Jago have big plans for 2012

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St Jago High's girls' coach Keilando Goburn. - file


St Jago High have sent out a warning to rivals at Girls' Championships. The school has
launched a master plan for 2012. In three years the school hopes to pose a serious
challenge for title honours at the championships.

The mastermind behind the plan is head coach Keilando Goburn. "Work is in progress,"
he said. "We are in the vineyard now doing a lot of work, so we are looking way beyond
Champs (2009)."

Challenge
"Champs (2009) is just one part of the journey," he pointed out while adding "we are
doing well in classes Four and Three and we have a number of first year Class Two girls,
so by the time these girls get to second year Class Two, first year Class One, we should
be able to challenge (for the title)," he explained.

However, having said that, Goburn said they would want to finish among the top five
schools at this year's championships.

"Our aim and objective going to Champs is to at least maintain our top five position,"
he said while adding, "the team is very young and inexperienced."

He said about 60 per cent of the approximately 60-member squad is in classes Three and Four.

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Chrisdale McCarthy (right) of St Jago High, one of the bright young stars who could help the Spanish Town-based school win the Girls' Championships title in 2012.

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Chrisdale McCarthy and Shelnel Francis won Class Four 70m hurdles in 2007 and 2008,
respectively, for St Jago. Both are now in Class Three.

At Central Championships, Melisa Williams won the Class Three 100m in 12.33 and was
third (24.94). St Jago also produced the Class Three 1500m winner in Shivel McDonald
and Kelly-Ann Knibb, who had a record throw to capture the discus.

Also in Class Three, Kadesha Haye, Keyanda Henry and Tamoya Walters have shown
potential in the 400m, 1500m and high jump, respectively.

"I am expecting most of my points from class three, right across the board, from the sprint,
middle distances, hurdles and field throughout and then class four.

"I am expecting over 50 or 60 points out of Class Three without the 4x100m," he said.

Rise to the occasion
Georgiana Gordon, second-place finisher in the 200m at Central Champs, and Genekee Leith
are two of the Class Four athletes expected to rise to the occasion by 2012.

In Class Four, he said, "We are not expecting too much, but they should be the next best in
terms of points."

In the higher classes, one and two, Goburn said they are not strong, but said this was due
to migration.

"We lost about five or six quality girls out of Class Two because of migration," he said.


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