Smaller team ... but Titchfield aim at bigger target

AFTER dominating the male section of the Eastern Athletics Championships, amassing 367 points to beat nearest rivals Oberlin High by over 150 points, Titchfield High School's head coach Kerron Grant is hoping to take that momentum into the ISSA GraceKennedy Boys' and Girls' Athletics Championships.

Grant, who is in charge of both the male and female teams at the institution, is hoping that his male team, which finished 15th overall with 22 points, and his female team, which failed to score a single point, will show improvements this year.

"This year we will be carrying a smaller team to the Championships and we are definitely looking for a big improvement, especially among the boys who are highly motivated. We definitely want to score more points and we are also hoping that the girls can pick up some points too," said Grant, whose female team finished third at the Eastern Athletics Championships.

Asked how difficult it is to work with both programmes, his response was: "In the past I used to work with the boys by themselves and the same with the girls, and working with both teams together now is not that difficult, as working with each separately has given me the experience, as it is a different motivation for each," he said.

Grant also spoke about the strength of his male team.

"We have a few champions, especially in the jumps from the Eastern Athletics Championships, who are young and motivated, and we have a good team in the middle distance, especially in the 800 metres. To add to that we have some quality in the sprints, and those are the areas we expect to get most of our points from," said Grant.

Grant is also asking fans to come out and support both teams at the Championships.

"Well it is Titchfield, which is always competitive, and with coach Grant at the helm you are always going to get good results," he said.