Lyssons Primary Won 3rd Consecutive INSPORTS/Devon Biscuits Eastern Championships Title 2024
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Lyssons Primary School of St Thomas continued their dominance of the INSPORTS/Devon Biscuits Primary Schools Eastern Championships, winning their third consecutive title in impressive fashion by a massive 128 points at Stadium East on Friday.
Lyssons amassed 274 points and were well clear of Harbour View who finished second for the second year with 146 points. Lawrence Tavern with their best showing were third on 139.5 points ahead of Half-Way-Tree with 132 and St Richard’s rounding out the top five on 128.5 points.
Lyssons, who are also the All-island champions, walked away with $350,000 with second-placed Harbour View of St Andrew collecting $250,000. Lawrence Tavern also of St Andrew received $200,000. The fourth to 10th-placed teams each got $100,000.
On a day when a plethora of records were broken, four boys shared the overall Champions Boys title with 18 points each. Davere Walker and Mickoloy Saunders of Lyssons were joined by Samir McLarty of George Headley Primary and Joshua McWilliams of Lawrence Tavern, who all walked away with $30,000 each.
Arianna Lewis of Half-Way Tree Primary was the overall Girls Champion with 18 points. She broke the class three 150m record for the second time at the meet. On Thursday she ran 21.25 seconds in the heats and went faster in the final clocking 21.13 seconds.
Up next will be the Central Championships starting on Monday at the GC Foster College for the parishes of St Catherine, Clarendon, St Ann and Manchester. Spanish Town Primary are the defending champions.
