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Schools Track and Field Championships which concluded at the National Stadium yesterday.The Pembroke school walked away with all but the Boys Under 13 section -- where they were beaten by two points.

Schools Track and Field Championships which concluded at the National Stadium yesterday.

The Pembroke school walked away with all but the Boys Under 13 section -- where they were beaten by two points. Their overall score of 356 easily outpaced runners-up Warwick Secondary who could only muster 244 points.

Four more records were set yesterday bringing the total to five for the two days of competition as Ayana Smith had earlier lowered the mark in the 3,000 metres.

Cal Dill's 100 metre mark of 10.8 seconds which had stood since 1974 was eclipsed by Devon Bean of Warwick Secondary. Bean, who recently returned from the CARIFTA Games, dashed home in a time of 10.64 narrowly beating St.

George's Secondary's Dean Bailey by two hundredths of a second in an exciting photo-finish.

Bean also won the 200 metres.

Another CARIFTA athlete, Stephen Woodley also got into the act as he pulled out a leap of 45 feet in the Under 15 Boys triple jump which was one and a half inches better than the previous best of 44' 81 '' by Clarance (Nicky) Saunders.

Woodley, who attends Warwick Secondary, was not so fortunate in the high jump as school mate Rohaan Simons turned the tables on him, breaking the record of six feet two and three-quarter inches set last year by Woodley. Having collected a gold medal at Simons' expense at the CARIFTA Games Woodley was favoured but he was no match for Simons this day as he cleared six feet four inches compared to six feet three by Woodley.

Among the girls Bermuda High School's Jarita Dill shattered the Under 13 mark of 62.8 previously held by Angela Knight, shaving over a second off that time as she ran away from the field to finish in 61.37, six seconds ahead of the second place finisher.

"Outstanding! Simply outstanding!,'' is how Bermuda School Sports Administrator Clint Smith summed up the two day event.

He said that the support given shows that there is still a lot of interest in track and field although the sport has been in somewhat of a decline in recent years.

"This year it seems that we have started to bring back the former prominence that track and field used to hold.

"We can see the atmosphere, support and performances all improving at once which is good for the sport.'' Smith had high praise for all the organisers, officials, parents and students.

THEY'RE OFF! -- The race is on in the U15 Boys 100 metres at the National Stadium.