Headquarters takes the lead in Day 1 of Police Athletics Championship

Jul 25, 2012 Sports

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– Guyana on 68 points in A Class category

By Juanita Hooper
Guyana’s Trevor Scotland, along with fellow lawmen yesterday afternoon at the Police Sports Club ground, outclassed their rivals in the ‘A’ Class category of the annual Guyana Police Force Athletics Championships before an average crowd which included Guyana’s local 400 meters Olympic qualifier, Winston George and the President of the Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) Colin Boyce, who is also a part of the Police Force.

Scotland running the Men’s 800 meters ‘A’ Class finals clocked 2:01.5 seconds on the 400 meters track to secure the golden position on the podium after switching gears from the 300 meters mark of the race to beat S. Manson of Trinidad and Tobago (2:05.3 seconds) and N. Nicholas of Antigua and Barbuda (2:08.3 seconds). This race also featured Dennis Horatio and Shawn Semple who were both unable to medal after lagging behind of the race from the start.
Keith Roberts was also another athlete in the Men’s ‘A’ Class Long Jump finals to give Guyana a gold medal after colliding with the other International athletes who were obviously no competition for the 100 meters sprinter.
Roberts last leap of 5m99cm denied Antigua’s jumper, Clarence Francis bound of 5m62cm to take the top spot. Middle distance athlete, Larry Josiah was brave enough to step out of his category to fill in the field events to secure a bronze medal with 5m27cm.
Creating an upset in the field events was ‘A’ Division athlete Cindy Fraser who sprung to a personal best distance after constant leaps of 4 meters for the athletic season in the Women’s Long Jump. Fraser took the event with a 5m21cm jump ahead of crowd favourite, Tracy Moses of Head Quarters, who leaped to 4m98cm. Tandica Burgess also of Head Quarters took third place with 4m97cm.
Headquarters Troy Williams had a walk in the park with his opponents in the Men’s ‘B’ Class Long Jump with his 6m55cm leap, leaving Desmond Nicholas and all rounded athlete, Trevor Benn battling for the remaining podium positions. Nicholas (6m16cm) showed he was the better athlete for the day than Benn (Country) who leaped to a poor 5m10cm.

Natasha Alder brushed aside the Trinidadians in the Women’s Discus finals with her powerful toss of 32m59cm. N. Thomas and O. Philips were second and third respectively with throws of 28m75cm and 27m56cm.
Headquarters continued to dominate in the field events when Yoel Benjamin captured gold with 30m4cm, ‘A’ Division Kevis Mendonca settled for third with 28m22cm to prevent a one-two win by Headquarters. Clarence Greene was third with his best throw of 27m62cm.
President/Jeffords Classic Male Champion athlete, Julio Sinclair simply took what was his (gold) in the Men’s ‘A’ Class Discuss with 43m21cm ahead of Michael Pollydore (36m50cm) and Ronald Payne (35m56cm).
Eva Harry took the Women’s 3000 meters finals in 12:58.8 seconds ahead of Samantha Williams and Donna April with her powerful homestretch sprint.
Janelle Jonas, Tracy Moses and Shannon Thornill will be battling in the Women’s 400 meters on the final day of the competition for the first place. Jonas running for ‘A’ Division clocked 1:04 seconds to take the event ahead of Nadine Rodrigues (1:05.5 seconds) who is presently nursing and injury. Tracey Moses was third with 1:06.8 seconds.
Thornill, who is not fully fit, still clocked 1:05.9 seconds in heat two ahead of Akelia Alves (1:07 seconds) and Tenisha Punch (1:17.6 seconds).
Mandela Collins, Nigel Bryan, Kevin Bayley will clash in the Men’s 400 meters finals on the last day of competition (Friday) after qualifying for the event with 54 seconds, 56.1 seconds and 56.2 seconds respectively.
The Men B Class 100 meters Finals, which is also slated for Friday, will be keenly contested after yesterday throw-down which transpired between Derwin Eastman who defeated Trevor Benn in the 100 meter dash.
After day one events, the points standing are as follows: ‘A’ Class (International) – Guyana 68, Trinidad and Tobago 32 and Antigua and Barbuda 14. ‘B’ Class (Local) – , Head Quarters 94, ‘A’ Division 58, ‘B’ Division 36 and Country ‘19’.
Meanwhile, Kevin Scott and the little bullet Tevin Garraway will face off today in the Youth Club 200 meters finals. Scott, Police Youth Club defending Championship athlete in a brief interview boldly stated that he is not troubled by Garraway’s pace since he believes that he can pull off the win in the race. Garraway’s athletic season can be described as outstanding for a junior athlete who has been creating a storm on the track in the absence of Rupert Perry and Quinse Clarke.
The competition is expected to start at 10am with the Women’s Triple Jump; Moses will be looking to redeem herself against Fraser in this event.

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