O’Neal House might have won the Alexandra School’s inter house sports held today at the National Stadium but the day belonged to the indomitable Deon Hope of Skinner House who amassed 56 points in capturing the senior victor ludorum.
Hope offered plenty of hope to his house in slamming the field in the 100, 200, 400 and 1500 and he picked up second positions in the high jump and the javelin. Equally impressive was the powerfully built Zalika Knight of Lyson who was the Dame of the track in destroying all opposition in the 100, 200, 400, 800 and 1500.
It was only in the relay events that the other athletes were able to exploit sluggish and late hand-overs to Hope and Knight in order to score psychological victories. However, the performances from joint under 15 girls’ champions Nakisha Downes and Faith Husbands in contributing 50 points each, under 13 queen Sasha Mayers’42 and Terron Greenidge who captured the boys’ under 15 crown with 42 points ensured that the O’Neal dominance would remain.
All day the action in the stands and on the track was hot with the competitors battling for bragging rights as it seemed that Fredrick House would not overhaul the lead which O’Neal established from morning. Under 13 boys’ champion Darin Weekes and Khobi Carter of the under 17 gave Fredrick a fighting chance but without the support cast which O’Neal produced second was the only remaining option.
Going into the relays O’Neal was maintaining a healthy lead which ended with an advantage of over 140 points as they continued to rack up points in every event.
The junior victrix ludorum was shared between, Mayers, Husbands and Downes while the victor ludorum honour went to Weekes.
