Romel Plummer of KC celebrates after winning the Boys' Class 1 400m hurdles final in 50.43 at the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls' Athletics Championships at the National Stadium on Friday, March 29, 2019. (PHOTO: Marlon Reid).
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Champs!
The National Stadium in Kingston will come alive this week with the 110
th staging of the ISSA Boys and Girls Athletics Championship from Tuesday, May 11 to Saturday, May 15. This year’s staging of the most anticipated track and field event for high school students will see a sharp reduction in participants due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Only 970 athletes representing 80 schools are eligible to compete, a far cry from the 2,700 who competed at the 2019 edition. The competition was abandoned in 2020 because of the pandemic. Kingston College are the defending champions on the boys' side while Edwin Allen will be defending the trophy on the girls' side.