AAG hosts third development meet Local athletes priming for National Championships

Mar 31, 2021 Sports

Archibald aiming to qualify for the men’s 100m and long jump events at the Tokyo games.

Kaieteur News – Emmanuel Archibald, Devaughn Barrington, Attoya Harvey and Anfernee Headecker all put in stellar performances to emerge head of the pack in their individual events when the Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) held their third developmental meet of the year at the National Track & Field Center (NTFC) on the West Coast of Demerara (WCD), Sunday last.
AAG’s Olympic hopeful; Archibald, won the feature men’s open 100m race in a decent time of 10.35s. However, as the University of the West Indies (MONA) Campus athlete need to go faster to make the 10.05s Olympic standard but he had shared with Kaieteur Sport that although the target may seem far away, he just wants to consistently run faster.
In his pet event, the men’s long jump, Archibald landed at a top distance of 7.83m to win the event, almost a meter off his 8.22m target for Olympic Qualification.
Barrington, who won the men’s 400m at the last meet earlier this month, finished men’s 800min 1m 57.19s ahead of the pack. Trailing close behind were Headecker who was just a second slower and was chased closely by Nicholas Daw who finished third in a time of 1m 58.63s.
There was no stopping Anfernee in the men’s 1500m and he made light work of the competition to win in a time of 4m 07s ahead of seasoned campaigner, Cleveland Thomas (4m 09s) and Ronell Newton in third with a time of 4m 13s.
Attoya Harvey earned a middle-distance double after winning the under-17 girls’ 800m in 2m 26s and the under-17 girls’ 1500m in 4m 58s.
Other standout athletes on Sunday included Shaquka Tyrell (girls under-20 400m), Cassey Small (women’s 100m), Wesley Tyndall (under-20 boys’ 100m), Mark Jhalu (men’s high jump), Keliza Smith (women’s 200m) and Anisha Gibbons (women’s shot put).
The athletes would’ve used Sunday’s developmental meet as the perfect precursor to the high-stakes National Championship that is scheduled for the weekend of April 17-18. According to the AAG, athletes that perform favorably at the National Championships will be selected to represent the Golden Arrowhead at the South American Senior Championships which will be the absolute last chance for qualification for the Tokyo Olympics for many athletes,

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