#Penns2022 | STETHS jumper on a high after win

• Published date: 30 April 2022

With the disappointment of failing to make Jamaica's Carifta Games team still fresh in mind, newly crowned Penn Relays high jump champion, Dejone Raymond of St Elizabeth Technical High School (STETHS), says the win has lifted his confidence and he will now push for a spot on the World Under-20 team for this year's championships in Cali, Colombia

Raymond won the Championship of America event in a new personal best mark of 2.05 metres, erasing his previous best of 2.00m. Kingston College's Aaron Lawrence, who has jumped 2.13m this season, finished third with a mark of 1.99m. Damarion Potts from South Brunswick New Jersey was second with also a mark of 19.99m. However, Potts was awarded the second place after achieving the mark on his second attempt.

The 17-year-old Raymond, who finished in the event at the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls' Athletics Championships, told The Gleaner that his victory yesterday will be a massive springboard for him heading into the Junior Trials in June.

"This will improve my confidence for the National Junior trials," said Raymond. "It will help me to see where I am at with my jumps going into the trials.

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