Anthony Minott, Gleaner Writer

Bridgeport HIGH School's Jazeel Murphy is on pace to break Yohan Blake's three-year-old Class Two boys' 100 metres record of 10.34 seconds.

Murphy, who hails from the community of Spanish Town, St Catherine, ran a blistering 10.42 seconds to win the Boys U-17 100m at the CARIFTA Trials at the Stadium East, last week, leaving in his wake second place runner, Munro College's Omar Cummings (10.75) and Wolmer's Boys' Odean Skeen, who clocked 10.78 seconds for third place.

Impressive margin

The victory margin is 0.33 seconds, which is quite impressive for a sprint race. He ran in a positive 1.1 m/s wind, which is a legal reading.

Murphy's time is 0.11 seconds faster than the time of 10.53 seconds, which Kemar Bailey-Cole of Old Harbour High did to win the U-20 boys final.

Murphy ran 22.54 seconds in the 200m final in negative 5.1 m/s wind to complete the sprint double.

Murphy's 100m achieve-ment is somewhat mind-boggling, since he is just 15 years old and still learning the techniques in sprinting.

It is really scary as his coach, Carl Page, disclosed that he can run even faster.

"I think he can run faster. He has more in him because he slowed down to beat his chest with about five metres to go in the 100m race," Page disclosed.

Weak start

Page added that Murphy's only weakness is his start.

"He needs to work on his start because he had to run and catch his main competitors, but he still won easily," Page admitted.

Murphy will be in pole position when the trumpet sounds and the ISSA/Grace-Kennedy Boys' and Girls' Championships takes place at the National Stadium, April 1-4.

The CARIFTA Games record of 10.34, held by Herbert Morrison's Dexter Lee in 2007, is also in danger of being broken.