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Youth, Junior, Senior athletes go on show from today
– as AAG host tripartite Championships this weekend
Guyana’s Youth, Junior and Senior athletes will go on show today when the Athletic Association of
Andrea Foster
Guyana (AAG) hosts its tripartite Championships at the Police Sports Club ground, Eve Leary from 10am. The competition will continue tomorrow.
The National Youth, Junior and Senior Championships will feature numerous top track and field athletes from various clubs across the ‘Land of Many Waters’. Spectators will have a grand treat, which is as a result of the AAG registering maximum athletes.
CARIFTA athletes, Andrea Foster, Stephan James both of Running Brave Athletic Club (RBAC), Tevin Garraway of Police Progressive Youth Club (PPYC), Chavez Ageday of Rualites Track Club (RTC), Davin Fraser of Guyana Defence Force (GDF) and Samuel Kaitan will be looking to set the track ablaze when they assemble at the start line for their respective races.
Foster, who clocked 4:57.28 seconds in the girl’s under-17 1500m in Bermuda at the CARIFTA Games to earn a bronze medal, will look to continue that form. The talented middle-distance athlete was also victorious in the recent LinWest Games, winning a gold medal in Berbice at the Blairmont Estate Ground in the1500m in 5:19.2 seconds.
The athlete should be at ease when she competes in her races after stomping her authority a few weeks ago in Linden at the McKenzie Sports Club ground when Upper Demerara Track Club hosted the third Developmental Meet on the 300m perimeter ground.
Foster took a double win in the 800m and 1500m against her rivals, Adama Roberts, Janella Jonas and Cassie George of Linden.
Kaitan will be adding steam to the track when he clashes again with Linden’s Nathaniel ‘Brother’ Giddings who won the 5000m at the LinWest Games in 16:35.5 seconds. Kaitan the relaxed Amerindian runner placed fifth at CARIFTA Games in the 5000m in 16:54.64 seconds.
The 18 years old runner will be looking to defeat Giddings in the 5000m for the third consecutive time once ‘Brother’ does not put up a stern battle.
Garraway, the only sprinter on the CARIFTA to qualify for the 100m and 200m finals will be ruling the track in the youth category as he dusts his opponent in the sprint dashes.
Chavez Ageday
Ageday and Fraser will be igniting the track as well, in the 100m and 200m, while James will be reminding the 400m athletes in the junior category that he’s the best.
The lineup for the junior 100m and 200m will see Letitia Myles of the GDF, Alita Moore and Tiffany Carto of PPYC battling while Tirono Mitchelle of Mercury Fast Laners and the Daniels sisters of Running Brave Athletic Club will be competing fiercely for the top position in the youth category.
Winston Caesar of Upper Demerara School Athletic Track Club will be looking to dismantle the track and alienate Patrick King (11 seconds) in the 100m after running 11.02 seconds to earn second place behind him.
Shawn Semple of PPYC will try to cop the top position in senior category in the 400m while his club mate, Kevin Bailey who took two easy victories for the year in the men’s 1500m in 4:18.6 seconds (Guyana Defense Force ground) and 4:11.9 seconds (McKenzie Sports Club ground) will be looking to repeat his performance when he collide with Tyshon Bentick and Winston Missigher.
CARIFTA gold medalist Jevina Straker will be looking to remain on top in the distance races against her rivals.
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.
Juanita Hooper will be looking to remain as the triple jump winner in the senior category after leaping away with the event since the athletic season started. Tracy Moses who recently started the field events will try to intimidate Hooper, her training partner in the triple and long jump. Moses recently leaped 5m89cm in the long jump at the Guyana Defense Force ground at the second developmental meet to win gold.
The senior’s men long jump will be one of interest when Guyana Defence Force boys Ryan Scott, Leon Bishop and Quacy Payne (GDF) clash with PPYC Troy Williams and Upper Demerara’s Winston Ceasar.
The gigantic built Juilo Sinclair will be taking advantage again in the Shot Put in the senior category to continue his undefeated spree for the year.
This meet will be a gauge for athletes who are eligible for the upcoming National under 23 Championship which will be held at the Police Sports Club ground the following Sunday, 29 April. The Championship was won by Police Progressive Youth Club last year.
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