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Stage set for keen sprint contests today
Rupert Perry
– as GDF Inter-Division Athletic C/ships conclude
Keen contests are anticipated in the finals of the sprint events today when the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Inter-Division Athletic Championships conclude at the Base Camp Ayangana Ground with Defence Headquarters (DHQ) holding a seven-point overall lead.
In the female 100m Heats earlier this week, Letitia Myles set up a 100m final showdown with Tiffany Smith after both ran the top mark of 12.4 seconds in separate Heats.
Akeem Stewart was the top qualifier in an impressive 100m Men’s line-up with 10.4 seconds. Patrick King was the next best qualifier with his mark of 10.6 while Davin Fraser and Winston Haynes ran 10.7 and 10.9 seconds respectively in their Heats to become the leading qualifiers in that race for the finals today.
Darren Henry with 49.6 seconds was the top qualifier in the Men’s 400m with Leslain Baird, who is better known for his Javelin throwing, impressing with 49.9 seconds.
King qualified third in his pet event with 51.5 seconds, setting up a day rumoured for upsets.
The sprinters gave a glimpse of what to expect when they also warmed for the 200m final in their respective Heats.
In Heat 1 of the male race, Rupert Perry stormed to 21.1 seconds and Baird 21.4 seconds; In Heat 2, Stewart had 21.7
Letitia Myles
seconds while King had a similar time in the third Heat.
The sprints are expected to electrify today with Cleveland Forde, Jamaul Chisholm and Tyshon Bentick also going neck-and-neck in the Men’s 1500m final.
After the completion of finals on the second day, Wednesday, DHQ was on 109 points with First Infantry Battalion/21 Artillery well poised in the competition with 101 points and Base Camp Ayangana (BCA) on 69 points. 31 Special Forces/Training Corps is fourth on 49 points while Base Camp Stephenson (BCS) was fifth on 40 points and 4 Engineers sixth on 16 points.
The Coast Guards are in the cellar position on 14 points. Today will decide the winner.
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