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Headquarters take Police Athletics title again
-Guyana wins A Class category
By Juanita Hooper
Headquarters came out victorious again in the Annual Police Athletics Sports yesterday evening to retain their title when the final day of the three days championship was held at the Police Sports Club ground, Eve Leary.
Headquarters, with the best athletes in the force, amassed 475 points to win overall. Their closest challengers ‘A’ divison settled for second place again with 373 points as ‘B’ Division and Country concluded the day’s event with 207.5 and 172 points respectively.
Alita ‘Logga Logga’ Moore of Headquarters, who was adjugded the Open female champion athlete, outclassed her rivals in the Women’s 100 meters and 200 meters and the Triple Jump on day two
The winning Headquarters team along with senior Police Officers celebrate victory following their win yesterday.
to accumulate 30 points.
Moore clocked 12.1 seconds in the Women’s 100 meters ahead of Leota Babb who finished closely behind with a time of 12.5 seconds.
The athlete returned in the 200 meters, powering off the turn with her rival Babb who was once again beaten on the homestretch. The race was won in a time of 24.6 seconds.
Keith Roberts and Terry Easton won their 200 meters in the Men ‘A’ Class and ‘B’ Class finals respectively in 22.5 seconds and 21.8 seconds. Derwin Eastman the defending 200 meters ‘B’ Class champion relinquished his title to Easton after crossing the finish line second to clock 22.7 seconds.
Eastman (11.4 seconds) was defeated in the Men’s B Class 100 meters by Adrian Gomes who clocked 11.01 seconds.
Roberts, a senior athlete in the force, registered 11.6 seconds ahead of his fellow lawman Shawn Semple in the Men’s A Class 100 meters to contribute 18 points to Guyana in the International category. Shawn Dyer of Trinidad and Tobago was third in 22.6 seconds.
Open runner up champion athlete Natasha Alder won the Women’s Senior Officers 100 meters in a time of 12.8 seconds ahead of Nadrine Rodrigues (13 seconds) who is presently nursing an hamstring injury.
Rhonjay Prince ran away with the Junior Officers 100 meters ahead of Ronald Ali in a time of 12.5 seconds.
Patrick King and Alicia Fortune stamped their authority in the Men’s and Women’s 100 meters Invitationals ahead of their rivals in 10.7 seconds and 12.2 seconds.
The Women’s ‘B’ Class 400 meters saw Shauna Thornill rebounding from two upsets (100 meters and 200 meters) earlier in the day to claim to the race ahead of crowd’s favourite Janella Jonas in a time of1:01.4 seconds.
Mandella Collins claimed the Men’s ‘B’ Class 400 meters with a commanding win ahead of Towler and Nigel Bryan in 53.5 seconds.
Shawn Semple was equally impressive as Collins in the Men’s ‘A’ Class 400 meters when he sprinted down the homestretch to clock 49.5 seconds ahead of Mason and Trevor Scotland.
Jonas, who tied for the runner up female position with Alder, also won the Women’s 1500 meters in a time of 5:32 seconds ahead of Eva Harry who clocked 5:43 seconds.
Scotland (4:27.3 seconds) was denied the opportunity to stand on the highest spot on the podium when Dennis Horatio registered 4:27.3 seconds to win the race.
Another upset was created in the Women’s Invitiational 1500 meters as thirteen years old Cassy George of Linden outran junior distance queen Jevina Straker.
Cleveland Thomas (4:12.3 seconds) of Running Brave easily took the Men’s 400 meters ahead of Police Youth Club athlete Clavin Thomas.
Point standings in the ‘A’ Class category are as follows: Guyana 301 points, Trinidad and Tobago 92 and Antigua and Barbuda 30 points.
Troy Williams was awarded the Champion athlete of ‘B’ Class category (male), while Keith Roberts was the ‘A’ Class Champion athlete.
Tiffany Carto was the Youth Club female champ as Tevin Garraway was the male.
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