Juniors share spotlight

Published: Sunday | July 5, 2009


JAMAICA's juniors were also among the medals on Friday at the US Open World Martial Arts Championships in Orlando, Florida, with black belts Tashauna Grannum of Campion College and St Andrew High's Maya McKay both getting third in girls 14-15 continuous fighting.

Other continuous fighting junior medallists on Friday were:

Brian Chambers (silver, nine and under all ranks boys); Joneal Crawford (12-13 advanced girls); John Lindo (gold, 12-13 advanced boys); Delano Francis (bronze, 12-13 advanced boys); Shanel Chisholm (gold, 14-15 advanced girls); Calabar's Oshane Murray (gold, 16-17 advanced boys); Jamaica College's Akeem Lawrence (silver, 16-17 advanced boys); Jamaica College's Dominic Young (bronze, 16-17 advanced boys); Wolmer's Phillip Malcolm (silver, 16-17 intermediate boys); St Andrew High's Jasmine Barrows (silver, 11 and under all ranks girls); Adrian Moore (bronze, 18-29 advanced men, over 165lb); and Wolmer's Javal Dunn (silver, 18-29 intermediate men, under 165lb).

Juniors medalling in weapons on Friday were:

Matthew Miles (bronze, tra-ditional weapons seven and under intermediate boys and girls); Jason Francis (bronze, eight-nine inter-mediate traditional weapons boys and girls); Michael Roache (silver, 10-11 boys and girls advanced traditional weapons); Larissa McLaughlin (silver, 10-11 boys and girls intermediate traditional weapons); Felicia Salmon (gold, 14-15 boys and girls advanced traditional weapons); Shanel Chisholm (silver, 14-15 boys and girls advanced traditional weapons).