Jamaican highschool athletes set three national and facility records at the second New York International Showcase in Staten Island.
On Jan. 24, junior dash star Shanoya Douglas, the Jamaica College’s boys’ 4×200m relay staff, and the Hydel High’s ladies’ 4×200m relay squad delivered record-breaking performances on the indoor meet held at Ocean Breeze Athletic Complex in Staten Island, the Jamaican Observer studies.
Douglas shattered her personal nationwide U-20 indoor 300m file, ending in 36.98 seconds, effectively forward of Breanne Barnett of Baldwin High (NY) who ran 38.08 seconds, and Rhia Randolph of West Orange High (NJ) who ran at 38.16 seconds.
Douglas, who transferred to Holland High from Muschette High to proceed coaching with longtime coach Gary Smythe, additionally set a brand new facility file, surpassing Elise Cooper’s 37.32-second mark from the 2024 Ocean Breeze Elite Invitational.
“I didn’t know that I used to be working this quick. My intention was to run sooner than I did final 12 months,” she stated, noting her nationwide U-20 indoor file final 12 months of 37.78 seconds in her indoor debut. “I’m very joyful.”
At the highschool meet based by Jamaican Olympian Sanjay Ayre, Jamaica College’s 4×200m relay staff—DeAndre Gayle, Nathaniel Martin, Omary Robinson, and Makaelan Woods—made their nation proud, successful in 1:25.54. They broke the power file of 1:26.90 set by Calabar High final 12 months and set a brand new nationwide file, outpacing Danbury (CT) High (1:30.30) and Deptford (NJ) High (1:30.51).
Elsewhere, Hydel High’s ladies’ 4×200m relay staff of Sashana Johnson, Kevina Bourne, Nastassia Fletcher, and Shemonique Hazel set a nationwide file of 1:36.56, smashing the earlier facility mark of 1:40.00 from 2020. Shaker High (1:45.72) and East Stroudsburg South (1:46.49) completed second and third.
Other Jamaican highlights included Jamaica College’s Kai Kelly winning the boys’ 60m in 6.97 seconds, whereas DeAndre Gayle positioned second within the boys’ 60m (6.87). Holland High’s Johan-Ramaldo Smythe took second within the boys’ 200m (21.18).
In the ladies’ 60m, Hydel’s Shemonique Hazel was second at 7.61 and Kevina Bourne was runner-up within the ladies’ 200m at 24.55.
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