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Five athletes from Upper Demerara Track Club to compete
National Youth and Junior Championships
Just over a week remains before Athletics Guyana (AG) runs off the long overdue National Youth & Junior Championships at the National Track & Field Center (NTFC), Leonora on the West Coast of Demerara and the anticipation couldn’t be higher.
Sean Johnson
Carmelo An-Son-Hing
Hannah Joseph
Although AG has managed to be fairly active since Guyana came out of the 12-hour lockdown last August, the youngsters have not had much competition to themselves with the last National Junior Championships contested in May, 2019.
The competitive juices will be flowing even more as this competition will be the last chance for the up-and-coming track stars to qualify for the South America Under-23 championships which is scheduled to be held in Ecuador next month, instead of Guyana as originally planned.
The South America Under-23 championships will also serve as the final qualifying track meet for the inaugural Panam Junior Games, scheduled for November in Cali, Colombia.
Kaieteur Sport had the opportunity to speak briefly with Coach Johnny Gravesande of the Upper Demerara Track Club and he spoke highly of his team of five athletes who will be representing one of the better clubs in the ‘Mining Town’.
Omar James
David Higgins
The five athletes include middle distance runner Anna Joseph who just turned 14 to meet the minimum age requirements of competing at this event. Fifteen-year-old Carmelo An-Son-Hing will also be running the 800m-1500m middle distance races.
In the sprint department, 17-year-old Sean Johnson will try to finish ahead of the back of the boys’ under-18 100m and 200m races while 16-year-old Omar James will compete in the 200m, 400m and Long Jump events.
The team list is closed off with 16-year-old David Higgins who will be looking to excel in the under-18 100m, 200m and Long Jump events. Earlier in the week, AG’s Head Aubrey Hutson had shared with this publication that he plans to engage health authorities for permission to host vaccinated fans during the National Youth & Junior Championships which will be welcomed by stakeholders since previous events didn’t allow for any non-competing spectators.
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