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Police extend ISAAC lead
– Soldiers have uphill climb
By Edison Jefford
The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) will have an uphill climb against the Guyana Police Force (GPF) that extended its lead to 33 points heading into the final day of the Inter-Services Annual Athletics Championships (ISAAC) tomorrow.
Owed to strong performances in the Shot Putt and Triple Jump events yesterday, the Police were able to set themselves up to re-arrest the title when the competition continues at the Base
Police’s Alita Moore sails to victory in the Women’s Triple Jump event yesterday when the 2012 ISAAC continued at the Base Camp Ayangana Ground.
Camp Ayangana Ground tomorrow.
Police swept the male Shot Putt with Julio Sinclair leading the way with a 14.00m throw. Ronald Payne (12.89m) and Michael Pollydore (12.50m) was second and third respectively. Then in the female event, Natasha Alder threw 10.19m to secure the win for Police with Joan Brown, another Police athlete, finishing second with 9.75m; GDF’s Ann Doris (9.68m) was third.
Police’s Alita Moore sprang to 11.73m to win the female triple jump event ahead of teammate, Tracy Moses (10.93m) and GDF’s Shinella Adams (10.43m). Troy Williams continued the field events surge for the Police with his winning 13.90m jump; the Guyana Fire Service (GFS) Ryan Scott (13.56m) was second with Police’s Desmond Nicholson (12.94m) third.
At the close of yesterday, GPF was ahead on 267 points with the GDF on 234 points; GFS are on 52 points with the Guyana Prison Service on 21 points. Police had entered the contest yesterday with a nine point lead over the Soldiers.
Earlier in the day, the Soldiers had made an enterprising start to their title defence when Ashanti Scott raced to a triumph in the women’s 3000m race, clocking 11:43.7 with teammate, Carlissa Atkinson (12:22.1) second and Police’s Eva Harry (12:58.9) third.
Defence Force distance ace, Cleveland Forde followed that performance up with a dominant run in the 5000m, winning in 16:07.4 ahead of the Police’s Dennis Horatio (16:10.0), who edged the much-improved Tyshon Bentick (16:10.3) for second in the event.
The curtains came down with the GDF dominating both the female 800m medley relay and male 1500m medley relay races with gutsy performances. In the women’s race, GDF’s Tiffany Smith made up 10m on Janella Jonas in the final 400m leg to capture the event. Forde had similar work to do against Trevor Scotland in the 800m leg of the male race; he comfortably shifted gears on the final turn to add valuable points to the Defence Force.
Police will feel that after their dominant third day performance, they are not yet on a clear path to re-arrest the ISAAC, commonly known as the Joint Services, title, and the Soldiers know that they are within striking distance, which make for an intriguing battle tomorrow.
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