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Seven field events records were broken at the Youngster Goldsmith Classics at the National Stadium on Saturday.

Field events athletes took centre stage, with Holmwood Technical's Cedricka Williams producing a new mark of 49.89 metres to win the Class I girls' discus, ahead of Abbigal Martin of St Jago High, who did 49.29. Both marks were beyond the old standard of 49.06 metres set by Rusea's Shamella Davidson.

Williams, who holds the record for Classes II and III, will be hoping to break the Class I record at the Boys and Girls' Athletics Championships at the National Stadium from March 28-April 1. She is in her first year in Class I.

Excelsior's Najhado Seymore was also in record-breaking form as she won the Class II discus with 43.04 metres to erase St Jago's Kyla Davis Edwards' mark of 39.05. Rehemne Biggs of St Jago and Marla Kay Lampart of Clarendon College were also over the previous mark with 42.95 and 41.05 metres, respectively.

Celine Riddle of Holmwood wrote her name in the record books as well, as she won the Class I girls' long jump with 5.87 metres to erase Edwin Allen's Brittany Ingram's 5.68 metres, which was done three years ago. St Jago's Michelle Stanley was also beyond the old standard with 5.71 metres.

Edwin Allen's Asia McKay soared a new height of 1.60 metres to win the Class IV high jump as she won on countback after Yoanna Luke of Convent of Mercy, Alpha also cleared the identical height.

Three records were broken in boys' competition, with Kingston College's (KC) Aaron McKenzie clearing 2.10 metres to capture the Class I boys' high jump and remove the previous mark of 2.05 metres, which was held by Jamaica College's (JC) Alexander Thompson from 2019. That mark was equalled by Calabar's Jevantae Grant on Saturday as he placed second to McKenzie.

Daijan Budhai of KC had a record throw in the Class II discus with a winning mark of 47.72 metres, as Clarendon's Joseph Salmon took second with 47.19.

The other record among the boys was in the javelin, where Devon Spencer, competing unattached, won with 67.52 metres to move the old mark of 65.94 by Orlando Thomas, who was second in the event with 65.04 metres.