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National schools’ records continue to tumble
By Edison Jefford
The emergence of Guyana’s future track stars continued yesterday at the National Stadium when new marks in the other marquee sprint events were set to establish the Schools’ Championships as the benchmark for the development of local track and field.
National junior sprint sensation, North Georgetown’s Stephon James set a new mark in the Boys’ 200m Under-20 race. James smashed Keith Roberts’ 200m 2007 record of 22.0 seconds with his 21.7 run to win the event yesterday. South Georgetown’s Selwyn Foster (22.4) was second while Simon Gordon (22.8) was third.
North Georgetown’s Stephon James comes home comfortably to win the 200m Boys’ U-20 race at the National Stadium yesterday.
In the female race, national sprinter, Tiffany Carto equalled Rhobyn Alleyne’s 2004 record set at Enmore with her 25.3 seconds to win the race; Carto reversed the order on an East Georgetown’s Ebony Nelson (25.8) and North’s Shomane Daniels (26.8).
East Coast Demerara’s Samuel Doris was also in record-breaking mode when he replaced Keon Lynch’s 2011 23.5 second mark with 22.5 seconds. North Georgetown’s, Kevin Abbensetts, who the 100m placed second in 22.7 with West Coast Berbice’ Tyrell Cummings (22.8) third.
Shannon Griffith sprinted to the female title in the record breaking time of 25.7 seconds ahead of Shoquane Daniels 26.0 sec and East Coast’s Deja Smartt. Griffith replaced the Keyandra Zephyr 26.7 mark in 2010 at the same venue.
Records continued to tumble when Jason Yaw smashed the 22.7 seconds Carlwyn Collins record set in 2007 at the same venue. East Coast’s, Yaw ran just one split second under the record with 22.6 seconds as Corentyne’s Carlos Trinidad (22.9) and North Georgetown’s Dequawn Vancooten (23.2) placed second and third respectively.
Torana Mitchell secured a double when she also won the female version of the 200m. The athlete had also won the 100m and returned to set a new 200m mark in 25.6 seconds; the old mark stood at 26.7 seconds from Upper Dem’s Laniece Dennis.
Daquan Liverpool won the Boys’ U-14 race for the East Coast in 24.9 seconds with Corentyne’s, Samuel Jordon placing second in 25.3 and North Georgetown’s Kristoff Archer (25.5) third. The nippy Upper Dem’s Onasha Rogers doubled up after winning the 100m with North Georgetown, Avon Samuels (26.5) second and West Coast Berbice’s Allesia Grant (27.4) third.
Nkosi Dazzell with 26.7 seconds smashed Tevin Garraway’s 27.0 2007 record in the U-12 Boys’ race for Essequibo Islands while East Coast’s Israel Yaw (27.7) was second and Upper Demerara Hoshaiah
South Georgetown’s Tiffany Carto looks to the heavens in celebration after beating her nemesis, Ebony Nelson, who had defeated her in the 100m the day before.
Nicholson (27.6) third.
North Georgetown’s prodigy, Yesenia Andries set a new schools’ mark of 28.9 seconds with the East Bank having something to cheer about when Princess Daniels (29.4) was second and Upper Demerara’s Kenesha Chandler (30.5) third in the race.
Trevon Prince sprinted to 29.3 seconds that won the Boys’ version of the race ahead of South Georgetown’s Kerron Clarke (30.1) and East Coast’s Malachi Pilgrim (30.2). Samuel Allicock (23.8) won the Boys U-8 150m ahead of a surging Kemal Mentore from Hopetown representing West Berbice with a time of 23.9 and Upper Demerara’s David Higgins (24.3) in third.
In the Girls’ U-8 race, Odessa France (24.2) won with Roseann Solomon (24.7) second and the Corentyne’s Alecia Gray (25.1) third.
Meanwhile results in the 1500m finals are as follows:
Boys U-20: North Georgetown’s, Devaun Barrington (4:22.8); Upper Demerara’s Nathaniel Giddings (4:26.2) and Rupununi’s Samuel Kaitan (4:29.1). Girls U-20: North Georgetown’s Jevina Straker (5:12.2); Rupununi’s Uiela Edwards (5:50.7) and North West’s Amanda James (5:52.9).
Boys U-18: East Coast Demerara’s Ornesto Thomas (4:24.8); West Coast Berbice’s Grivon Grant (4:26.7) and Corentyne’s Denzil Leitch (4:35.3). Girls U-18: New Amsterdam’s Melissa Byass (5:25.3); Potaro’s Loren Francisco and Rupununi’s Regina John (5:36.1).
Girls U-16: East Coast Demerara’s Andrea Foster (5:12.1); Upper Demerara’s Cassie Kirton (5:19.7) and Rupununi’s Anette Marco (5:38.4). Boys U-16: Rupununi’s Samuel Domingo (4:35.6); Corentyne’s Arsenio Gray (4:37.2) and Upper Demerara’s Jamal Johnson (4:38.8) respectively.
Upper Demerara’s Shannon Griffith holds off North Georgetown’s Shoquane Daniels in the U-18 Girls 200m race yesterday afternoon at the National Stadium.
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