Elcock just misses triple sprint gold

The Abilene Wildcats sprinter stopped the clock at 20.75 seconds to pip club-mate Jacob St Clair (20.77) at the line.

Simplex runner Jalen Purcell, who copped the 100m silver a day earlier, took bronze in a time of 21.02.

In the female equivalent, Shikyla Walcott of Simplex took the glory in 24.27 seconds, ahead of Abilene’s Renee Stoddard (24.56) and Concorde’s Michaela Neils (24.73).

There was the usual excitement for the relay events and there was no stopping Memphis Pioneers who grabbed gold in the Boys U-20 4x100m to deny Elcock his triple gold. The quartet of Bevon Gordon, Clement Campbell, David Pierce and Adrian Yearwood passed the baton with ease to clock a winning time of 41.77.

A close second were Abilene Wildcats’ Ronaldo Moore, Judah Taylor, Elcock and Karl Bailey (41.81). Air Bon Sonics’ Shamari Crawford, Trey Williams, Matthew Graham and Larnel Roberts (43.11) were third.

In the Boys Under-20 800m final, Speed Factory’s Jonathan Antoine got the job done to claim gold in 1:55.84 ahead of Cougars’ Jaden St Louis (1:56.46) and Memphis Pioneers’ Myles Jackson (1:57.30).

Shania Le Matrie of Rebirth obliterated her field to win the Girls Under-20 two-lap final, clocking 2:27.92. Trailing almost six seconds later was her clubmate Renata Charles (2:33.21) while Palo Seco’s Denesir Gordon (2:39.55) got the bronze.