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STETHS Invitational to be renamed

Published:Saturday | January 27, 2024 | 8:37 PMAshley Anguin/Gleaner Writer
From left: Members of the St Elizabeth Technical 4x800-metre relay team, Odaine Thompson, Rashid Bowen Green, Barrain Smith, and Joqueem Miller, pose with Michael Ollivierre, co founder of the STETHS Invitational track meet after receiving first-place priz
Ashley Anguin
From left: Members of the St Elizabeth Technical 4x800-metre relay team, Odaine Thompson, Rashid Bowen Green, Barrain Smith, and Joqueem Miller, pose with Michael Ollivierre, co founder of the STETHS Invitational track meet after receiving first-place prizes at the meet earlier today.

Organisers of The STETHS Invitational track and field meet have decided on a rename when the annual event occurs next year.

The major meet on the track and field calendar will now be called the Ollivierre/Smith Invitational track and field meet.

The announcement was made earlier today as the meet reeled out tomorrow’s stars at the St Elizabeth Technical High School (STETHS) in Santa Cruz, St. Elizabeth.

Speaking to The Gleaner, Michael Ollivierre, one of the founders of the STETHS Invitational, said he feels extremely honoured.

“We started the meet because of the extreme cost of travelling to Kingston every weekend. We had the immediate support from schools like Manning’s, Kingston College, and Holmwood came after. It was out of necessity and we didn’t know it would grow to this extent,” said Olivierre.

STETHS invitational began in 1983, making this its 40th staging.

Keith Wellington, president of ISSA, principal of STETHS and meet organiser, said Ollivierre and Smith played tremendous roles in the growth of the annual track meet.

“Last year we lost Eldemire Smith just before the staging of the track and field meet. The past students had some discussions about both men’s efforts and the contributions they made. Coming out of that discussion, we made a recommendation that bearing in mind that they both started the meet 40 years ago and their development of the meet, we would name it after them,” Wellington explained.

GraceKennedy is title sponsor of the meet, which had 86 events and 51 participating schools.

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