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AAG NATIONAL YOUTH, JUNIOR & SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIP…Bollers astonishes Ageday and James in 200m
– Championship continues today
University of Guyana student, Elton Bollers alienated himself from
Shawn Semple celebrates after winning the men’s 400m ahead of Patrick King and Trevor Scotland.
CARIFTA Team athletes, Chavez Ageday (21.30s) and Stephan James (21.50s) in boy’s junior 200m, blasting to a superb 21 seconds to leave the spectators and athletes in the pavilion at the Police Sports Club ground astound when the Athletic Association of Guyana (AAG) National Youth, Junior and Senior Championship got under the starters orders.
Police Progressive Youth Club (PPYC) Tiffany Carto (25.20s) won the girl’s junior 200m ahead of Guyana Defence Force Tiffany Smith (25.50s) in the absence of her major rival, Letitia Myles.
PPYC, Shawn Semple shocked his opponents in the senior’s 400m after clocking 50.10 seconds leaving Patrick King (50.20s) and Trevor Scotland (50.90s) to battle for the other two positions on the podium.
Quacy Simpson of Mercury Fast Laners (MFL) and Natricia Hooper of Running Brave (RB) won their 400m in the youth category in 53.30 seconds and 1:00.4 seconds respectively.
The 100m women’s saw sprint queen, Alicia Fortune (RB) repeating her superb performances for the year in 11.60 seconds ahead of her club mate Neisa Allen (11.80s) and PPYC Akelia Alves (12.30s). GDF’s Akeem Stewart won the men’s version in 10.60 seconds ahead of PPYC’s Terry Easton (10.80s), Keith Roberts (11.10s) while Tevin Garraway separated himself from the field in Youth 100m clocking10.80 seconds.
Jevina Straker (Junior 800m-2:18.70s), Andrea Foster (Youth 1500m-5:10.50), Nathaniel ‘Brother’ Giddings (Junior 5000m-16:47.20s), Ornesto Thomas (Youth 1500m-4:25.40s), Devon Barrington (Junior 800m-2:05.60s) and Alika Morgan (Senior 5000m-19:03.40s) won their middle distance events in their respective categories.
In the field events, Juanita Hooper of PPYC leaped away with the senior Long Jump covering a distance of 5m32cm ahead of her club mates, Tracy Moses (5m15cm), Cindy Fraser (4m96cm) and Latoya St Hill (4m95cm).
Elton Bollers, 200m junior boy’s winner.
PPYC’s Alita Moore (Junior) and Ieasha Parris (Youth) also won their jumps in 5m33cm and 4m82cm.
Leon Bishop of GDF bounded to 6m81cm in the men’s Long Jump ahead of Patrick King’s 6m73cm and Quincy Payne 6m53cm leaps; Samuel Gray’s 5m82cm leap led him to first in the youth category, while Joven Wright won the junior boys jump with a leap of 5m04cm.
PPYC conducted clean sweeps in the throw when Shiekele Scott (SP-9m26cm), Clarence Greene (D-33m51cm), Latoya Rodney (D- 26m68cm) and Julio Sinclair (D-45m63cm) launched their throws in the Shot Put (SP) and Discus (D).
The Championship continues today at the same venue from 11am with what is expected to be mouth watering action for the spectators.
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