Raymond Graham, Star Writer

WITH most of the top teams absent from Saturday's staging of the Howard Jackson Morant Bay Relays at Morant Bay High School, Wolmer's Girls and the boys from Camperdown High took the opportunity to dominate the event, as they were crowned top female and male teams and walked away with a cash incentive of $30,000 each.

Despite a late start to the meet due to heavy showers earlier, meet organiser Meckeila Ford was pleased about the day's activities.

"Although we did not get the response we expected, it was a good meet overall and everything went fairly well. I am a bit disappointed that we did not get more entries from the Kingston schools," said Ford, who also stated that the threat of heavy rains in the parish could have contributed to the non-appearance of several teams.

Competing without their top two athletes Joniel Smith from Class I and Shauna Helps from Class II, it was a very keen contest between the Michael Carr- coached team and Camperdown, with Wolmer's prevailing in the end with their best effort coming in the Class I 4x150 metres relay, where they won in 1:18,47, ahead of the Queen's School (1:18.85) and host Morant Bay High 1:23.26. There was also victory in the Class 1 4x300 metres relays as they stopped the clock at 2:54.17 for the win ahead of Queen's in 2:55.85.

self-confidence

Head coach Carr was pleased with his team's performance despite the absence of Smith and Helps.

"It was a good team effort from the girls as they showed that they can compete without Helps and Smith and this has given them more self-confidence and it augers well for the remainder of the season," said Carr.

Showing a renewed vigour this season, it was a good meet for the Jody Muschette-coached Camperdown High Boys team as they dominated proceedings among the males picking up three good relay victories. It was their Class II 4x150 metres team that led the way with Brandon Robinson showing good speed, they captured the event in 1:07.53 to turn back the challenge of Vauxhall, who were second in 1:08.54. Their Class I team also won the 4x150 metres event in 1:06.94 as Bog Walk High (1:07.92) finished second with third going to St Andrew Technical in 1:08.34. It was also an easy win for the east Kingston school in the 4x600 metres Class I event as they stopped the clock at 6:10.40, easily getting the better of home team Morant Bay High, which was second in 5:54.22.