‘A’ Division poised for historic upset tomorrow

Jul 25, 2013 Sports

Guyana Police Force (GPF) ‘A’ Division managed to maintain its lead over Headquarters at the Police Sports Club Ground, Eve Leary, yesterday when day two of the annual track and field championships ended at the venue.
After 15 finals, ‘A’ Division was on 224 points ahead of Headquarters’ 203 points, maintaining the lead they held following the first day of competition on Tuesday. Country, and not ‘C’ Division, as was previously

Field events phenom, Natasha Alder lets one loose in the Women’s Javelin Throw yesterday at the Police Sports Club Ground in the GPF Inter-Division Championships.

reported, was third on 62 points.
Country Division comprises five Divisions, namely ‘C’, ‘D’, ‘E’, ‘F’ and ‘G’ Divisions; the ‘B’ Division was fourth following yesterday’s close of events on 58 points. The GPF will rest today and return tomorrow for the grand finale beginning at 2pm.
Headquarters stayed within striking distance of ‘A’ Division following strong performances from a few of its seasoned national campaigners; if ‘A’ Division is to win the GPF title, it will mark the first time in eons the feat has been accomplished.
Headquarters swept the two top spots in the Men’s 5000m race when Nathaniel Giddings edged a surging Dennis Horatio on the line in the event. Giddings returned 17:08.9, while Horatio ran 17:09.3 for second and ‘A’ Division’s Larry Josiah 18:19.8 for third.
‘A’ Division fired back in the Women’s Triple Jump when Tenisha Punch landed 9.32m for the top spot and Cindy Fraser 9.29m for second. Headquarters’, Lashawna Benjamin was third with a 7.90m mark.
In the Men’s Triple Jump, Troy Williams landed 13.23m to win the event for Headquarters while ‘A’ Division’s Yoel Benjamin (12.36) was second. Headquarters’ Clarence Greene leaped 12.30m for third in the event.
Natasha Alder threw the Javelin 33.56m to win the Women’s contest, while Latoya Rodney with a mark of 29.39 was second and Stacey Wilson (28.46) third. Cordell English took the male event for ‘A’ Division with a 43.57m throw with Keshon Shepherd (41.28) also of ‘A’ Division finishing second and Colwin Leacock (39.71) of Country Division, third.
Seasoned campaigners Janela Jonas and Kevin Bayley won the female and male 800m races with Jonas returning 2:36.00 and Bayley 1:58.00. Berbice’s Melissa Byass won the Girls’ Youth Club 800m race in 2:42 ahead of Jabitha Bowman and Roxanne Gills.
Kevin Abbensetts added the 200m title to his day one 100m win the Boys’

DOUBLE UP! Sprinter Kevin Abbensetts completes the Police Youth Club sprint double in the 200m after he had won the 100m on Tuesday.

Youth Club race in 23.6 seconds, while Samuel Doris was second in 23.8 seconds. Kevin Scott finished third in 24.1 seconds. In the female version of the race, Tiffany Carto sprinted to 27.5 seconds ahead of Juanita Hooper (28.9) and Whitney Hooper (31.5) respectively.

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