Following last Saturday’s opening track and field meet of the year, the Pure Water/R. Danny Williams Development meet at the Ashenheim Stadium, things will shift into high gear tomorrow with the staging of four more.
In what will be a busy day of action, Kingston will host two meets – the Douglas Forrest Invitational at Stadium East and the inaugural World Class Athletics Development meet at the Ashenheim Stadium.
G.C. Foster College will host the PUMA JAAA Fuller Anderson meet, while the Charlie Fuller Field Events meet will take place at Manchester High School.
Events to be contested at the Douglas Forrest meet include the 200m, 800m, 1500m, 500m hurdles, 3000m for females, 5000m for males, and the 4x100m and 4x400m relays on the track. In the field, athletes will compete in the long jump, triple jump, shot put, and high jump.
The World Class Athletics meet will see athletes competing on the track in the 100m, 200m, 800m, and 1500m, with the long jump and shot put featured in the field.
At G.C. Foster College, the 60 metres for both males and females will take centrestage, as most of the country’s top senior athletes will be in action. The female event, which begins at 11:30 a.m., will feature the likes of Jonielle Smith and Tia Clayton of MVP Track Club, who were members of the Jamaica team that mined silver in the 4x100m relay at last year’s World Athletics Championships in Tokyo. On the male side, two individual medallists from Tokyo – Kishane Thompson, who finished second in the men’s 100 metres, and Bryan Levell, the bronze medallist in the 200m – will lead the field.
Other events to be contested include the 200m, 400m, 800m, 1500m, 400m hurdles, 3000m for females, and the Open 5000m for males on the track, while the long jump and triple jump will be contested in the field.
At Manchester High School, all field events across the respective classes for both males and females will be contested.
Starting time at all venues is 9 a.m.
