The stage is about for the 2024 ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Women’ Athletics Championships (Champs), with defending champions Kingston School (KC) and former ladies’ winners Edwin Allen Excessive rising because the overwhelming favorites to clinch victory on the prestigious occasion.
The five-day meet runs off on Tuesday, and culminates on Saturday inside Kingston’s Nationwide Stadium.
Title sponsors GraceKennedy have generously contributed $178 million to this 12 months’s championship, enhancing the joy surrounding the 113th staging of the competitors. Moreover, faculties stand to learn from substantial rewards, with GraceKennedy providing a exceptional $202,000 for any athlete who breaks a 200-meter report.
A complete of 88 occasions can be contested, that includes 101 boys’ and 97 ladies’ faculties, together with over 100 abroad athletes representing groups from the Caribbean, Nice Britain, and Africa. Notably, this 12 months marks the twenty fifth anniversary of the merging of the boys’ and ladies’ championships, commemorated by a particular combined relay occasion.
Kingston School seeks a 35th title general
Kingston School, coached by Leaford Grant, goals to safe their third consecutive victory and declare their thirty fifth title general. In the meantime, Edwin Allen Excessive, below the steerage of Michael Dyke, seeks to clinch their tenth ladies’ title and regain their standing as champions after narrowly lacking out to Hydel Excessive final 12 months.
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Grant anticipates stiff competitors from former champions Jamaica School (JC) and Calabar Excessive, whereas Dyke exudes confidence in his crew’s means to bounce again from earlier setbacks and reclaim the highest spot. With projections suggesting KC and JC as the highest contenders, the stage is about for an intense battle over the five-day occasion.
The competitors kicks off with preliminary rounds at present, that includes numerous observe and discipline occasions, setting the stage for what guarantees to be an exhilarating showcase of expertise and dedication. As 1000’s of followers eagerly await the motion, all eyes can be on Kingston School and Edwin Allen Excessive as they search to dominate the Champs ’24.
