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Rupununi’s Wilson beats Straker again
Rupununi’s Doretta Wilson (left) bursts through the finish line in the 1500m Girls U-18 race to upset Junior CARIFTA Games gold medallist, Jevina Straker (trailing)
-Tasher blazes field for new 200m record
Rupununi’s Doretta Wilson defeated double CARIFTA Games gold medallist, Jevina Straker for the second time in the 2010 National Schools’ Championships yesterday and Ashley Tasher sent tongues wagging after a fiery 200m that set a new record.
Wilson broke from Straker on the bell-lap and that was it for Straker, who tried her best to catch the athlete that had beaten her Tuesday morning in the 10km Road Race. Wilson now has two up on Straker from three battles in the Schools’ Championships.
The District Nine athlete completed the race in 5:09.3 with Straker behind on 5:10.4. Potaro’s, Clothilda Thomas was third in 5:33.1. It was one of the highlights of last evening; the other was Tasher’s phenomenal performance in the U-14 Girls’ 200m.
Tasher ran 25.9 seconds, which was faster than the U-16, U-18 and U-20 times, leading the field for 20m to set a new record in the event. Her time will replace the 2007 Letitia Myles and 2009 Deja Smartt joint U-14 Girls’ 200m schools’ record.
Trevon George won the U-18 Boys’ 200m in 4:31.3 with Devaugn Barrington second in 4:32.3 and Malcolm Walcott third in 4:33.4. Melissa Byass won the U-16 Girls’ 800m with Josephina Williams in second with Onecia Bacchus third.
Ornesto Thomas won the U-16 Boys’ 1500m in 4:34.4 while Kevin Paul was second in 4:39.8 and Calvis Saul in 4:41.8. Upper Demerara’s Travern Datson won the U-20 Boys’ 1500m in 4:28.3 with West Coast Berbice’s Kariem Aaron in second with 4:30.7 and Essequibo Coast’s Desmond Amsterdam third in 4:33.6.
South Georgetown’s, Tisha Grimes won the U-20 Girls 1500m in 5:33.6 with Rupununi’s Susan Ignacio second in 5:35.0 and Upper Demerara’s, Arnecia Benjamin third in 5:50.0 before all the attention was turned to the 200m finals under floodlights.
National junior sprinter, Chavez Ageday got a close call in the U-18 Boys’ 200m when he out-leaned Stephan James to win the event in 22.7 seconds. James had 23.0 for
second while West Demerara’s Carl Tudor was third in 23.3 seconds.
Upper Demerara’s, Keyandra Zephyr won the U-18 Girls’ 200m from Natasha Joseph and rival, Letitia Myles in 26.7 seconds; Joseph ran 26.9 seconds for second while Myles completed had a time of 27.4 seconds. Myles had won the 100m contest.
Carwyn Collins won the U-20 Boys’ 200m in 22.7 seconds beating Winston Caesar into second in 23.0 seconds. Tiffany Carto won the U-20 Girls’ 200m in 26.7 seconds with Ebony Nelson in second with 27.1 seconds and Leanna Fields third in 28.1 seconds.
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