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Junior athletes storm Carifta Games trials

Mar 16, 2009 Sports

– existing rivalries continue

By Edison Jefford

 

Guyana’s foremost junior male sprinters, Dellon DeAbreu and Triston Joseph persistently continued an existing rivalry yesterday at the Athletics Association of Guyana’s Junior Carifta Games trials, which was held at Enmore.

It was all hype and swagger in the under–20 boys 100m and 200m events where the two top athletes resumed enmity that was brought over to 2009 from the National Schools’ Track and Field competition last year in Linden.

Joseph set the tone for an intriguing battle when he sprinted past DeAbreu in the 100m to win the event in 10.80 seconds. DeAbreu and third placed Okeme Stewart both finished with 11.20 times but DeAbreu clinched second place.

The buzz filled the Community Centre Ground ahead of the 200m finals after Joseph had a more dominant ‘Heat’ than DeAbreu. When the two athletes squared off again in the 200m final, Joseph easily completed his double.

The Royal Youth Movement sprinter won the under–20 boys’ 200m in 22.80s while his main rival, DeAbreu, finished in a disappointing fourth position behind Timothy Doris (23.20s) and Franken Mercurius (23.00s) respectively.

Rupununi’s Ricardo Martin also had a double yesterday with victories in the 800m and 1500m under–18 races. The national junior athlete defeated his nemesis, an out–of–form, Jonathan Fagundes on both occasions at the trials.

Martin won the 800m in 2:06.00 ahead of Fagundes’ 2:06.40 in a closely fought contest while Delon Grandison (2:11.20) was third. He returned to take the 1500m in 4:45.50 in front of Stevie Petrie (4:46.90) and Chavez Sital (4:47.70).

Tiffany Carto easily won the under–18 girls’ 100m in 12.80 seconds while Deja Smartt finished second in 13.00s and Maliyka Francois third in 13.30s. Carto did not hesitate to place her name among the athletes that won two events.

She came back and sprinted her way to the pole position in the 200m event in a time of 26:80s ahead of Ianna Graham and a surprisingly unfit, Shannah Thornhill that had times of 27:10 and 27:40 respectively.

Roxanna Rigby (25.70) won the under–20 girls’ 200m in front of the emerging Mercedes Forde (26.00) and Nadine Rodrigues (27.00) while Letitia Myles claimed the under–18 girls’ 400m in 1:02.20 ahead of Jevina Straker and Thornhill.

However, Straker returned in the 800m event to surprise Janella Jonas for a win in 2:26.0 in a heated sprint down the homestretch. Jonas notched up 2:27.60 for second while Tisha Grimes finished third in 2:42.30 in the race.

Chavez Ageday was victorious in the under–18 boys’ 100m in 11.00 while Cortez Fraser (11.10) and Jumoke David (11.40) were second and third. Andre Josiah defeated Ageday and Fraser in the 200m in the same age group.

Josiah ran 23.50 for the win while Ageday and Fraser returned 23.80 and 24.20. The meet was held to shortlist athletes for the upcoming Junior Carifta Games. The list of potential athletes will be released following deliberations.

 

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