St Jago’s Page out with toe injury

ST JAGO High’s Class Three star Marquies Page, who was strongly tipped to be one of the stars of the 2024 ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls’ Championships, has been forced out of the meet by an injury.

The defending Classs Three 100-metre hurdles champion was expected to break both the hurdles and 100m records at the meet.

Page was in blistering form coming into the championships with his latest top performances at the Central Athletics Championships. At that meet, he blew away his rivals by taking the double. He won the 100m in 10.89 seconds and the 100m hurdles in 13.20 seconds, both record times, but now he will have to watch the meet from the sidelines.

Page, who was the leader of a very strong St Jago Class Three unit, which was projected to score over 80 points, fractured his toe in training.

“This is a very devastating blow for the team. He fractured his toe while in training. It is something hard to take as Marquies was in the form of his life and was the leader of the team, not only Class Three,” Bertland Cameron, head coach of St Jago’s boys’ team, said.

According to Cameron, Page’s teammates have taken it very hard.

“The other members of the team have taken it hard, but he has told them he will be in the team camp over the five days to give his full support,” said Cameron.

The Spanish Town-based school also suffered another setback in Class Two as Patrick Brown, who was ranked joint number one in the high jump with Seleethel Johnson of Munro College, is out of the championships. Both Brown and Johnson cleared 1.95 metres in the under-17 boys event at the recent Carifta Trials. Brown was declared the winner on countback.

“Brown was not registered for the championships,” said Cameron, who declined to elaborate on the situation.

Despite the setbacks, St Jago are still expected to finish in the top four among the boys at the championships to maintain their position from last year.