Boyce and Jefford Classic to be lifted by International athletes

Aug 15, 2013 Sports

The Boyce and Jefford Track and Field Classic is set for this weekend. The inclusion of international athletes will indeed make the meet of a higher calibre, that’s according to organisers.
The action gets going from Saturday at the Police Sports Club ground, Eve Leary, and then moves to Mackenzie Sports Club ground, Linden, the following day for its climax. Trinidad and Tobago’s Mark London and Tonya Nero are expected to make an appearance in the middle distance events. London, a three-time Carifta 800m gold medalist, has a personal best time of 1:50.54s and is expected to give the Guyanese athletes a stiff run.
Matching up with the talented T&T athlete, who ran a season best of 1:50.98s, from Guyana will be ALBA silver medalist Wayne Harlequin, who has a personal best of 1:50s and a season best of 1:54.78s.
Cleveland Thomas, who has a season best of 1:55.66s, is also expected to compete in the event along with Police’s Dennis Horatio and Guyana’s distance king Cleveland Forde.
The 800m is billed to be one of the marquee events of the meet especially since Forde is seen as unbeatable in Guyana, while Harlequin has always been touted as one of the best talents in the event.
Thomas’ hard work and Horatio’s gift of performing when it matters most, make the race the one to watch on Sunday.
Harlequin and Thomas will look to attack from the start, while Forde and Horatio, who are more strategic, will look to evaluate the race during the vent.
However, the unknown is definitely the Trinidadian but based on his times, it certainly seems as though the three-time Carifta gold medalist will not play around especially on foreign soil.
Meanwhile, T&T’s Tonya Nero will look to hit the ground running in the women’s 1500m that will feature Guyana’s three-time Carifta 1500m gold medalist Jevina Straker and Linden’s own Cassey George as a guest athlete; she is also the Carifta 1500m gold medalist.
Straker, known for running from behind, almost dampened the return of Linden’s own Marian Burnett at last year’s edition of the event when she came from behind to finish second.
However, with George’s form at the moment, having run 4:36.37s earlier this year at Carifta, one wonders how Straker’s strategy will work against the Lindener, who has run the faster times for the year.
Factoring Trinidad’s Nero into the mix and you have a show-stealing event because of her personal best time of 4:22.74s. Grenada’s Kenisha Pascal is also expected to compete in the same race. The sprint events already expected to be highly competitive, especially over 400m.
The winners of the international events will receive $50,000 (US $250).

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