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Junior hurdlers lay down World Top List times at Trials
July 01, 2025
While senior athletes were hawking up the spotlight at last weekend's Puma JAAA National Senior and Junior Championships, some of the country's junior athletes laid down outstanding performances, especially in the hurdle events.
Both the Under-18 and Under-20 boys' sprint hurdles produced exceptional times. In the Under-18 110m hurdles, St Jago's Marquies Page was brilliant, winning in 13.03 seconds. And it was the same story in the Under-20 110m hurdles, where Daniel Clarke of Kingston College stopped the clock at 12.96.
Page's winning time now places him number one on the World Top Under-18 age group list, surpassing previous leader Phenyo Miyen of South Africa, who had clocked 13.06.
Clarke also soared to the top of the world rankings in the Under-20 category. He bettered his previous best of 13.06, set in March at GC Foster College, where he was number two on the World Under-20 Top List.
His personal best is now the fastest among his peers, overtaking Cuba's Kendry Menendez, who had run 12.98.
Jamaica also boasts the world's number one ranked Under-20 female 100m hurdler, Briana Campbell, with a time of 13.01.
The former St Jago High athlete, now competing for Life University, however, saw her colours lowered over the weekend by Wolmer's Girls' Tiana Marshall. Marshall clocked 13.33 to win the Under-20 event, equalling her previous best and remaining unbeaten over the barriers this season. Campbell finished a close second in 13.35.
DOUBLE WINNER
Lacovia High's outstanding schoolgirl athlete, Sabrina Dockery, was a double winner in the Girls' Under-20 category, taking the sprint double. With her main rival, Shanoya Douglas of Muschett High, competing with the seniors, it was smooth sailing for Dockery.
She first won the 100m in a zippy 11.28 ahead of Campbell, who finished second in 11.36. She then returned to close her double in the 200m, winning in 23.46 ahead of an improved Samoya Brown of Immaculate Conception High School, who was second in 23.87.
The David Riley-coached Excelsior High's boys were on fire at the Championships, dominating the sprint events.
In the Under-18 100m, it was a quinella for the Mountain View Avenue-based school, as Malike Nugent romped to victory in a personal best 10.27 ahead of Michael Graham, who was second in 10.31. Jaydon Collins of Holmwood ended third, in 10.33.
In the Under-20 event, Excelsior's Riquelme Reid won in 10.23 ahead of Antonio Powell of Edwin Allen (10.39) and Trey Bennett of St Jago, who finished third in 10.49.
The wind reading here was just above the allowable limit, at 2.1 metres per second.
Excelsior also had success in the boys' Under-18 400m hurdles, with Jaeden Campbell winning in 52.24, just ahead of Eshanee Porter of Kingston College, who clocked 52.33 for second.
Calabar High's Robert Miller closed out the fine results by hurdlers at the meet, winning the boys' Under-20 400m hurdles in 50.31 -- the sixth-fastest time in the event at the World Under-20 level. Trevoy Smith of Herbert Morrison Technical was second in 50.63.
