Daley, Douglas Western Relays’ Junior Achievement honourees

Herbert Morrison Technical High School's Deandre Daley and Muschett High School's Shanoya Douglas emerged Junior Achievement honourees at the Western Relays.

It's not very often that an athlete repeats as the Western Relays honouree, but former Herbert Morrison Technical sprinter Deandre Daley has proven he is not the norm and this is why he is back-to-back male Junior Achievement honouree.

Daley suffered what must have been one of his most fruitless seasons, failing to win an individual medal at the County of Cornwall Athletics Association Western Champs, finishing fourth in the Class One boys 100m, and he failed to get to the final of the event at the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys' and Girls' Athletics Championships, where he was expected to challenge for the gold medal.

Putting all that behind him, Daley qualified for his first World Athletics Under-20 Championships in Lima, Peru, where he made a mark.

After just missing a medal in the individual 100m, Daley ran what has been described as easily one of the best sprint relay anchor leg ever, not just among juniors but by any athlete ever at that level.

Getting the baton in fourth place, Daley sped down the track on a bitingly cold evening and led Jamaica to its first men's global sprint relay gold medal in years, edging Great Britain on the line, with the entire stadium in disbelief.

For that performance, Daley was named the Western Relays male junior awardee for 2025.

REWRITING RECORDS

Few athletes have ever had the impact that Shanoya Mikalia Douglas had in the 2024 season where every weekend it seems she was running faster and faster, rewriting records books and resetting targets.

From her first meet, running 24.16 seconds for the 200m at the JC Sprint Fest on January 5, to recording 55.53 seconds in the 400m and a wind-aided 11.70 seconds in the 100m the next day, she held the attention of track and field fans all season long.

Douglas won the women's 100m at last year's staging of the Western Relays, and would go on to win the 400m final at Western Champs. Also, she was one of the stars at Champs, winning the Class Two 200/400m double.

After placing fifth in the Carifta Games Under-17 200m final in 2023, she elevated herself to being the Under-20 champion last year, winning three gold medals as she was part of both the 4x100m and 4x4oom relay teams.

She would end her very long, but rewarding season with a bronze medal in the 200m at the World Athletics Under-20 Championships and a relay gold medal.