How the heck are they so fast? More importantly, does it matter?

The scent of ganja hangs in the air like some Doctor Bird with no place to go. The sun is disappearing behind the grandstand, but the day's stifling heat remains. The fans, clad in their respective team colors, cheer and jeer; the boys taunt and the girls flaunt.

This is the Boys and Girls Championships - the biggest event each year on the Jamaican sporting calendar.

The western Caribbean island is nestled under Cuba and threadbare Haiti - a proximity that allows for the relatively free passage of drugs and guns between the former English and French colonies.