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Police edge Soldiers to re-arrest Boyce/Jefford Classic title
Digicel Guyana Inc. new Events and Sponsorship Manager, Louanna Abrams (second, right) hands over the Championship Trophy to a representative from PPYC, while Coordinators of the Event, Edison Jefford (left) and Colin Boyce (right) share the moment.
Police Progressive Youth Club (PPYC) edged the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) by 15 points on Sunday at the Boyce &Jefford Track and Field Classic VI to re-arrest the title they won last year at the Mackenzie Sports Club ground, Linden.
Police amassed 354 points for the win while GDF ended on 339 points for second place. Police won $600,000 while GDF cashed in on $400,000 in a closely fought battle among the two armed forces.
A combined Linden team finished a distant third on 110 points while the Mercury Fast Laners finished fourth on 71 points. Rounding out the top five was Super Upcoming Runners with 58 points.
As a result of their placing, Linden will take home $250,000 while Mercury Fast Laners pockets $150,000. It was an action-packed day despite a soggy outfield owed much to rainfall on Saturday and intermittent showers on Sunday.
Kevin Bayley ran an excellent 800m to win in 2:05.8s, defeating Trinidad’s Ashton Gill who clocked 2:07.9s. Wayne Harlequin made his return to the track finishing third with a time of 2:08.5 in the International event.
Olympian, Winston George followed up his 200m win from earlier in the day with a thrilling victory in the Men’s 100m in 10.4s that equaled the Games record he shares with Rupert Perry, who was good enough for second in 10.7s. Compton Caesar was third with 10.8s.
The Jamaicans, who started both Heats failed to finish the events.
Natreena Hooper topped Guyanese 400 International athlete, US-based, Jeanae McCamon in the Women’s 200m, clocking 25.5s for the win. McCamon clocked 26.0s for second while Deja Smartt finished third in 26.4s.
Smartt later returned to win the Women’s 100m in 12.3s while Aniqua Powley was second in 12.6s. Kezia Bess was third in 12.8s.
CARIFTA Games bronze medalist, Andrea Foster was dominant, topping Trinidad’s Dawnel Collymore to win the Women’s 1500m in 5:17.7s. Collymore was second in 5:20.6s while Alika Morgan was third in 5:57.8s.
Guyana’s most dominant distance athlete, Cleveland Forde after winning his 5000m returned to win the Men’s 1500m in 4:35.2s. Grivon Grant was second in 4:42.9s while Bayley was third in 4:66.2s.
National Javelin record holder, Leslain Baird won the Javelin event with a throw of 52.08 meters while Julio Sinclair won the Men’s Discuss and Shot Put with throws of 41.77m and 13.47m respectively.
GDF dominated the relay events winning five out of the eight relay races including the 4×100 men and women, 4×400 women, 800 metres medley women and the 3000m Men distance medley.
Meanwhile, George finished tied on 20 points with Forde and Sinclair for the Male Champion Athlete award while Foster won the female award with 30 points after winning the women’s 800m, 1500m and 3000m races.
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