Maggotty High’s Jayden Brown held off a late challenge from the Calabar duo of Alejandro Palmer and Carlos Brison-Caines to win the Class Three 800 metres at the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls’ Athletics Championships at the National Stadium today.

Brown, who led almost the entire race, clocked 2:01.85 minutes, with Palmer doing 2:01.90 and Brison-Caines doing 2:02.10.

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