Boyce / Jefford Track & Field Classic...Police Sports Club leads point standings heading into final day

Boyce / Jefford Track & Field Classic…Police Sports Club leads point standings heading into final day

Aug 18, 2013 Sports

– Forde, Morgan impresses

As expected Police Sports Club with 105 combined points tally of head into today’s finals of this year’s Boyce / Jefford Track & Field Athletics Classic with a slim lead over Running Brave that finished the opening day on 87 points followed by Christianburg / Wismar on 47 and Guyana Defence Force on 35.

3,000 metres winner Alika Morgan leads Grenada’s Kenisha Pascal in the final lap yesterday at the Police Sports Club ground.

The event which for the first time is being staged over two days opened at the Police Sports Club. Eve Leary, yesterday saw some inspiring performances from leading distance runners Cleveland Forde and Alika Morgan, who both dominated the field in the 5,000 and 3,000 metres respectively, while Stephan James was equally impressive, winning his heats in the 100, 200 and 400 metres to make his a firm favourite to capture the Most Outstanding Male Athlete award.
Other outstanding performances in the Men’s category came from Julio Sinclair, who led the field in the Shot and Discus events.
On the distaff side, Alita Moore is a strong candidate for the top individual prize, having placed first and second respectively in the 200 and 400 metres preliminaries.
In the men’s 5000 metres race, Forde, the Caribbean premier distance runner placed himself almost at the back of the field in the opening laps and seemed content on letting Nathaniel Giddings of Police Sports Club and the others do the early running.
He maintained that position until the final lap when he assumed the lead with about 150 metres to go, outsprinting Giddings, who had no answer to the devastating kick of Forde and conceded defeat quite meekly.
Morgan on the other hand led from start to finish in an encouraging display of front running, leaving the likes of Grenada’s Kenisha Pascal, who had trailed her from the start in her wake, while Jevina Straker never threatened and had to settle for third place.
Most of the finals are set for today at the Mackenzie Sports Club ground and fans are expected to come out in their thousands to witness what is being considered the biggest Track & Field event on the local calendar.
Meanwhile, the other clubs in contention are Mercury Fast Laners