Anthony Foster, Freelance Writer

Calabar's Warren Weir (left) gets the better of Kingston College's Keiron Stewart (centre) in the Class Two 110m hurdles final at the National Stadium last year at Champs. In a close finish, Weir clocked 13.92 seconds to beat Stewart, 13.93. - Ricardo Makyn/Staff Photographer.

The rivalry between top urban schools Kingston College (KC) and Calabar continues at today's third annual Douglas Forrest Invitational Meet at the Stadium East complex, starting at 9:00 a.m.

Kingston College are the reigning high schoolboys champions but many expect them to be challenged even more seriously this year by Calabar, who they beat by only a few points last year.

Jamaica College (JC), Wolmer's Boys, Camperdown and St. Jago are the other schools expected to shine on the day.

The girls cannot be left out as the Raymond 'KC' Graham-coached St. Jago, a four-time champion, Queen's, Immaculate, Wolmer's Girls, St. Andrew High and Akpha resume their battle on the girls' side.

New Events

Six new events, the 5000m for boys and 3000m for girls, along with the 4x800m relay, the 70m and 80m hurdles for Class 4 and 3 girls respectively, along with the 200m for Special Olympic male and female athletes, have been added to this year's meet.

The organisers expect the number of competitors at this year's meet to surpass the 2,500 athletes who entered last year.

The event, which has attracted JPS, Digicel, GM Challenger, Colgate, National Meats, Western Union, GraceKennedy, Tru-Juice, Sherwin Williams, Pepsi, Petcom, HD Hopwood, JMMB, Best Dressed Chicken, Juiciful, Ensure, Gatorade, Red Bull and Singer as its sponsors, will welcome an 18-member team from The Bahamas and 14 from the Cayman Islands.

Meanwhile, in keeping with tradition, they have also gone for some Olympians to interact with the young athletes.

Americans Lee Evans, John Carlos and Mel Pender are some of the stars set to grace the third renewal of the Douglas Forrest Invitational Meet with their presence.