MVP, Holmwood dominate
at Milo/Western Relays

February 9, 2006 - World 100m record holder Asafa Powell was in
swizzing form at Saturday's 28th staging of the Milo/Western Relays
at Catherine Hall complex in Jamaica's second city, Montego Bay.

Anchored by Powell, the world fastest man, the Stephen Francis-
coached MVP raced to an impressive 38.87 seconds clocking to win the
men's Club/Institution sprint relay. The quartet of Olympian Winston
Smith, World 100 silver medallist Michael Frater, Ainsley Waugh and
Powell erased their team record of 39.67, set last year.

MVP also accounted for two more of the 14 records fell on the day.
The male mile relay team, which Powell, ran the opening leg, and the
women's team were also in breaking forms.

The men's team won in 3:13.52 while the women's team, which included
national 400m champion Sherika Williams, won in 3:32.14.

MVP women's 4x100m team, which included world 100m hurdles silver
and bronze medallist Brigitte Foster-Hylton and Olympic relay gold
medallist Sherone Simpson won in 43.46 ahead of G.C. Foster College
(47.01).

In the High School's section, Holmwood dominated. The Christiana-
based school broke four records.

The girls' Class One sprint relay quartet of Anastasia Le-Roy,
Rosemarie White, Sonia Sutherland and Schillonie Calvert, stopped
the clock in a fantastic 44.88 seconds, the best time ever by a
schoolgirl team in that side of the island. This same quartet won at
Penn Relays last year. Vere were second in 46.87 seconds.

In the boys' equivalent, anchor man Omar Brown took his team to
victory in 41.14 ahead of Mannings (42.65) while the girls' 4x800m
team upset Edwin Allen (8:50.30) to win in 8:47.26. The 4x200m girls
also achieved a record in 1:35.74 ahead of Vere (1:37.24).

On the individual side, Edwin Allen's Sherene Pinnock, Vere's
Sharnetter Stewart, and Germaine Gonzales of High Performance
Training Centre (HFTC) were also in record breaking form.

Gonzales, a world junior bronze medallist, ran a superb 45.94
seconds to win the men's individual 400m while Stewart took the
women's title in impressive 52.81. Pinnock, also a world junior
bronze medallist, took the girls' 400m hurdles open in 59.31.

Edwin Allen who won the girls' Class Two 4x100m in 46.13 over
Holmwood (46.97), Mt. Alvernia with victories in the boys' 4x100m
(54.48) and the girls' 4x100m (55.99), also accounted for records on
the day.

Kingston College won five relays. They won the boys' Class Four,
Three 4x100m events in 47.12 and 45.83 seconds respectively. The
North Street boys returned to capture the 4x200m in classes one
(1:26.32), two 1:30.56) and ran 3:15.56 to win the prestige 4x400m
over Holmwood (3:16.19).

Holmwood won Class Two in 43.10 over Mannings, who also did 43.10.

Ocho Rios also secured a record, this in the primary 4x100m with a
time of 55.99.

Kingston College (KC) took the top male school award while Holmwood
walked away with the girls' crown.

MVP's Frater was the most impressive male athlete while Le-Roy of
Holmwood took the female section