St Theresa held on to win the 2025 St Joseph’s Convent athletics championships, fighting off a strong push from Blessed Anne. After the track finals on Thursday at the Daren Sammy Cricket Ground, the girls in yellow and black ended with 650 points, and Blessed Anne came up just short with 631. St Anne had 540, and Maria Goretti 504.
Going into the final day, St Theresa had a commanding lead, compiling 311 points from the road race, fun sports, and field events, and holding a 45-point advantage on Blessed Anne.
On the track, Blessed Anne dominated with 367 points, just ahead of St Theresa with 339, but it was enough to retain the 2026 title.
Leading the campaign for St Theresa was Imara-Marie Fadlien-Fevriere, winner of the Division 3 100m in 13.6 seconds, and the 200m in 28.5 seconds. She led her teams to victory in both relays as well. Theresa’s Breyanie James ran 1:19.5 for the 400m, and Aniyah George was a double champion setting records of 1:55.2 and 3:45.5 in winning the 800m and 1000m for Blessed Anne.
Destinee Cenac was even more dominant in Division 1. After setting a record for high jump during field events competition, the CARIFTA silver medallist ran 12.7, 27.7, and 1:15.0 to win the 100m, 200m, and 400m for Blessed Anne, before leading her team to victory in the 4x100m. National Under-17 football LeNeese Robinson took 800m gold in 3:11.3 for Maria Goretti. Earnilia Mathurin grabbed the 1500m for St Theresa in 6:35.6.
In Division 2, Rio Louison won the 100m (14.1) for Blessed Anne. Second in that race was Kee Fontenard, who went on to win the 200m in 30.5 seconds for St Anne. Louison came back for the 400m win in 1:07.2. Earnilia Mathurin got a second gold medal, 3:00.9 for first place.
Blessed Anne star Kimaura Francois captured the Division 4 100m and 200m in school-record times of 13.3 seconds and 27.3 seconds. Miracle Isaac, 100m bronze medallist, ran 1:10.8 to win the 400m. Karen Dagana took silver medals in all three sprints. Aniyah George ran 2:45.5 for gold in the 800.
First-former Skai Sammy helped prop up Maria Goretti with wins in the Division 5 80m (10.7) and 150m (20.0). She had previously set a division record for shot put. Jennniah Albert took the 300m in 49.55 seconds for St Theresa. And national swimmer Sapphire Parks won the 600m in 1:55.2, breaking the record set last year by Aniyah George.
Physical education teacher Michael Annius told St Lucia Times that as defending girls champions at the inter-secondary competition, SJC has been working hard since last September, with the goal of lifting the Island Champs trophy for a third straight year.
“We stress on preparation, not a month or two months before the event, but by the beginning of the year,” Annius explained. “So we had athletes training on compound, we have sessions during lunchtime, and we also have our regulars who train weekly after school.
“It was evident that it would have been competitive, and it was today. So I am really happy about that, and looking forward to Inter-Sec.”
Annius added: “Everyone is coming for us, we know that. And like I said, we have been preparing. And it’s all about coming out big, coming out strong to retain our championship.”
