Guyana on medal podium at CUT Games

Aug 14, 2012 Sports

Out of a team of twenty athletes (11 males and 9 females) only two were able to reach the podium to fly the Golden Arrow Head when 13 countries in the Caribbean competed at the Caribbean Union of Teachers (CUT) Games at the National Stadium in Kingston, Jamaica last month.
Delicia Harper and Shinana Liverpool were the two female athletes that were privileged to stand on the podium to receive what they earned after stepping on the track on day one of the competition to compete against Jamaican, Trinidadian, Bajan and Grenadian athletes, just to name a few.

Guyana’s CUT Games medal winners, Shinana Liverpool and Delicia Harper.

Harper who resides in the Ancient County earned herself a gold medal in the girls U-15 1200 meters open run when she competed against seven other Caribbean athletes.
The form two Bush Lot Secondary School student crossed the finish line meters ahead of her opponents in 3:53.97 seconds. She was two seconds away from the Meet record (3:51.78 seconds) which was held by Shanieka Watson. Asshanni Robb (3:59.31 seconds) of Jamaica was second as Kimona Wilson (4:01.73 seconds) of Bahamas was third.
The team which was under the watchful eyes of Coach Christopher Gaskin also saw Liverpool digging up a bronze medal in the U-9 girls 80 meters dash. Liverpool who attends Christianburg Primary clocked 12.42 seconds as Izraiah Frett of British Virgin and Kayla-Gay Clarke of Jamaica was first and second in 11.83 and 11.88 seconds.
Rondel Alleyne, who participated in the games in 2002 under Gaskin, took gold in the U-13 400 meters in 59 seconds. The ten year record was shattered by Rosette Hoyte of Barbados in 58.99 seconds.
The team was accompanied by Ceon Bristol (Manager), Coleen Liddell (Assistant Manager), Meon Crawford (Assistant Chaperone), Carmaine Small (Chaperone).
The biannual CUT Games will be held in Trinidad and Tobago in 2014.

Pic in claude server as medals: Guyana’s CUT Games medal winners, Shinana Liverpool and Delicia Harper.