Keneil Harrison

AFTER placing sixth last year, head coach of Munro College, Neil Harrison, is very confident that come next Saturday his team will improve on that position. "It is now or never as since being in charge of Munro this is our best team ever and the guys are ready to produce," said a very confident Harrison.

The team from Malvern, St Elizabeth has shown great improvement in the past few seasons and will be a major force to be reckoned with at Champs, as they have shown that they are a quality team based on their excellent performances so far this season. "People see us as a dream team but we are not a dream team and we are no spoilers, as some pundits are saying as we are coming to make our presence felt with a very strong performance," continued Harrison, who went to Munro in 1997 before moving to the Turks and Caicos Island for five years before returning.

"We have a wider range this year, and we are much stronger in the sprints and in middle distances, this time around," he said.

Munro have been very dominant in the 4x400 metres this season, and at the Gibson Relays they romped to victory despite being without top 400m-runner Kaniel Harrison (the coach's son).

They have already shown that they will be one of the favourites in the Class One 4x100m, as at Western Relays in Montego Bay they lost in a close finish (40.14) to Gibson Relays winners St Elizabeth Technical (40.12).

Since then they have not competed in the 4x100m but with the likes of Adam Cummings, Rolando Reid and Delano Williams in their line-up they look well set to go all the way, once their athletes are fit. Williams, who competed for Turks and Caicos at last year's World Junior Championships, has shown great improvement this season and was in awesome form at the Western Championships where he produced record-breaking times of 10.51 and 20.73 to win the sprint double.

At Champs he will square off with Bridgeport High's Jahzeel Murphy and the Wolmer's Boys' duo of Julian Forte and the impressive Odean Skeen.

"I expect great things from Williams and I am very confident that he is going to do something special in the sprints especially in the 200 metres where I expect him to win. He enjoys competing with Murphy and he is looking forward to this clash, as although they are great friends he enjoys the rivalry as this always bring out the best from him," said Harrison.

Harrison also expects great things from 400m-runner Wynee Hyman in Class One and his son Kaniel in Class Two. Both advertised their good form at the Carifta Trials last weekend with good performances as Harrison was second in the Under-17 400 metres in 49.98 seconds and Hyman was also second in the Under-20 event in 47.47 seconds.

"Keneil is coming off an injury and he is getting back in good shape and I am happy for that," said the senior Harrison.

Harrison also expects valuable points in the jumps and throwing events.

"I expect Adam and Ifeanyi Otuonye to score some good points in the Class One long jump while in the throws we have Emmanuel Onyia and Rajae Gayle who have both been doing well all season," he added.