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Berkeley take top honours

Photograph by Blaire SimmonsCatch me if you can: Clevonte Lodge, 17, of Berkeley Institute, wins the Senior Schools’ 200 metres final in the Bermuda School Sports Federation Track and Field Championships at the National Stadium.

The Berkeley Institute were crowned champions at the Bermuda School Sports Federation Track and Field Championships at the National Stadium.

Berkeley won comfortably with 572.50 points. Saltus Grammar School claimed second place with 449 points with CedarBridge Academy finishing third with 422.50 points.

Two athletes shared the title of Under-16 girls’ champion. Taylor Hines from Bermuda High School was victorious in the 200 and 400 metres, while finishing second in the 100.

Brijette Basden won the 100 and the high jump but finished second to Hines in the 200.

Clevonte Lodge from the Berkeley Institute left everyone in his wake win the 100, 200 and 400 to finish as the Under-16 boys’ champion.

Cameron Coffey from Saltus won the discus and javelin, while finishing third in the shot put. Quincy Kuzyk from Somersfield Academy coasted to victories in the 3,000 and 1,500 and finished third in the discus.

Two female athletes also shared the Over-16 girls’ champion title without claiming any gold medals.

Inshan-Nae Smith, of CedarBridge Academy, finished second in the high jump, long jump and 200, while Lynsey Palmer, of Saltus, finished second in the 3,000, 1,500 and 800.

The only record broken during the two-day meet came when Brianna Mendes from Bermuda High School won the 3,000 in a time of 11:40.42. She also won the 1,500.

The Berkeley Institutes Elisha Darrell won the Over-16 boys title. He won the long, triple and high jump.

Fellow Carifta qualifier Johndell Cumberbatch from Saltus Grammar also had an impressive medal haul with wins in the 3,000 and 1,500 and finished second in the 800 behind Berkeley’s Aaron Jacobs.