Suva Grammar School and ACS have done it again as they successfully defended the Coca Cola Boys and Girls Division titles for the fourth and tenth year respectively.
Looking at the Fijivillage Medal Tally Suva Grammar finishes of their 2010 Coca Cola games campaign with, 10 Gold, 2 Silver, Marist Brothers came in second with 7 Gold, 8 Silver and 2 bronze, Xavier College from Ba came in third with 5 Gold, 3 Silver and 3 bronze.
In the girls division ACS successfully defended their title for the 10th year in a row and walked away with 14 Gold, 6 Silver and 3 bronze, Suva Grammar took second place with 6 Gold, 6 Silver and 1 Bronze, while Napuka secondary from Vanua Levu came third with 4 Gold, 2 Silver and 3 Bronze.
Jubilant Suva Grammar Coach Jone Delai said this year’s win is even more special as the school is celebrating its Golden jubilee celebrations.
And as expected it was an exciting finish to the Coca-Cola games as the senior boy’s 4x100 metres relay where favourites Suva Grammar had to settle for 2nd place.
This is how our commentators Ravi Sharma and Master Mika Kaloucava described the close final.
Suva Grammar Schools Mataiaisi Savou has been crowned the sprint king of school athletics.
This is after he added the 200meters gold to his haul for the 2010 coca cola games.
Speaking after the race Savou said he is happy as he had to overcome a niggling injury to win the event.
Senior girls Champion Paulini Korowaqa also of Suva Grammar took home her second gold medal after claiming the 200meters title. She dedicated the win to her grandmother.
Meanwhile, the first record of Day One was in the Intermediate Boys 400m where Benamino Maravu from Saint Bedes College who ran in a time of 49.01seconds breaking the old record of 49.06sec.
Intermediate Girls High Jump where Suva Grammar=s Diama Maramanikaibau broke a ten year old record and set a new distance of 1.65metres with the old record standing at 1.63m set back in 1998 by Xavier College student Rosalia Raqeto.
In the 3000m where Melaia Bola of wainimaktu secondary took out the Gold, silver going Meresieni Naidau of Nadarivatu Secondary and Laisaini Cawai of Ba Santan College taking Bronze. Meanwhile, favourite and ACS Golden girl Akesa Drotini was not placed in the race.
Earlier results saw nineteen Year Old Amrit Lal of Ratu Navula secondary who took out the gold medal in the open boys 3000m has dedicated his win to his late father who died the same time last year.
Lal said that his dad passed away just four days before the Coca Cola Games last year. Last year, Lal was supposed to take part but decided not to in order to carry out the funeral rites.
However when he passed the finishing line, he knew that his dad would be smiling down on him.
Stay with us as we will bring you more interviews as we wrap up our coverage of the Coca-Cola games.
