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Top youth, junior athletes put on show at National Championships
By Edison Jefford
Kenisha Phillips, Cassey George, Andrea Foster, Compton Ceasar and Arinze Chance became double sprint and middle distance champs yesterday when the Athletics Association of Guyana held its National
Compton Ceasar (lane 5) races to victory in the 100m Boys’ Youth Final yesterday at the National Track and Field Centre, Leonora.
Youth and Junior Championships.
The flagship mandatory International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) meet was held at the National Track and Field Centre, Leonora, where the next generation of Guyana’s leading athletes put on an impressive show.
Phillips prolonged her prowess with dominant performances in the 100m and 200m Girls’ Youth races. The new prodigy sprinted to 11.70 seconds in the 100m, leaving Cassie Small (12.00s) and Amanda Murray (12.80s) respectively in her shadow.
The East Coast-based Phillips returned to post 24.40 seconds in the 200m to win ahead of arch-rivals, Avon Samuels (25.30s) and Natricia Hooper (25.40) in that order.
Aniqah Powley ran 11.90 seconds to win the 100m Girls’ Junior race ahead of Shoquane Daniels (12.60s) and Euodia Forte (12.90s). Tirana Mitchell won the 200m in 25.40 seconds with Onika Eastman (26.10s) second and Daniels (26.80s) third.
Hooper won the 400m Youth race in 56.40 seconds ahead of Samuels, who posted 56.90 seconds and Chantoba Bright (1:01.30). (The IAAF age category demarking Youth
Cassey George crosses the finish line unrivalled in the 800m Girls’ Youth Final yesterday at the National Track and Field Centre.
athletes is Under-17 years old and the one demarking Junior is Under-20 years old.)
Middle distance queen and multiple CARIFTA Games gold medallist, George eased to victories in the 800m and 1500m Youth races. She won the 800m in 2:20.10 ahead of Joanna Archer and Maria Urquhart, 2:27.60 and 2:28.60 respectively.
George won the 1500m in 4:52.80 ahead of Claudrice McKoy (5:02.10) and Urquhart (5:16.70). McKoy won the 3000m in 11:28.40 with Tabitha Bowman (12:09.80) second and Kissanna Glen (12:47.40) third.
CARIFTA Games bronze medallist, Foster replicated a similar feat in the Girls’ Junior 800m and 1500m races. She won the 800m in 2:12.30 ahead of Shontel Hinds (2:34) and 1500m in 4:57.60 again ahead of Hinds.
Ceasar powered to 10.80 seconds in the 100m Boys’ Youth race and 21.80 seconds in the 200m race. He defeated Tyrell Peters (11.00s) and Umkosi Vancooten (11.30s) in the 100m and Aldon Henry (22.70s) and Peters (23.10s) in the 200m.
Henry won the 400m in 50.30 seconds ahead of Samuel Lynch (52.40s) and Shemar Garraway (54.80s) respectively.
Chance emerged with a double Junior sprint title from the 200m and 400m races. He registered 21.60 seconds in the 200m ahead of Linton Mentis (22.00s) and Quacy Clementson (22.40s) in that order. Chance ran 49.40 seconds in the 400m ahead of Clementson (50.40s) and Delmar Stoby (51.60s).
Mentis won the 100m in 10.70 seconds with Akeem Johnson and Delroy Austin second and third in 11.20s and 11.80s respectively.
Samuel Lynch took home the 800m Boys Youth title in 2:05.60 ahead of Mel Glen (2:12.40) and Moses Best (2:15.60). Ornesto Thomas ran away with the Junior 800m title in 1:55.7 with Denzil Joseph (2:02.90) and Kester Duke (2:18.50) second and third.
Mathew McKenzie won the 1500m Youth race in 4:20.50 ahead of Best (4:54.40) and Glen (5:28.90) in that order.
In other results, Chantoba Bright leaped to 11.44m to win the Girls Triple Jump Junior title while Shavez Thomas sprang to 6.07m to win the Boys Long Jump Youth title. Damon Williams won the Boys’ Triple Jump Junior title with 13.43m.
Dana Nichols threw 26.44m to win the Girls Youth Javelin Throw while Jonathan Copeland threw 38.61m to win the Boys Junior Javelin Throw.
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