Taylor ... willing to return the medals because he was not a 'cheater'.
EIGHT ATHLETES who participated at the 2004 and 2005 Boys Athletics Championships will benefit from upgraded medals.
This is because Triston Taylor, who ran as an over-aged athlete over the past three seasons, has returned all four medals won during that period.
"He has returned his medals, voluntarily," Clement Radcliffe, president of the Inter-Secondary Schools Sports Association (ISSA), confirmed to The Gleaner.
In an interview with The Gleaner that was carried in the Saturday Sports Special last October, Taylor said he was willing to return the medals because he was not a "cheater".
In 2004, Taylor won the Class Three sprint double 200m in 22.81 seconds and 100m in 10.92, beating St. George's College's Khorey Spalding in both events.
DOUBLE GOLD MEDALLIST
Thus, Spalding has been elevated to being the double gold medallist. In the 100m he clocked 11.32 and 23.01 in the 200m.
Kingston College's (KC) Andre Peart (11.33) who finished third in the 100m and fourth placed Kemar Brown of Camperdown (11.38) will pick up silver and bronze medals respectively.
Calabar's Demar Ricketts, who ran 23.37 for third in the 200m and fourth-place May Day's Marlon Hanson (23.52), are promoted to the silver and bronze medals positions.
This also means that Calabar have received three additional points to their 192 tally, which now takes them to 195, six behind champions KC, who picked up an additional one point.
At last year's Champs, Taylor placed second behind KC's Cawayne Jervis in both sprints in 10.81 seconds and 22.17 respectively.
Glenmuir's David Dunn (10.96) and Winston Barnes of JC (11.01) will now be promoted to the silver and bronze medal positions in the 100m Class Two boys' division.
Dunn (22.26) will pick up a second silver in the boys' 200m, while Rusea's OD Thompson (22.42) will be awarded the silver.
Meanwhile, ISSA is also slated to decide whether Central High will be allowed to take part in any ISSA-run competition this season.
When asked of the possibility that the school could face punishment, Radcliffe said: "I prefer not to say".
However, under ISSA rules, schools found to be in breach of the eligibility rules could be suspended.
Since 2003, Central High have entered athletes in wrong classes to compete at Champs.
In a Gleaner investigative story published in October, it was disclosed that at least six boys ran in wrong classes at last April's Champs.
