K’si Wey Gey Hey, T.I. Amass show class in Ashanti schools athletics

Kumasi Wesley Girls High School (K’si Wey Gey Hey) broke the dominance of T.I Ahmadiyah SHS (T.I. Amass) at this year’s Ashanti Schools Super Zonal Athletics competition at the Baba Yara Stadium in Kumasi.

Wesley Girls High School toppled the perennial winners to win the girls’ competition with 139.5 points as against 136 points by defending champions T.I. Amass, with Kumasi Girls SHS finishing in third place with 88.5 points.

However, T.I. Amass showed strength to claim the top prize in the boys’ competition, followed in second place by Prempeh College and Opoku Ware School who claimed 144, 87 and 57 points respectively.

The well-attended competition, involving 47 schools who competed in 19 events, witnessed one regional record smashed and another equaled.

Farrouk Ameyaw of T.I. Amass equalled a 10-year record of 3.46metres set by Kwaku Nsiah of Kumasi High School in the boys’ pole vault event, while compatriot Rashada Katada set a new record in the girls’ discuss event with a throw of 33.40 metres to obliterate the existing mark of  33.24 metres.

At the end of the competition, Wesley Girls’ Salome Agyemang and Ameyaw emerged as the overall best athletes in the girls’ and boys’ categories respectively.

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