THERE were upset wins in both boys 100-metre finals on yesterday’s first day of the JAAA/Supreme Ventures National Junior Trials at the National Stadium as the race for places on the national teams for two major Junior championships later this year.

Odail Todd of Green Island and Herbert Morrison’s Everton Green were winners as they penciled their names on the lists for the IAAF World Youth Championships and the Pan-Am Juniors.

Todd won the Under-18 race, beating Youth Olympic gold medallist Odean Skeen in a slow 10.81 seconds.

Running into a strong head-wind of negative 4.5 metres per second, Todd came from behind to catch Wolmer’s Boys’ athlete Skeen as both crossed the line together, with Jevaughn Minzie of Bog Walk High in third place.

Skeen, who ran a personal best 10.41 seconds two weeks ago, clocked 10.84 seconds, but was upbeat after the race, saying he did what he set out to do.

Todd, who will start favourite to win his favoured 200m today, said he used yesterday’s race to get him ready for today.

CARIFTA Under-20 100m champion Jazeel Murphy, who has a World Youth leading 10.27 seconds, watched the race from the stands, recovering from an injury, but told the Sunday Observer he was well and would be back to sprinting soon.

Herbert Morrison’s Clarke was “very excited” after winning the Under-20 race in 10.99 seconds into a negative 4.2 miles per second wind.

St Elizabeth Technical’s (STETHS) Chadic Hinds was second and Nathane Mitchell-Blake of Jamaica College (JC) third.

National Junior record-holder and World Junior leader Traves Smikle struggled with this technique before uncorking a 61.16m throw on his last attempt to win the Under-20 boys discus throw.

Smikle, who won the CARIFTA Games Under-20 and Penn Relays High school titles in late April, had three fouls and a best throw of 59.06m coming into the last throw.

Fedrick Dacres, who threw 62.17m to win the Under-18 section earlier in the day, was second in the Under-20 section with 52.84 section, while Emmanuel Oniya was third in 47.07m.

Despite winning the Under-18 high jump with 2.10m, equalling his personal best, Wolmer’s Christophe Bryan’s season is over as he is too young to take part in either of the two meets later in the year.

The CARIFTA Games Under-17 winner is 15 years old and according to the rules governing both the IAAF World Youths and the Pan-Am Juniors, he has to be at least 16 years old to take part.

The news will come as a disappointment as while he was aware of the age restrictions for the IAAF event, he had his eyes set on the Pan-American Juniors.

In an interview with the Sunday Observer, Bryan said he was “satisfied” with the effort yesterday as he had equalled his personal best and won the event.

Javarn Gallimore of JC won the Under-20 boys 400m hurdles in 52.03 seconds, passing STETHS’ Jamie Demps over the last hurdle with Orwell Maylor of Wolmer’s third.

Javon Ashley of Wolmer’s won the Under-18 section, beating Alex Willis of Morant Bay High.

St Jago’s Robert Thomas won the Under-18 Boys 1500m in 4 minutes 18.28 seconds, just ahead of the Calabar High pair of Tevaughn Thomas and Carlton Reid.

The Under-20 race went to Kingston College’s Rajeek Rochester, who outsprinted Bellefield’s Oraine Wint to win in 4 minutes 07.81 seconds.

Earlier in the day, Wint won the 5,000m Under-20 boys in 16 minutes 14.69 seconds, beating Holmwood Technical’s Kemar Jackson.

In the morning session, Keniel Grant of Kingston College won the Under-20 boys long jump with a massive wind of 7.0m per second pushing him to 7.30m.

Old Harbour High’s Orneldo Thomas was second with 7.06m (3.5m/s) with Munro College’s Adam Cummings third with 6.88m (4.6m/s).