#GLNRChamps: Taylor dominates 200m but misses record attempt

Calabar High School’s Christopher Taylor and Anthony Carpenter were head and shoulders ahead of the rest of the field, as they grabbed a quinella in the Class 1 Boys 200m final at the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls' Athletics Championships at the National Stadium in Kingston, this afternoon.

Taylor, chasing Usain Bolt’s Champs record of 20.25 seconds set in 2003, took off from his block and easily pulled away from the rest of the pack very early on as he crossed the line in 20.35 seconds, with team-mate Anthony Carpenter, who had a slight limp in the final 40m of the race, getting across the line in second in 20.92 seconds.

The Calabar duo clocked their personal bests with those times. They were followed by Jamaica College’s Ryiem Robertson, third in 21.12 seconds.

Kingston College's Adrian Kerr set a new record in the Class Three boys 200m final in 21.69 ahead of his teammate Bouwahjgie Nkrumie, 21.74 and Calabar's Lavoughn Douglas, 22.52.