February 19th 2011
Compton Rules Micoud Sports World
By Kendell “Scady” Eugene

The annual school sports meets is one of the ways that students relieve the pressure and daily struggles of classes. It is also a great time and way to promote great house rivalry. That is usually the only time you will find best friends not speaking for an entire day! At Micoud Secondary School’s sports last week Thursday we saw some keen competition and a great showing of house pride as four houses did battle in the field events.
With Inter Secondary School sports on the horizon I was anxious to see which house will be well represented in the games. Representatives from the houses Compton (Red), Clarke (Blue), King (Yellow) and Malcolm X (Green) all brought their best of the track but in the end it was the strongest that came out on top. We will get to that a little later so don’t worry about it. Let’s first start with the medal places of the each division. On a day that wasn’t interrupted by rain the division three males from King’s House seemed determined to snatch away all the medals in the 100m.
Kevin Flavien and Dius Clauzelma took home the gold and silver respectively for King as Kerious James from Compton finished third for bronze. The females however had a different idea as Compton house walked away with the most medals in that division. Gold went to Roxanne Mathurin from Malcom X and Isabel Harris and Kera Donelly won silver and bronze respectively for Compton. In Division Two, Ryan Lewis from Compton won the gold medal and he was followed by Brad Fanus and Pernelle Leonce from King’s House. Reno Francis (King) and Sabiana Antoine (Compton) wrapped up the winners circle for the Division One male and females 100m.
Moving on to the Division Two I couldn’t help but notice that one young lady’s name was on every first place slot that was available. Clearly all who competed against her were no match as St. Lucia’s representative at the Junior Carifta Games in 2009Verlyn Taylor ran out of the George Odlum Stadium a winner of all her individual races which included the 100m, 200m, and 400m. She fended off runners such as Hanna Felicien, Marlissa Augustin, Tina Thomas, Tamara Edward who all hailed from Compton’s House.
Taking a look at the Division three races the tussle between Dius Clauzelma and Kevin Flavien from King’s house was fun to watch and sometimes it was challenge to figure out who would come out with the gold or silver. In the end they shared the same number of gold medals (one) but Dius was able to leave the meet with three silver medals.

The 800m races saw Marvan Joseph (MX) and Desly Francis (Clarke) become winners in Division Three, Brent Jn Baptiste (King) and Tina Thomas (Com) winning Division Two and Kurty Isidore (Clarke) and Darnel Serieux(Clarke) winning in Division One. In the 1500m Sheldon Descartes and Daniel St. Clair (King) came out with gold and silver respectively while Dudley St. Marthe (Compton) settled for bronze. For the ladies, it was Clarke’s Darnel Serieux winning the gold followed by Omiah Charlery(King) and Tarchelle Henry(Compton) placing third.
The relay events really got the crowd worked up as chants of go, go, go, could be heard around the sporting facility. When it was all said and done, 4x100m male division three was won by King followed by Compton then Malcom X, for the ladies Malcom X won the gold followed by Clarke and Compton. Division Two male winner was topped by Compton, followed by Clarke and King. The ladies also saw Compton winning that division and they were followed by King and Clarke. Division One male and female were won by Malcom X.
The final event the 4x400m males Division Three was won by King followed by Clarke and Malcolm X. Clarke won the females races and was followed by Compton and King. Division two male winners were King, followed by Compton and Clarke. The females were topped by Compton house, second was Clarke and third place King House. Division One male and female were topped by Malcolm X house.
Celebrations reached an ultimate high when it was announced that Compton House with 987 points were the Champions for 2011. King who had to settle for second place amassed a total of 945 points, Clarke places third with 832 points and Malcolm X was fourth with 789 points.

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