A little over 12 hours after one of the most remarkable wins in ‘Champs’ history Wolmer’s Dwayne Extol was still beaming with delight as smiles lit up his face.

The athlete, in his final year, anchored Wolmer’s to silver in the boys’ 4x400m open, but more importantly, to their first win in the Boys’ Championships in 54 years and 100 years after the school claimed the very first title in 1910.

There was high drama in the final hour with Wolmer’s and Calabar locked on 198.5 points entering the final event, meaning the Championships hinged on whichever team finished better in the final race.

“Coach said to us, despite the outcome, you are champions and they believed in us and we believed in ourselves and we knew for a fact that ‘Champs 100’ was ours,” Extol told the Observer.

Extol was a key member of the team, winning gold in the Class One 400m, silver in the 400m hurdles, and silver in the 200m.

He could have won gold in the 200m but eased up close to the line to allow teammate Julian Forte, who had earlier won the 100m title to claim the sprint double.

“Julian had a problem with his hamstring and I could see he really wanted to win and I saw him pushing and pushing and I decided that we would still get the 16 points if I won or he won,” said Extol, as he explained the motive behind the decision.

While some may argue that it was too much pressure having one athlete do so many events, Extol disagrees.

“I didn’t believe it was hinging on me because my role is just as important as the boy who scores two points or one point, so I didn’t feel any pressure at all, I did it because it was fun and I enjoy doing it,” he said.

Team coach David Riley also said the coaching staff is very careful about how they deal with all the athletes.

“We’re the ones coaching Dwayne, we know his fitness level, we know what he is capable of doing, none of our athletes came in injured, none left injured. They’re all healthy and reporting for national duties this week,” he said.

Extol and Riley leave on Thursday for the Cayman Islands as part of Jamaica’s team to the Carifta Games where the youngster will compete in the 400m hurdles.

The sixth former, who says he plans to study Digital Media, has already got offers from eight colleges overseas, including Alabama, Texas Christian University (TCU), University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), Mississippi State, and Florida State University (FSU).

“I think the media controls everything good and bad and I think I can really use my influence,” he told the Observer.

It’s a historic occasion for Wolmer’s Boys’, whose principal, Dr Walton Small, is also president of the Inter-Secondary Schools Sports Association.

“In the beginning we thought there was a conspiracy to get us out and that they wanted to distract us, but we held our own throughout the season, came out victorious and we deserved it,” Extol concluded.