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May 20, 2008 Sports

–Guyana’s Powell stuns 200m field

By Edison Jefford
Saturday night he was complaining about a heel–spur but said he wanted to run Sunday to prove a point after a miserable 10.42 seconds third place finish in the Men’s 100m on the opening day of the Hampton International Games in Trinidad.

United States of America–based Guyanese sprinter Lee Powell was the lone hope for his country in the Men’s 200m on Sunday after compatriot Rawle Greene was led into falsely believing that he did not qualify for the half lap event.

Powell seemed to have taken offence to the fact that his long time friend was falsely omitted from the race when he turned in a blistering 20.98 seconds in a legal -0.4 miles per second wind that stunned those gathered at the Hasley Crawford Stadium.

The Beijing Olympic Games hopeful fulfilled his intention to win in excruciating heel pain. He proved his point while Trinidad’s Rondell Sorillo (21.05s) and Suriname’s Jurgen Theman (21.42s) had to settle for second and third places respectively.

Guyana’s Derwin Eastman was awarded a place in the race owed to the absence of Greene. Eastman, however, chased the flock throughout the race for a disappointing eight place in 22.82s.

Greene was summoned late to compete in the event, which forced him to inform officials that he was not prepared to run. He had qualified for the race in 21.42s Friday night but when the list of finalists was released Sunday, Greene’s name was omitted.

Alika Morgan added another silver to her cache (she had placed second in the 1500m on day one) in a valiant effort for the women’s 3000m race; it came down to the wire with Antigua’s Kenryca Francis giving chase down the backstretch and Morgan trying to contain her with the little energy she had left.
Both athletes dipped at the finish line then briefly recovered to gaze intently at the electronic clock that bordered the end mark on the track. When the results flashed on the screen it was Francis that came out on top with 10:36.64s while Morgan was given 10.36.66s.
Janella Jonas was in the lead pack of four with 300m to go in the race but could not keep the pace that ensued thereafter. She was dropped but tried to run back in the race with 150m left–a tactic that cost her more than she bargained for.
In the end, Trinidad’s Shermin LA Salda in 10:37.82s came home third while Jonas (10:40.00s) obviously put out all that she had left. The top athlete, whom Hasley Crawford gave running shoes to in 2006, collapsed at the finish line; hours after she recovered.
Jonas had earlier won the under–17 girls’ 800m with a time of 2:18.27s. Trinidad’s Marissa Gale and Dawnel Collymore finished second and third in that order in times of 2:18.33s and 2:25.54s.
Following his bronze medal in the under–17 boys 1500m on day one, Jonathan Fagundes continued to exhibit excellent progress in the 800m race; the diminutive middle distance athlete ran a personal best time of 1:59.53s to place second.
Trinidad’s Anthony Mascall won the race in a torching 1:56.64s while Guyana’s Ricardo Martin finished third in 2:01.02s. Martin, a national schools’ record holder, told Kaieteur Sport later in the afternoon that he experienced pains in his feet throughout the tour.
Royal Youth Movement’s Jarvina Straker struck gold for Guyana in the 800m girls under –15 race with a winning time of 2:25.18s, which knocked Trinidad’s Dominique Williams (2:25.21s) and Antigua’s Jewel Lewis (2:27.89s) into second and third respectively.
Jermaine Pilgrim picked up his first individual medal, a bronze, from the men’s one mile race. Pilgrim ran 4:24.59s that put Lionel D’Andrade, fourth in 4:26.76s, out of contention. Jules LA Rode won the race in 4:22.47 while Clifton Sylvester (4:24.54) was third.
In total, from a fleet of about 45 athletes, Guyana won 11 individual medals while the count from the relays is yet to be tallied. Some athletes were expected in Guyana yesterday.

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