Manchester High's athletes are playing catch-up following their slow start in preparations for 2010 GraceKennedy Boys and Girls' Athletics Championships.
But despite this, the team's coach, Jerry Holness, said they want to continue Central Jamaica's top-four dominance at the championships.
"We started out slow," he said, pointing to the school's only field, which had to be shared between track and field and football. Holness said the slow start was due to the fact that the football team reached the final of the daCosta Cup competition, losing to St Elizabeth Technical on December 3.
"They were occupying the field until way down in November, so most of our preparation work started late and now we are trying to play catch-up," he explained.
Asked how far they were behind, Holness, who is also an IAAF lecturer, said, "About three weeks behind, but we are not the only school with that problem, so we just have to move on and continue."
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