coakley from Carmichael Primary won the B-division girls 400m race in a time of 1:10.03 seconds. Jonathan Duvalier from Carmichael Primary won the A-division boys 100m in a time of 12.85 seconds.
Paige Stuart won the B-division girls 100m dash in a time of 13.60 seconds and Abigail Saunders from Sadie Curtis won the A-division girls 100m dash in a time of 13.12 seconds.
Kimanie Downer won both the B-division boys 100m and 200m dashes in times of 13.12 seconds and 27.94 seconds.
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