Naggo Head produced a late surge to clinch their fifth-straight primary champs title in dramatic fashion, bringing a climactic end to the 33rd INSPORTS/Seprod Primary School Athletics Championships at the National Stadium last Saturday.

Having trailed Greater Portmore on the penultimate day and throughout most of the last day, Naggo Head finally overtook Greater Portmore with four events remaining.

And having trailed by as much as 29 points, the Floyd Coke-coached team never gave up, as they won by 25.5 points, amassing a team total of 192 points.

New Providence also had a late kick on the final day, finishing strongly to claim second place with 166.50 points, while Greater Portmore faded into third to end on 159 points.

Coke said the relays would have been crucial to retaining their title this season and so it proved, finishing higher than their rivals on most occasions, as the championships came to a thrilling conclusion.

Tattyanna Palmer of New Providence shattered the Class Two girls 300m on a day where few records were touched.

Palmer ran a blistering 43.57 seconds to erase Nataliah Whyte's 2008 mark of 44.41seconds to beat Roshae Whyte of St Francis who also dipped below the old record with 44.40.

There were several double winners, including Time and Patience's John Vernon, who sealed the Class One boys 100m and 200m in 11.97 and 24.98 seconds, respectively, twice having to stave off the challenge of Ewarton's Taiwane Garriques.

Vernon did not trouble Raje Ferron's meet record in the 100m despite the predictions of many, but he nonetheless joined an elite group of double sprint champions in the 33-year history of these championships.

Also a double winner on the day was Rosea-Lee Cooper of New Providence who took the Class One girls 100m and 200m.

Cooper, in her final year at this level, clocked 12.84 seconds to win the 100m. In the 200m, Cooper showed greater superiority, winning in 26.58 seconds, more than a full second ahead of Hillside's Malaka Cato, who clocked 27.70 for silver.

Other noted winners were Shanti Moore, Class Two girls 100m and 200m champion; Gabrielle Matthews, Class Three sprint- double champion; and boys long jump Open champion Wayne Pinnock, who captured the 70m hurdles Open in 10.97 seconds.

But certainly, this fifth title will be savoured most by the Naggo Head community, as they roared back like true champions when many had given up or written them off.