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Indigenous athletes dominate 10k race as National Schools’ Championships begin
-Bright shines in Long Jump; Hooper, Roberts also shatter records
The 55th National Schools’ Cycling, Swimming and Track and Field Championships got off to a brilliant start yesterday morning with the traditional 10km Road Race, and as is usually the case, athletes from 
the hinterland regions dominated the event.
The indigenous athletes crossed the finish line at the Children’s Monument in the National Park well ahead of their competitors. The race got off to a blistering start with male favourite Matthew McKenzie taking the early lead to carry the pace.
McKenzie, a regular feature in 10k races in Guyana with credible finishes, fell to third place with Reckey Williams of North West (District 1) running away easily with the event to score the upset win in a time of 35:56.4 well ahead of all his competition.
Delroy Leitch of Corentyne (District 6) finished second in a time of 36:38.1, while McKenzie of North Georgetown (District 11) finished third in 36:43.0s. Trolston Embrack (36:50.4) of New Amsterdam (District 15) was fourth while South Georgetown’s, Donte Forde (38:47.0) rounded out the top five.
In the Girls’ race, Beverley Ignacio from the Rupununi (District 9) won her second female title, having won the event in 2013. Ignacio clocked 43:26 for victory ahead of Delicia Harper (45:34) out of West Coast Berbice (District 5).
Niocy Anthony of Upper Demerara/Kwakwani (District 10) was third in a time of 47:36.0 while Janella Peters (49:02) of Essequibo Coast/Pomeroon finished fourth. North Georgetown, Mariah McKenzie rounded out the top five females in 50:03.0.
Meanwhile, at YMCA, South American Youth silver medalist, Natricia Hooper from East Georgetown (District 12) broke her own record in the Girl’s Under-18 triple jump with a leap of 12.05 metres. Her previous mark done in 2014 was 11.95 metres.
Upper Demerara/Kwakwani’s (District 10) jumping queen, Shantoba Bright also flew through the air to break a record in the Girl’s Under-16 long jump. Bright’s jump of 5.40 metres eclipsed that of the late Roxanna Rigby of New Amsterdam (District 15), who held the record since 2006 with a mark of 5.36 metres.
North Georgetown’s (District 11) Deron Robert broke the boy’s Under-14 long jump record with a leap of 5.60 metres. The previous mark was held by Jason bury of Bartica (District 7) with his mark of 5.54 metres.
The female Under-18 long jump was won by Avon Samuels of North Georgetown who recorded a leap of 4.86 metres to win the event. The National Schools’ Championships continues today at 10am with the Grand Opening Ceremony at the National Stadium.
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