Straker, Moore shatter records at Boyce/ Jefford’s Classic

Meet Record Run! Alita Moore wins comfortably ahead of Natrena Hooper and Neisa Allen. (Orlando Charles photo)

CARIFTA Games gold medalist Jevina Straker and CARIFTA Games representative Alita Moore shattered records on the second and final day of the IV Boyce/Jefford Classic yesterday.

Before a massive crowd here in Linden at the Mackenzie Sports Club Ground, Straker and Moore clocked 4:56.40 seconds and 58.10 seconds in the Women’s 1500m and 400m finals respectively.

Straker, a two-time gold medalist and athlete of the Running Brave Athletics Club, erased Jenella Jonas’s record of 5:02s with Grenada’a Kenisha Pascal clocking five minutes flat to finish second ahead of Alika Morgan of Rising Stars who was third in 5:10.10 seconds.

Moore, of the Police Progressive Youth Club (PPYC) sprinted home