They say if at first you don’t succeed, try, try, try again.
You don’t need to tell Ifill House that.
After playing second fiddle for the past nine years, Ifill (Blue) finally ascended to the throne, capturing the overall title at the Powerade St Lucy Secondary School sports yesterday at the National Stadium.
And they did so in commanding style, dethroning last year’s defending champions Corbin (Red) on their way to amassing 1 250 points.
So dominant were they this time around that they claimed both the boys’ (663) and girls’ (587) titles.
Jordan (Yellow) came second, amassing 393 points in the boys and 523 in the girls for an overall total of 916 points, with Corbin third on 814 – 606 in the boys and 208 in the girls. Ward (Green) brought up the rear, tabulating 367 and 273 points in the boys’ and girls’ divisions, respectively, for a total of 640.
Ifill also boasted the victrix ludorum in A-Lea Jordan, who was responsible for breaking the day’s only record.
Competing in the Under-17 division, Jordan smashed Natalie Harvey’s 23-year
record of 27.09 seconds in the 200 metres, clocking 26.77.
She also added the 400 (1:02.43), 800, 1 500 and 3 000 to her list of victories on her way to finishing with 60 points.
Corbin’s Davor Griffith was crowned the victor ludorum after wins in the 100 (11.28), 200 (23.36), 400 (52.72) and shot put. The Under-17 athlete also came second in the 800, third in the 1 500, fourth in the high jump and fifth in the long jump, ending with 62 points.
Dario King and Fabian Leon’s day-long duel proved to be the highlight of the day however, with both Under-13 athletes engaging in a ding-dong battle for bragging rights.
King, of Jordan House, drew first blood in the 400 metres. Leon led for the first 350 metres of the race and looked set to wrap up the victory when King passed him and went on to win in 1:01.96, relegating Leon to second position in 1:02.13.
Leon, dressed in Ifill blue, came back in the 100 metres, sprinting away to victory
in a time of 12.83, followed by King (13.80) and Daquan Chase in 14.20. He also had the final laugh in the 200 metres, clocking 26.52, almost two seconds faster than King, who finished in 28.28.
Ifill’s Dominique Phillips won the Under-20 Boys’ 100 and 200 metres in 10.93 and 23.06 seconds, respectively.