Welcome to Champs 2024 as your XLCR Eagles attempt to make history....
Excelsior has a great legacy in local high school athletics, and indeed in sports in general. This stems from the inception of the school and the vision that founder, Hon A. Wesley Powell had for his school. He saw the benefits to both individual students as well as to the school in participating in various extra curricular activities such as sports including track and field athletics.
Under his leadership Excelsior achieved many firsts in local high school athletics:
The first coed school to enter what was then Boys Champs - 1952
The first coed school to win boys Champs - 1960
The first School to win both Boys & Girls Champs - 1960 & 1970
The first school to win Girls Champs 4 consecutive years - 1970 to 1973
The second Jamaican high school to win a Penn Relay Championship of America Title - 1967
During this golden era of Excelsior athletics the school produced many great sprinters, winning 6 Champs Boys Class 1 sprint relay titles between 1959 and 1969. However the “Age Men” as they were then known have only produced 2 athletes to win the short sprint at Champs - Noel Mitchell (1960 & ’61) and Canute Godfrey (1972). While the Boys from Antrim have never won the Class 2 title.
In exactly 7 days time the finals of the Blue riband event, the 100 metres will take place at Champs - Champs Thursday to be precise. This season The XLCR Eagles has some of the finest sprinters in the land and certainly the best short sprint squad at XLCR in 8 years, resulting in the school being ranked no. 2 in the Class 1 Boys 4x100mR and No. 1 in the Class 2 equivalent, on the JAAA/ISSA Qualifying Trials Ranking list.
Today we present three of Eagles sprinters that are expected feature at Champs 2024:
Damor Miller - Class 1
Lennon Green - Class 1
Malike Nugent - Class 2
Damor Miller
Damor Miller - National Junior representative - Pan Am Junior Championships 2023; XLCR 100m Class 1 record holder with 10.4 clocking in 2023; Penn Relays Boys International 4x100mR Champion; currently ranked 10th on the ISSA/JAAA National 2024 Rankings list in the 100m.
Age: 19 years
Hometown: Kingston
Team: XLCR Eagles
Grade: 13 (Upper 6th Form)
Academic Honours: Passes in 5 CSEC & 4 CAPE Unit 1 subjects A consistently good student who performs well across all subject areas. His Class Teacher describes him as "a pleasant and cooperative student."
Academic Goals 2024: Attain good passes in all 4 CAPE Unit 2 subjects enrolled.
Athletic Events: 100m; 200m; 4x100mR;
Athletic Accolades: Penn Relays Champion; Corporate Area Champs medallist; PUMA East Coast International Showcase medallist.
Athletic Goals 2024: Achieve PBs of 10.2 and 21.0 in the 100m and 200m respectively while medalling at Champs.
Role Models: His brother Andel, and Andre DeGrasse Motivator - his motherGeneral Interests: Video Games, Cooking, Music Appreciation & Travelling
Interesting Note: When Damor arrived at XLCR as a Class 3 athlete he said that he was going to break his brother, Andel Miller's school records. He's now the 100m record holder but still to top Andel's 200m 20.90 clocking from Champs 2017.
Damor
Lennon Green
Lennon Green - Penn Relays Boys International 4x100mR Champion; currently ranked 7th on the ISSA/JAAA Class 1 National 2024 Rankings list in the 100m. Also plays central defence on the school's Manning Cup football team.
Age: 19 years
Hometown: Kingston
Team: XLCR Eagles
Grade: 11 (5th Form)
Academic Honours: A consistently good student who performs fairly well across all subject areas. His Class Teacher is impressed with his maturity.
Academic Goals 2024: Attain good passes in all CSEC subjects enrolled, and matriculate to college on an athletic scholarship..
Athletic Events: 100m; 200m; 4x100mR;
Athletic Accolades: Penn Relays Champion; PUMA East Coast International Showcase medallist.
Athletic Goals 2024: Achieve PBs of sub 10.2 and 21.0 in the 100m and 200m respectively while medalling at Champs.
Green
Malike Nugent (l)
Malike Nugent - the find of the season. With a 10.50s 100m clocking he's ranked 7th on the World Athletics U18 Season Top List and 2nd in the 100m Class 2 on the ISSA/JAAA National 2024 Rankings list. Corporate Area 100m Boys Class 2 champion. Silver Medalist in the U17 Boys 100m at the 2024 JAAA Carifta Games Trials
Age: 15 years
Hometown: Kingston
Team: XLCR Eagles
Grade: 10 (4th Form)
Academic Goals 2024: Attain good passes in all CSEC subjects enrolled, and matriculate to college on an athletic scholarship..
Athletic Events: 100m; 200m; 4x100mR;
Athletic Accolades: Corporate Area Champion
Athletic Goals 2024: Achieve PBs of sub 10.4 and 22.0 in the 100m and 200m respectively while medalling at Champs.
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The ISSA Grace Kennedy Boys and Girls Athletics Championships, takes place from March 19 to 23, 2024 and can be viewed live, daily on TVJ and TVJSN in Jamaica and on 1spotmedia.com internationally.
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