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Carifta champs James, Wright to lead Signal Hill

REIGNING two-time Carifta champions Chelsea James and Andwuelle Wright will lead Signal Hill Secondary School into action at the annual Tobago zone of the National Secondary Schools Track and Field Championships which gets underway at the Carnbee/Mt Pleasant Recreational Grounds from 9:00 o’clock this morning.

James will contest the Girls’ under-18 shot put and discus and will be favoured to take home double gold.

At last year’s Carifta Games in the Bahamas, the Carnbee resident retained the girls under 17 shot put crown and broke the games record for the second straight year. The Tobago Falcons athlete was also fourth in the discus. Wright is expected to compete in the Boys’ under-18 long jump and high jump and also won back-to-back Carifta Boys’ under 17 long jump titles.

Tyriq Horsford will also be in action in the boys under 16 age division. Horsford was the star at last year’s National Championships where he won four gold medals. Khemani Roberts and Shaquana Scott are also expected to lead the charge for Signal Hill.

The two day championships will feature the island’s best high schools athletes from the other high schools: Bishops High, Scarborough Secondary, Mason Hall Secondary,Speyside High, Goodwood High, Pentecostal Light and Light and UWI Sixth Form.

Bishops High will be relying on Franklyn Stanisclaus who was the top male athlete at the 2012 National Championships and will compete in the Boys’ under-16 division. Moses’ brothers Edson and Anson, Omari Benoit and cross country champs Jedial Walters and Silinni Acosta will be looking for gold for Bishops.

Scarborough Secondary has Safiya John, Anieca Baptiste and Nku Henry in its line-up. John won five gold medals at Scarborough Sports meet while Baptiste and Henry took the cross country titles.

Mason Hall’s multiple Carifta medallist Nicholas Douglas will be the one to watch in the Boys’ under 20 sprints. Top performers at Mason Hall’s annual sports meet last month-Jonathan Thomas and Subrina Henry will be looking to bag gold for Mason Hall. Speyside High will have another national sprinter Zakiya Denoon who has been tipped to dominate the Girls’ under 20 sprints.

Kelly-Ann Murray and Anderson Robley will lead the charge for Goodwood. Murray captured four gold medals at Goodwood sports while Robley won four titles.

The Tobago zonal championships are being staged at Carnbee/Mt. Pleasant as relaying work of a new athletic track at the Dwight Yorke Stadium has been delayed.

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