GIBSON RELAYS - Calabar racing clock in Class One 4x100m
STUWY77 said
14:12 02/28 2009
Calabar's Ramone 'Batman' McKenzie ... the top sprinter on their Class One 4x100m team.
Anthony Foster, Star Writer
Calabar's Class One sprint-relay team is expected to set the National Stadium track alive at the Gibson Relays this afternoon.
Usain Bolt, the Beijing Olympic Games hero, will be on show, but most of the attention will be focused on the boys from Red Hills.
They look untouchable in the Class One sprint relay. All eyes will be on the clock once the baton gets around.
The team of Ramone McKenzie, Warren Weir, Oshane Bailey and Ricardo Powell should go well below 40 seconds.
Michael Clarke, the team's coach, admitted this team is the strongest on paper.
our strongest class
"I think our strongest class is Class One 4x100m. I think it (winning) boils down to the technical competence of the team and those who are able to keep their heads," he said.
Hubert Lawrence, track and field commentator and expert, easily has the Calabar team in at sub-40.
"This team is definitely faster than the one (Jago) that set the current Gibson record of 40.07," Lawrence said.
"This team is faster. I think they are going to go sub-40 seconds. I think they will run under the Champs record of 39.78," he further stated.
"I think they can run 39.4, 39.5, but for them to run that fast, it would mean two perfect baton passes, better than perfect," he said of the group, most of whom have been running together from Class Two.
St Jago have the Jamaican High School record of 39.78 while Calabar ran 39.80 at the Jamaica International Invitational in 2008, but again, Lawrence, said: "I think they can run faster."
With St Jago not as formidable as last year, St George's College and Holmwood should be Calabar's main rivals in the sprint relay.
Calabar's Ramone 'Batman' McKenzie ... the top sprinter on their Class One 4x100m team.
Anthony Foster, Star Writer
Calabar's Class One sprint-relay team is expected to set the National Stadium track alive at the Gibson Relays this afternoon.
Usain Bolt, the Beijing Olympic Games hero, will be on show, but most of the attention will be focused on the boys from Red Hills.
They look untouchable in the Class One sprint relay. All eyes will be on the clock once the baton gets around.
The team of Ramone McKenzie, Warren Weir, Oshane Bailey and Ricardo Powell should go well below 40 seconds.
Michael Clarke, the team's coach, admitted this team is the strongest on paper.
our strongest class
"I think our strongest class is Class One 4x100m. I think it (winning) boils down to the technical competence of the team and those who are able to keep their heads," he said.
Hubert Lawrence, track and field commentator and expert, easily has the Calabar team in at sub-40.
"This team is definitely faster than the one (Jago) that set the current Gibson record of 40.07," Lawrence said.
"This team is faster. I think they are going to go sub-40 seconds. I think they will run under the Champs record of 39.78," he further stated.
"I think they can run 39.4, 39.5, but for them to run that fast, it would mean two perfect baton passes, better than perfect," he said of the group, most of whom have been running together from Class Two.
St Jago have the Jamaican High School record of 39.78 while Calabar ran 39.80 at the Jamaica International Invitational in 2008, but again, Lawrence, said: "I think they can run faster."
With St Jago not as formidable as last year, St George's College and Holmwood should be Calabar's main rivals in the sprint relay.