Field event records can be shattered Sunday at Classic III

May 15, 2012 Sports

By Juanita Hooper

The President’s/Jefford Classic 2011 female Champion athlete, Natasha Alder, will be looking to retain her title when the Classic III gets underway at the MSC Ground in the Mining Town this Sunday from 10am, but will seriously face challenges.
The all-round athlete’s name was recorded as the record holder for four events in the Annual Classic, which was initiated in 2010; those events are Long Jump (2011), Triple Jump (2011), Javelin (2011) and Shot Putt (2010).

Natasha Alder

Alder, who is a Digicel National U-23 and President’s/Jefford Classic II Champion and represents the Police Progressive Youth Club (PPYC), leaped to 4m76cm in the Women’s Long Jump to seize the golden position on the podium ahead of her opponents. She was able to repeat her outstanding performance in the Triple Jump with a 10m05cm leap.
Apart from using her legs, the athlete is also exceptional with her arms when it comes to the Javelin and Shot Putt. Her 39m46cm throw in the Javelin was a first-class performance that allowed her to be Guyana’s present record holder, as well as the record holder of the Classic. She still holds the Shot Putt record for the Classic, which she set in 2010.
But Alder’s records can be seriously threatened with the senior and junior upcoming athletes that have been creating interchangeable storms, ready to script their names in history.
The triple and long jump could be two of her records that will be shattered when her club mates, Alita Moore, Tracey Moses, Marcia Isaacs and Juanita Hooper, along with Running Braves’, Natrena Hooper assemble at the jumping area for the event.
Natrena Hooper and Juanita Hooper were equally impressive at the recent Digicel’s National U-23 Games at the Police Sports Club ground last month. Natrena Hooper separated herself by a centimeter in the Triple Jump from Juanita Hooper to be crowned Digicel’s National U-23 Triple Jump winner with a leap of 11m27cm. Moore, the present U-23 100m champion, was third with 11m22cm.
Moore and Juanita Hooper along Moses recorded great distances in the long jump at the National Youth, Junior and Senior Championship. Talented Moore sprung to 5m33cm while Hooper leaped to 5m32cm as Moses leaped to 5m15cm.
The performances from this group of athletes have all surpassed the current records of the Classic, which leads one to believe that Alder could be firmly challenged as she aims to continue her dominance.

Juanita Hooper

Moses, who lately entered the field event arena of athletics, also jumped her personal best with 5m89cm at the Guyana Defence Force Developmental Meet earlier in the year.
Marcia Isaacs also recorded her personal best at the same meet with a massive leap of 5m73cm, which is the leading mark in Guyana this year.