Toco Secondary School walked away with the top co-ed school title following the awards ceremony for the 2010 Ministries of Education and Sports and Youth Affairs National Secondary schools Track and Field Championships. The event, which involved over 100 secondary schools took place at the Hasely Crawford Stadium, Mucurapo, last month. The presentation of awards took place at the Athletes' Lounge of the stadium on Friday, where Toco (North East) earned 380 points to finish ahead of Scarborough Secondary (Tobago) on 290 and third was St Joseph Convent (PoS) 135. Contributing to Toco's win were Shane Hector, who was named the top athlete in the Boys Under-14 age group and Cherisse Murray, the top performer among the girls in the Under-17 division.
Queen's Royal College (QRC) took the top boys school award with 103.5 points. Leading the way for the Royalians was recently crowned Carifta 110 and 400m hurdles gold medalist Jehue Gordon. Gordon won three gold medals in the Boys Under-20 110m and 400m hurdles together with the 400m races to be named joint victor Ludorum with Nicholas Douglas of Mason Hall Secondary (Tobago). Douglas won the Boys Under-15s 100m, 200m and Long Jump gold medals. St Joseph Convent (PoS) won the girls schools award with 135 pts. Gabriela Cumberbatch contributed to St Joseph Convent's success by winning the Victrix Ludorum title. Cumberbatch had victories in the Girls Under-20 100m hurdles, 400 and 100m races.
The 17-year-old returned from the 39th Carifta Games in the Cayman Islands with gold girls Under-20 4 x 100m relay run, silver- 4 x 400m relay and bronze in the 400m Hurdles. Gordon, Douglas and Cumberbatch each won laptop computers for their efforts. The feature speaker of the awards ceremony was president of the T&T Olympic Committee Larry Romany, who congratulated the athletes on their achievements. He said: "Within your grasp is the opportunity to put T&T again on the map. You are the shining stars, the beacons of hope for this country". Ruth Marchan, youth officer of the Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs, in bringing greetings said the Ministry was seeking to "move away from administrators and coaches concentrating of competition.
"We are really, indirectly, encouraging all sports servicing bodies to put their investment into the athletes by having some sustainable programme in place that would benefit the athletes with their holistic development."
HONOUR ROLL
March Past Winner
St Benedict's College�Victoria
Champion Athletes Girls
Under 14: Jeunice Maxime–
Bishop Anstey High School, POS & Environs
Under 15: Portious Warren–
St Augustine Secondary, St George East
Under 17: Cherisse Murray–
Toco Secondary, North East
Under 20: Gabriella Cumberbatch–
St Joseph's Convent
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Champion Athletes Boys
Under 14: Shane Hector–
Toco Secondary, North East
Under 15: Nicholas Douglas–
Mason Hall Secondary, Tobago
Under 17: Wayne?Bonaparte–
St Benedict's, Victoria
Under 20: Jehue Gordon�QRC, PoS & Environs
Champion Schools
Junior Girls–Toco Secondary
Junior Boys–Scarborough
Senior Girls–Toco Secondary
Senior Boys–Queen's Royal College
Female Only–St Joseph's Convent, POS
Male Only–Queen's Royal College
Female Overall–Toco Secondary
Male Overall–Toco Secondary
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Victrix Ludorum:
Gabriella Cumberbatch–
St Joseph's Convent, POS
Victor Ludorum:
Jehue Gordon–Queen's Royal College, POS
Nicholas Douglas–Mason Hall Secondary, Tobago
Champion District–To be decided