Latest update June 16th, 2026 12:40 AM
National Schools cycling c/ships
Dey, Tiexeira, Marton, Sanchara land gold
Curtis Dey, Shenika Tiexeira, Cain Marton and Chelcia Sanchara were among the
District’s six Curtis Dey crosses the finish line in the male 1000m open race.
gold medal winners when the 2015 Annual National schools cycling championships continued yesterday at the Guyana National Stadium.
Dey of District 6 Corentyne carted off the male 1000m open ahead of Christopher Griffith of 11 North Georgetown and Silvio Inniss of District 10 Upper Demerara/Kwakwani. With just under 50 meters from the finish line Dey who was trailing in third position overcame his rivals, crossing the finish line in a time of 1 minute 51.9 seconds.
District’s six Tiexeira easily won the girls equivalent in 2 minutes 21.4 seconds ahead of Naomi Alsop of District 10 and Kenesha Williams of District four East Coast in that order.
District 7 Bartica’s Cain Marton won the boys U16 1000m in 2 minutes 02.7 seconds, while Raphael Niles of District 14 East Bank Demerara finished second and Denzil Huntley of District 10 third.
Chelcia Sanchara of District 10 edged district’s six Beyonce Ross in a closely contested girls’ U14 1000m; Keshane Schultz of District 14 placed third.
The girls U16 1000m was taken by Destheney Lewis of District 15 New Amsterdam in 2 minutes 31.8 seconds, B’Yonka Barker of District 10 claimed second and Carlene McDonald of District five West Coast Berbice third.
Cleveland Mars of District five captured gold in the boys 1000m U14, while Mark David of District 12 East Georgetown claimed silver and Fayyad Arakhan of District six bronze.
The 2000m boys open title was taken by Balram Narine of District 6 in 3 minutes 59.0 seconds; Shaquel Agard of District 10 placed second and Nigel Duguid of District 11 North Georgetown third.
De Silva of District four East Coast Demerara won the girls 2000m open in 5 minutes 35.4 seconds; Denese Mars of District five finished second and Uranne Charles of District three West Coast Demerara third.
Christopher Joseph of District 10 took the boys U16 2000m in 4 minutes 33.7 seconds, while Ronaldo Narine of District two Pomeroon/Supenaam took the runner up spot and Birton John of District 11 third.
The boys U14 2000M was taken by Fayyad Arakhan in 5 minutes 21.5 seconds, Emmanuel Atherly of district seven was second and Shawn Mars of District 13 South Georgetown third.
Leona James of District 10 snared the girls U14 2000m in 4 minutes 44.6 seconds; Annstaysha King of District four placed second and Kitesha Saul of District five third.
Destheney Lewis of District 15 New Amsterdam took the top podium spot in the girls U16 2000m in 5 minutes 28.2 seconds, while B’Yonka Barker of District 10 and Tia Henry of District 12 East Georgetown finished second and third respectively.
Action continues today.
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