The BVIAA season kicks off on Saturday with the Hastings Grant Memorial Meet. Photo: Charlie Jackson/VINO

Top Notch's Nelda Huggins (right) should go in the 200m and Ronique Todman will also hit the mondo track at top speed. Photo: Charlie Jackson/VINO

Also new for the 2013 season, which opens at 10 A.M. on the A. O. Shirley Recreation Grounds, is that three of the five meets on the card will be held on Friday afternoons starting at 5:30 P.M.

The first race in the series kicks off at 10 A.M. on Saturday with the Hastings Grant Memorial, which will be followed by the Tahesia Harrigan-Scott Classic on Jan 25; The Rose Phillips King-Adams Classic is set for Feb 2; and the Johnny Hassan Relays on Feb 22. The series will conclude with the Rey O’Neal Fast Time on March 1 ahead of the National Jr. Championships, which also serves as the Carifta Games Trials on March 9.

As this year is the CAC Age Group Championships, scheduled for Curacao June 29-30, each meet will feature events catering for the 11-12 and 13-14 age groups as they prepare for the multi-disciplined event.

Following is the listing of events in Saturday’s Gatorade/Hastings Grant Memorial Development Series. 

Start time: 10 A.M.
All events cater for males and females.
1. Javelin            - u.15 - open - masters  
2. High jump       - u.11-u.20 
3. 3000M            - open – masters

4. 100/110 Hurdles
5. 150m               - u.9- u.11
6. 200m               - u.13 - open - masters
7. Shot put           - u.13- open- masters. (13-14). (3kg,4kg,5kg)
8. 300/400MH       - u.17 - open
9. 600M                - u.11 - u.13
10. 800m              - u.15 - open - masters
11. Baseball throw - u. 9 - (11-12/13-14)