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Jamaica’s juniors ‘gave their all’ – Scott

Published:Sunday | July 24, 2016 | 8:54 PMRaymond Graham
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Collin Reid photo courtesy of Supreme Ventures and Courts Team leader Ewan Scott (right) with coaches (from left) Michael Dyke, Danny Hawthorne and Nigel Harrison.
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Collin Reid photo courtesy of Supreme Ventures Limited and Courts Jamaica Limited Jamaica’s men’s 4x400m relay bronze medal winning team of (from left) Sean Bailey, Terry Thomas, Anthony Carpenter and Christopher Taylor, pose with the national flag after winning the bronze medal at the IAAF World Under-20 Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland, yesterday. yesterday.
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BYDGOSZCZ, Poland:

FOLLOWING the country's top-five finish at the IAAF World Under-20 Championships in Poland, manager of the team Ewan Scott heaped praise on the athletes.

It was the second time in the history of the Championships that the country was finishing in the top five, repeating the feat of 16 years ago in Santiago.

At that championship in South America, Jamaica also won its best tally, eight medals, which was repeated at this year's event in Poland.

"I am indeed pleased with the overall performances. The athletes performed exceptionally well as besides those who won medals, many reached finals, while there were several of them doing personal best in their respective events," he said.

"I think they gave their all despite having some disappointments, where a few performed below par. But they didn't come with that intention, and athletics has its ups and downs and we saw it at this Championships," said Scott.

It was a dreadful first day for Jamaica (last Tuesday) when several of the athletes expected to do well failed to make it past qualifying.

"As we always say to the athletes, life is a learning experience and it's not only about you being down, but what you do when you're down. You get up and be a fighter as you learn with everything that you thought went wrong. It is life trying to teach you a lesson, and you have to take the good with the bad and make the corrections and come again, and the team and the coaches took it in stride," said Scott of their response.

He lauded the one-week camp that was held at G.C. Foster College prior to their departure.

CAMP HELPED

"The camp really helped as the coaching staff was able to get a closer look at the athletes they had to bring to Bydgoszcz, and in so doing, you didn't come to the Championships with any surprise as you had an idea where each athlete was and knew what work to put in and formulate the plans. Also, the camaraderie among the athletes was excellent, and that helped a lot.

"You could see each one supporting each other. That was something to behold, and one example of this was shown at the end of the female 400 metres finals when Tiffany (James), who won the event, was seen on the ground lying down after winning the race due to tiredness and exhaustion and teammate Junelle Bromfield, who finished third, was there taking off her spikes and getting her up."

Immediately after the Championships last night, the entire team left for home. They had a seven-hour drive by bus to Berlin, where they will be separated into three different groups for flights slated to land in Jamaica late this evening.