Battles continue on All Fools Day in Linden

Mar 28, 2012 Sports

– juniors and seniors to clash once events are in open category

By Juanita Hooper
The battle for supremacy continues Sunday at the McKenzie Sports Club ground when Upper Demerara

Jevina Straker

School Track Club hosts the third Developmental Meet on the 300m perimeter ground on All Fools Day.
The ground where spectators witnessed last year’s President/Jefford Classic will be on fire again when the guns from various athletic clubs clash again to make their name when events get under the starter’s orders and when the officials signal the commencement for the field events.
The lineup for the women’s 100m will see Letitia Myles of the Guyana Defence Force Athletic Club, Alita Moore, Tiffany Carto and Leota Bobb of the Police Progressive Youth Club (PPYC), Tirono Mitchelle of Mercury Fast Laners and the Daniels Sisters of Running Brave Athletic Club just to name a few.
Last Sunday, Alicia Fortune of Running Brave stormed to a splendid 11.6 seconds in the women’s 100m at the Guyana Defence Force Developmental Meet after recovering from an injury sustained last year while training.
The track queen took over the lead 20 meters before the finish line to overtake PPYC Alita Moore, who had separated herself from the group from the start of the race. Moore clocked 12.1 seconds and settled for third when CARIFTA team athlete, Letitia Myles bolted to the line to clock 11.9 seconds.
Carto clocked 12.2 seconds behind Myles (12.0) in the 100m a few weeks ago when the Athletic Association of Guyana (AAG) hosted their CARIFTA Games Trials at the Police Sports Club ground.
Once all races at the upcoming Developmental Meet are run in the Open category, then the women’s 100m and even 200m will be an interesting when the senior and junior athletes vie for supremacy in the absence of the current sprint queen who will be departing for Trinidad and Tobago tomorrow for the Falcon Games at the Dwight Yorke Stadium.
The two junior athletes, Myles and Carto were the only two female for the year that clocked below the 25 seconds barrier in the 200m; Carto who missed the AAG qualifying standard in the 200m (24.9 seconds) clocked a new personal best time in the event after trying to close the gap Myles (24.3 seconds) created after powering off the 200m.
The male version of the two sprint races (100m and 200m) will see rivals trying to alienate their opponents on the track. Winston Caesar of Upper Demerara School Athletic Track Club will run his second 100m for the year according to his coach Sham Johnny. The talented athlete in the field events (long and triple jump) ran 11.02 seconds to earn second place in the men 100m at the AAG Developmental meet. Patrick King of GDF took the top spot in the event in 11 seconds.
Sensational Chavez Adegay a CARIFTA qualifier clocked 10.2 seconds in last Sunday’s Developmental Meet, GDF’s Akeem Stewart and

Letita Myles

Jermaine Newton shared the other two top positions in times of 10.4 seconds and 10.6 seconds.
Stephan James and Shawn Semple of PPYC will collide again in the 400m, while the Hooper sisters (Natricia and Natrena) and GDF’s Tiffany Smith will meet when the race gets underway.
Kevin Bailey, who took his first easy victory for the year in the men’s 1500m in 4:18.6 seconds, will be looking to repeat his performance when he and Nathaniel ‘Brother’ Giddings collide at the start line. Devon ‘Scooby’ Barrington and Giddings who were not present at last Sunday’s Meet ran 4:18.6 seconds and 4:18.8 seconds respectively.
CARIFTA gold medalist Jevina Straker showed that she was a force to be reckoned with in the 1500m when she outsprinted, CARIFTA Team athlete of Running Brave, Andrea Foster to take a trouble-free win in a time of 4:56.6 seconds. Foster was second with 5:04.2 seconds ahead of Cassey George’s 5:08.7 seconds.
PPYC will try to continue sweeping most of the field events when the Long Jump, Triple Jump, Discus and Shot Put get the officials signal for commencement.
The girls (Juanita Hooper, Alita Moore, Marcia Isaacs, and Tracey Moses) did clean sweeps in the Triple and Long Jump intimidating the other competitors. IGG gold medalist Hooper leaped to 10m94cm in the triple jump ahead of IGG triple gold medalist Moore’s leap of 10m81cm, teammate Marcia Isaacs jumped 10m64cm to take third place.
Tracey Moses sprung to an impressive 5m89cm in the Long Jump, while Isaacs and Hooper leaped 5m73cm and 5m21cm respectively.
Guyana Defence Force boys Ryan Scott, Leon Bishop and Quacy Payne (GDF) will contest against PPYC Troy Williams, Upper Demerara’s Winston Caesar, Marlon Moshette, Bevon Nobel and Paris Cadogan in the Long Jump. Scott took the top spot on the podium with a best leap of 6m98cm, Leon Bishop and Quacy Payne leaps of 6m84cm and 6m63cm were second and third. Scott also won the Triple jump after bounding to 13m27cm ahead of PPYC’s Williams (13m18cm) and Marvin Teniss (11m58cm).
PPYC’s males duplicated the females’ clean sweep in the Discus with Julio Sinclair, Cordell English and Shaquille Scott throws of 39m49cm, 31m55cm and 27m22cm respectively.
This meet will be a gauge for athletes who are eligible for the upcoming National under 23 Championship which is slated for Police Sports Club ground on April 29. The championship was won by Police Progressive Youth Club last year.