WHYTE

Former Jamaica junior athlete Celia Whyte logged a hat-trick of wins at the weekend's National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Indoor Championships held at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas.

Whyte, along with former St. Jago athlete Suelyn Pilliner, who won the women's high jump, helped Essex to win the female section of the Championship with 138 points ahead of South Plains (102.5), Cowley County (95) and New Mexico (83).

Dwight Mullings and Patrick Lee were also winners.

Whyte, formerly of Holmwood Technical, but now attending Essex, won the 800m event in 2:20.54 and returned to run 3:04.37 to beat her teammate Alexandria Condell (3:04.84).

Whyte, who won her third gold medal as part of Essex's 4x400m relay team, finished seventh in the one mile, running 5:29.09.

Pilliner of Essex won the women's high jump with a leap of 1.65m while Mullings took the 400m in 47.33 seconds ahead of Rashaud Johnston of Florissant Valle (47.40).

Lee of South Plains took the men's 60m in 7.94 seconds ahead of Glenn Fowler of Wallace State (7.98).

Mullings (21.65) was fourth in the men's 200m event, which was won by Teddy Poole of Hutchinson (21.40).

Kemar Ennis (1:19.33) was also fourth in the men's 600m event, which was won by Jarrel Warren (1:17.27) of Butler County.

Two Jamaicans - Ennis, formerly of St. Jago and former Holmwood student Stafford McFarlane - were members of Essex's winning 4x800m relay team in 7:48.01.

In the women's 400m, former Queen's High athletes, Melony McKay (57.26) of Essex and Crystal Wilson (58.00) of South Plains, finished third and fourth respectively.

Former St. Jago student Deidra Harrison, now representing New Mexico, was seventh in the event in 58.88.

McKay was fifth in the women's 600m in 1:36.97.

- Anthony Foster