Latest update April 18th, 2025 8:12 AM
Chance, Abrams, Thomas, Tyrell and Jhalu among top performers on day 2
National Senior Athletics Championships
Kaieteur News – Arinze Chance and Aliyah Abrams did the expected and decimated their rivals to easily win the 400m finals at Athletics Guyana (AG) Senior Championships at the National Track and Field Facility yesterday.
Cleveland Thomas (135) won the men’s 1500m final.
Shaquka Tyrell (leading) won the women’s 1500m.
Mark Jhalu recorded a new stadium record and personal best of 2.12m to win the high jump event.
Arinze Chance, 400m men’s winner, at the blocks.
The two sprinters who are based in the United States of America showed their superiority with a comprehensive victory in their respective finals.
More of the attention was on Chance since he needed to run a blistering 44.90s to meet the entry standard time for next month’s Olympic Games in Tokyo.
After a breezy 46.56s in the preliminaries on Friday evening, there was a high expectation, the Powerade Brand Ambassador would at least run a sub-46 time but he clocked 47.66s and still finished about 10 meters ahead of nearest rival Michael James (49.53s) and Courtly Bobb (50.01s).
For Abrams, she would have already qualified for the Games – the lone Track and Field athlete from Guyana to date – and the aim would have been improving ahead of the Games.
Abrams ran a pedestrian 54.51s, a vastly slower time to her personal best of 51.13s which was achieved in June 2019, or even the season-best time of 51.46s recorded in May.
Joanna Archer (57.06s) and Collia Rowe (58.37s) completed the podium spots.
Aliyah Abrams who will represent Guyana at the Tokyo Olympics won the women’s 400m.
The 24-year-old who will compete at her second Olympics, stated that she has two more meets lined up ahead of Tokyo to get closer to her best.
Meanwhile, Guyana Defence Force’s Mark Jhalu registered his personal best and a new national stadium record of 2.12m in the high jump, while Natrena Hooper won the female version of the jump in 1.63m.
Earlier in the day, Cleveland Thomas won the men’s 1500m in four minutes and 8.68 seconds followed by Nicholas Daw (4:10.52s) and Anfernee Headecker (4:11.68s).
Likewise, Shaquka Tyrell ensured the Tyrell sisters went home with gold as she won the wins the women’s 1500m event in a time of five minutes 13.52 seconds, in a close finish with Aaliyah Headley (5:31.65s) while Tia Azore (5:38.58s) brought third.
Today will mark the final day of the championships which gets underway from 13:00h. The highlights of the day are expected the finals of the 200m, 800m, and the Long Jump events.
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