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Ageday to redeem himself
Chavez Ageday will be looking to redeem himself at the National under-23 Games Sunday at the
Chavez Ageday
Police Sports Club ground, Eve Leary after facing a shocking defeat from University of Guyana’s student, Elton Bollers which left spectators and athletes dumbfounded.
The defeat from the 19 years old athlete, who once ran for Royal Youth Movement (RYM) in its glorious days in athletics, came as an underdog in the junior 200m boys last Saturday at the Athletic Association of Guyana (AAG) National Youth, Junior and Senior Championship to send out a threat to his rivals.
Bollers’ blast out of the blocks from lane 7 saw him taking charge of the field to remain unchallenged until Ageday and Stephan James woke from their slumber to shift gears when 50 meters was left to decrease the lead which was created.
The two top sprinters were unable to seize the race as Bollers flew past the finish line clocking 21 seconds leaving them in disbelief.
In Guyana, Bollers 21 second on grass is listed as the fourth fastest time in the 200m sprint; Rupert Perry of Guyana Defence Force, 20.2 seconds is the fastest.
Chavez however attained some victory in the 200m after beating his rival James, who’s now second on his athletic rival list. Chavez of Ruralities clocked 21.30 second to leave James, who won the AAG CARIFTA Trials under -20 boy’s 200m, in third place.
Ageday, one of the CARIFTA Team athletes, who is rated as the best junior sprinter, was unable to qualify for the finals in the both 100m and 200m in Bermuda over the Easter weekend. Being one of the athletes the AAG have a lot of hope in, he registered 10.69 seconds in the 100m and 22.15 seconds in the 200m in the preliminary rounds.
His performances for the year in the 200m can be termed as inconsistent judging the high level of exposure attained at the AAG Developmental Meet (1) he returned a time of 22.00 seconds, at the AAG CARIFTA Time Trials he registered 21.5 seconds and clocked 22.15 seconds on Synthetic Track at the CARIFTA Games.
Ageday who clocked 21.30 seconds at last Saturday’s Championship in the 200m will get another chance to prove that he is on par with, or even better than the AAG National Junior 200m gold medalist when they clash again at the National Under23 Championship.
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