Long jumper Amani Phillips wins KC's first gold at 2025 Champs
Published:Wednesday | March 26, 2025 | 3:34 PM
Defending champions Kingston College (KC) claimed the first gold medal up for grabs at the 2025 ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls Athletics Championships through Amani Phillips, who won the Boys Class Two long jump final earlier Wednesday.
He took the title with with a mark of 7.15 metres.
St Elizabeth Technical’s Rodeeki Walters took the silver medal with his final jump of 7.09 while Excelsior’s Michael Graham rounded off the podium with 7.02.
KC left the final with 14 points in total as their next competitor Omarion Miller finished fourth with his best effort of 6.84.
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