Girls’ High back on top in schools’ athletics
One-time queens of secondary schoolsâ athletics â the Girlsâ High School â returned to the throne last Thursday at the Arnos Vale Playing Field.
Always tipped to be the front runners, the Girlsâ High scored 244 points, to get past the Central Leeward Secondary, which docked in second with 235 points.{{more}}
Sporting four of the Under-18 selectees who were part of the St Vincent and the Grenadines team to this yearâs Carifta Games in Grenada recently, the quartet proved to be the fulcrum of the Girlsâ High Schoolâs triumph.
Shantell Williams, Tamara Woodley, Bobriel Ballantyne and Lafesha France, were, in combination, responsible for 107 of the schoolâs points.
They, along with the other athletes, were also able to shut out the Bethel High School, which was some distance behind the top two and finished third on 182 points.
Making up the top five were the St Josephâs Convent Kingstown (SJCK) and the St Josephâs Convent Marriaqua (SJCM), which ended fourth and fifth respectively. SJCK had 174 points and SJCM â 151.
Last yearâs winners, the Thomas Saunders Secondary, berthed in sixth place, tallying 137 points.
Twenty schools entered the Female Division of the championships.(RT)
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