Elton Tucker, Assistant Editor - Sport

It should be a day of records at today's 32nd running of the prestigious Gibson Relays at the National Stadium.

The island's leading track and field high schools are on top of their form in the run-up to today's meet and, with the GraceKennedy/ISSA Boys and Girls Championships just three weeks away, there should be some top level performances.

Action begins at 9:30 a.m. with the heats of the high school boys 4x400 metres.

Fourteen records were broken last year, with two of the best runs coming in the sprint relays for men's and women's institutions.

The High Performance Training Centre, led by Usain Bolt, clocked a very good 38.70 seconds while the women from MVP Track Club got down to 43.28 seconds.

With the best of the MVP club, including world 100 metres record holder Asafa Powell and Sherone Simpson, away in Australia, those two records may remain in the books after today's races.

Real fireworks

The real fireworks are expected in the high school events. St Jago High's Class One boys sprint quartet are all set to become the first high school team to go below 40 seconds at the relay carnival.

This same quartet - Yohan Blake, Nickel Ashmeade, Rykert Hylton and Andre Walsh - went through the 40 seconds barrier at Boys Championships last year and should obliterate the Gibson Relays mark of 40.07.

Calabar's Class Two sprinters, led by Earl Lee, are also tipped to break the 41.04 mark they set last year.

With Holmwood Technical coming to fire from all cylinders, a number of records should also be broken in the high school girls events.

"I think once the baton goes around we should break the Class Three and Class Four girls sprint relay records," Holm-wood's coach Maurice Wilson warned earlier this week.

Edwin Allen High, with a number of sprinters having international junior experience, are also capable of breaking the 44.57 girls' Class One record set by Holmwood in 2005.

Entrance fees for today's meet are grandstand, $700 and bleachers, $100.