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Allen, Morgan, Perry, Horatio dominant at AAG U-23 C/ships

Jun 01, 2010 Sports

By Edison Jefford

Neisa Allen, Alika Morgan, Rupert Perry and Dennis Horatio clearly set themselves apart as the best athletes in Guyana, who are under-23 years, when the Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) held its inaugural U-23 Championships Sunday.
Allen won all the female sprint races while Morgan did the same with the distance events to put the spotlight on them in partially slushy conditions at the renowned local athletics venue, the Police Sports Club Ground.
Allen blistered the field in the final-by-time (the best time wins from a number of heats) races when she won the 100m in 12.80 seconds, leaving Leota Bobb in second with her time of 13.10 and Tiffany Carto third with 13.30 seconds.
The Running Brave athlete then returned to capture the 200m in 26.20 seconds, which left rival, Nadine Rodrigues in second with 27.50 seconds. Carto was again third in this event with her time of 27.90 seconds.
Allen completed her clean sweep when she outclassed Rodrigues’ 1:02.80 time in the 400m race with the best mark of 1:01.70. Royal Youth Movement’s, Shannah Thornhill, finished third in the 400m event with her 1:03.60 time.
Morgan opened her campaign in the 1500m race with an emphatic win against CARIFTA Games’ double gold medallist, Jevina Straker. Morgan ran 5:12.70 to win the event ahead of Strakers’ 5:15.90. Carlissa Atkinson finished third in 5:45.20.
Straker, however, returned to win the 800m race in 2:30.50 with Atkinson second in 2:44.90 and Tisha Grimes third in 2:49.70. Morgan was absent from this race, obviously reserving her energy for the longer female 3000 race.
Morgan won that event in 11:32.30 ahead of Atkinson, who ran 12:20.90 and Teshonna Punch, who returned 12:43.90. The double gold medal performance would have served as useful confidence for Morgan, who is returning to form.
Guyana Defence Force sprint ace, Rupert Perry made good on his promise to shine at the meet when he claimed the male 100m and 200m races, though Guyana’s national U-23 and junior sprint champion, Chavez Ageday did not compete.
Perry won the 100m in a relatively slow 11.30 seconds on the heavy track. Shawn Semple, Rodwell Grant, Jamal Darrel and Teon DeMattos all tied for second with 11.50 seconds as Davin Fraser had the next best time with 11.70 seconds.
The emerging sprinter then blazed the field in the 200m to win in 22.60 as Semple and Patrick King finished second with 23.20 seconds. Grant had the next best time with 23.30 seconds in the closely contested sprint event.
King won the male 400m race in 52.10 seconds with Alton Seaforth taking second with 52.70 seconds. Darrin Harry and Phillip Drayton both had 53.20 seconds as the next best times in the final-by-time race.
Horatio outran an impressive field in the male 1500m race to start his quest for glory. He won in 4:23.80 ahead of Kevin Bayley and Chavez Sital, who had times of 4:29.80 and 4:34.10 respectively.
The national distance athlete then returned to take the 800m in 2:07.80 from Bayley (2:09.40) and Drayton (2:10.50). Horatio also won the 5000m race in 17:20.70 ahead of Nathanie Giddings and Winston Missingher, who had time of 17:22.10 and 17.47.30 for second and third places respectively.
The AAG said that the meet was held to bridge the divide that exists between junior and senior athletes so that juniors will be able to better transition to seniors and seniors U-23 will have athletes that they can compete with locally.

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