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Linden’s Ceaser hopes to inscribe his name in jump records
The President’s/Jefford III Classic this Sunday at the McKenzie Sports Club ground, Linden, will be one of great anticipation, in both Track and Field events as Guyanese athletes engage in keen rivalry on the 300m perimeter track from 10am.
The Lindener’s will have something to cheer for and talk about again when Parrish Cadogan, Winston Ceasar and Marlon Moshette compete in the field events, Long and Triple Jump. 
Cadogan, a junior athlete and also Inter-Guiana Games (IGG) Triple Jump bronze medalist, is President’s/Jefford Classic current record holder for the Triple Jump. The jumper was one of the athletes that produced one of the best performances last year in the field events when he bounded to 13m73cm.
For this year, Cadogan has been frequently leaping 13m in the Triple jump. Cadogon a 2010 CARIFTA Games athlete, can be in for some ill-treatment from his own club mate, Winston Ceasar in the Triple Jump.
With Caesar being one of the most persistent athletes in the Triple Jump for the athhletic season, Cadogon’s 13m73cm record can be broken. For the year, Caesar has held his head above the waters in the Triple Jump to remain unbeaten with his massive leaps of which no other competitor has surpassed.
The aggressive athlete, who stated to this publication that he has all intention of winning both of his main events on Sunday, achieved his personal best in the Triple Jump (14m51cm) on the very ground that he trains on daily (McKenzie Sports Club ground). That leap was made at the Upper Demerara Developmental Meet.
Caesar also stated that he will be looking to break the record which Leon Bishop of the Guyana Defence Force Track Club has since 2010, “I am focused. I have my mind set for the competition and on that day I will not be partaking, but I will be performing in my events.”
The 6m72cm record, which was logged two years ago, can be broken by not only Ceasar but by other local athletes such as Ryan Scott, Parrish Cadogan, Patrick King, Quacy Payne and even Troy Williams.
Bishop will be in for one of the greastest challenges in his jumping career as the event will be the most competetive one at the Classic for the field events with such strong jumpers whichh have been interchanging positions on the podium.
Bishop faced a suprising defeat from his club mate, Ryan Scott in the Long Jump at the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Developmental Meet at the GDF ground. Scott’s 6m98cm leap was just 2 centimeters from 7m. Bishop best leap for the year was at the Upper Demerara Developmental Meet. His 6m89cm jump clearly allowed him to defeat his rivals, Parrish (6m75cm) and Ceasar (6m72cm).
Joint Service Long Jump gold medalist, Patrick King, was second to Bishop with 6m73 at the National Youth, Junior and Senior Championship; Quacy Payne one of GDF’s top jumpers was third 6m53cm, to make it a cleansweep. (Juanita Hooper)
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