Lyssons Primary Lead Primary Champs Heading into Final Day

Defending champion Lyssons Primary of St Thomas have established a 19-point lead after 11 finals heading into today’s final day of the INSPORTS/Devon Biscuits Primary Schools Athletics Eastern Championship, at Stadium East.

Lyssons, hunting their third straight title, raced to 86 points, with Harbour View on 67 sitting in second and Rosseau Primary in third on 49 points with a lot of catching up.

Half Way Tree Primary on 40, and Windward Road with 37 complete the top five.

Lyssons won four of the 11 finals with Kristina Bailey capturing the Girls’ High Jump Open with a leap of 1.45 metres, the same as second-placed Shaniel White of Windward Road.

They also won three of the eight relays starting with the class one girls’ 4-by-100 metres relay in a record 52.36 seconds.

Lyssons also won the class two boys’ 4-by-100 metres in 54.12 and the class four girls’ 4-by-100 in 1:02.13.

There will be 29 finals on the third and last day starting with the girls’ long jump open and concluding with the 4-by-200 metres relays.