ST Joseph's College made a triumphant comeback to inter-school athletics by winning the boys' overall championship and the Grade A title at the Division Three Athletic Competition (HK Area) recently held at the Wan Chai Sports Stadium.
St Joseph's athletic squads displayed stamina throughout the three-day competition to score a 223-205 victory over title-contenders St Paul's College on the final day. St Louis School was third with 189.5 points.
The school's crucial success was due to their late surge in winning the 4 x 400 m relays. In the Grade A category, the St Joseph boys had to overcome strong rivals South Island and Rosaryhill to take the gold in 3 min 42.70 sec.
St Joseph boys proved their strength again in the Grade B event, beating St Louis and Rosaryhill in 3 min 54.86 sec.
St Paul's only took the Grade C 4 x 400 m relay and finished a shock second to HK Tang King Po College in the 4 x 100 m relay.
All eyes were on St Paul's Ku Wai-ming, the territory's fastest runner. He breezed past South Island's Kelvin Auon in the 100 m and 200 m, with respective winning times of 10.96 sec and 22.35 sec, but failed to set new inter-school sprinting records.
In the Grade A 500 m, Rosaryhill's Cheung Yat-hang finished the gruelling race in 19 min 4.37 sec, beating St Joseph's Wang Chun-chieh and Yu Chun Keung's So Chi-wai.