Latest update December 19th, 2024 2:30 AM
Guyanese athlete sets Chicago State School 3-mile Cross Country record
PEORIA Junior Melissa Collins who hails from Covent Garden, East Bank Demerara, made her debut in the quarter mile event at the 37th Annual Bradley Inter Collegiate championships one to remember.
Melissa Collins
Collins ran the three-mile course in a new Chicago State School record time of 18 Minutes 06 Seconds. The Cougars fell to Bradley 50-15 and Butler 48-15 in the event held at Detweiller Park.
Freshman Angelica Hampton (Melrose Park, Ill./Harlan Community) turned in a time of 24:27. Sophomore Jusilya Scott (Chicago , Ill./Kenwood) ran the course in exactly 25 minutes. SophomoreShaquilla Jackson (Chicago, Ill./Team Englewood ) stopped the clock at 26:40. Freshman Tochuwku Akujieze finished with a time of 28:05.
The Cougars return to action on September 14, at the UW-Parkside Midwest Regional.
Similar Articles
THE BLUNT OF THE DAY
Sports
Features/Columnists
The stakes are high in Guyana’s democracy
Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- In any vibrant democracy, the mechanisms that bind it together are those that mediate differences,... more
Let the asylum seekers go: a first step for Venezuela to rebuild relations in the Americas
By Sir Ronald Sanders Kaieteur News – The government of Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela has steadfast support from many... more
Weekend Cartoon
