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Upper Demerara dismantle opposition to reclaim National Schools’ Championships title
VICTORY! Digicel’s Events and Sponsorship Manager, Louanna Abrams (partially hidden at centre) presents the Championships Trophy to Upper Demerara/Kwakwani last night at National Stadium, Providence.
– Yaw breaks U-20 400m record, Williams completes sprint treble
By Edison Jefford
Upper Demerara/Kwakwani dismantled its opposition over five days of intense competition, to reclaim the National Schools’ Cycling, Swimming and Track and Field Championships’ overall title at the National Stadium, Providence yesterday.
Upper Demerara/Kwakwani amassed 71 points after winning the track and field competition with 777 points and placing second in the Cycling, Swimming and Teachers’ competitions, to reclaim the title it last won in 2011 at the same venue.
The win for Upper/Demerara ensured that they are levelled with North Georgetown with 14 titles apiece overall in the National Schools’ Championships.
North Georgetown, which had won the title in 2012 and 2013 before rain forced abandonment last year, was relegated to second with 59 points. North Georgetown won the swimming contest and was second in track and field, but slipped in the other competitions.
Corentyne and East Georgetown tied for third with 47 points apiece, while West Demerara and South Georgetown tied for fourth with 46 points. New Amsterdam was fifth with 43 points with Bartica sixth on 42 points. East Coast was seventh with 37 points, while West Coast Berbice was eighth with 35 points. Essequibo Coast/Pomeroon was ninth with 31 points, while North West rounded off the top 10 Districts with 29 points.
East Bank finished in the 11th position on 25 points while Rupununi was 12th with 24 points and Potaro/Siparuni 13th on 19 points. North Georgetown had won the swimming competition with 414 points, while West Demerara won the Teachers’ competition with 284 points and Corentyne the cycling competition with 255 points.
North Georgetown’s Jason Yaw smashed Stephon James’ Under-20 Boys’ 400m record in 48.7 seconds yesterday in one of the highlights of the competition. South Georgetown’s Dequan Vancooten was second in 50.4 seconds while New Amsterdam’s Devas Samlall finished third in 50.5 seconds.
Corentyne’s Dennlie Gray won the female race in 1:01.7 ahead of North Georgetown’s Ruth Sammoogan (1:01.8) and East Georgetown’s Mearisha Carter (1:03.1) respectively. North Georgetown’s Avon Samuels won her second title of the Championships with 59.5 seconds run in the U-18 Girls’ 400m ahead of North Georgetown’s Kezra Murray (1:02.4) and Corentyne’s Collia Rowe (1:04.8) respectively.
Samuel Lynch won the Boys’ U-18 title in 51.3 seconds from West Coast Berbice’s Aldon Henry (51.4s) and West Demerara’s Shemar Hetmyer (52.5s). Upper Demerara/Kwakwani’s, Daniel Williams completed his sprint treble with a 51.0 seconds performance in the U-16 Boys 400m ahead of North Georgetown’s Jeremy Garrett (52.9s) and West Demerara’s Nkosi Dazzell, who ran 53.1 seconds. East Georgetown’s Cassie Small (1:00.5) won the female race.
In the U-14 400m category, North Georgetown’s Deron Roberts won in 57.9 seconds with Upper Demerara’s Dexter Pellew second in 58.3 seconds and Corentyne’s Jameel Browne (58.8) third. Upper Demerara’s Deshanna Skeete (1:02.6) won the female race ahead of North Georgetown’s Yesenia Andrews (1:02.7) and East Georgetown’s Princess Brown (1:04.5) respectively.
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