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A TOTAL of 21 schools will be competing at the 27th edition of the Milo Track and Field Games, which will take place at the Hasely Crawford Stadium, Mucurapo on March 11.

The participating schools have been separated in two groups — West A and West B.

The West A schools are Carenage Boys Government, Carenage Girls Government, Cocorite Government, Dunross Private School, International School of Port-of-Spain, La Seiva RC, Maraval RC, Paramin RC, Point Cumana Government, Point Cumana RC and St Michael’s School for Boys.

And, in West B, the entrants are Crystal Stream Government, Diamond Vale Government, Diego Martin Boys RC, Diego Martin Girls RC, Diego Martin Government, Four Roads Government, La Puerta Government, Patna River Estate Government, Petit Valley Boys RC and Petit Valley Girls RC.

The Games were launched yesterday at the Harvard Sports Club in St James with a number of speakers, including Kelvin Nancoo, chairman of the West Zones Organising Committee and chairman of the Port-of-Spain and Environs Sports Council; Brian Lewis, president of the Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee (TTOC); Stacy Ann Charles, consumer marketing manager of Nestle Trinidad and Tobago; and Zhada Nathai-Baboolal, schools supervisor at the Ministry of Education.

Over the past 26 years, the Games have provided an opportunity for potential athletic talent from the North West region of Trinidad to flourish.

World 400-metre hurdles king Jehue Gordon is the most illustrious name to compete at the Milo Games, while a number of national athletes also shone at the Games, including Michelle Lee Ahye, Simon Pierre, Fana Ashby and Cleavon Dillon.

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