MoE/GTU 56th National Schools’ Cycling, Swimming and Track and Field Championships….
North Georgetown (District 11) continued to show who is boss in the pool as yet again they were crowned champions of the swimming events at the 56th Guyana Teachers Union (GTU) National Schools’ Cycling, Swimming and Track and Field Championships.
Staged at the National Aquatic Centre, Liliendaal, and North Georgetown amassed 401 points after 54 events were completed while their nearest competitor being Upper Demerara- Kwakwani ended with 273 points. North West took third with 207 points, South Georgetown (196) and Essequibo Coast Pomeroon (182) were the other districts in the top five.
Part of the intense action at the National Aquatic Centre, Liliendaal on Monday
The points table was completed by East Georgetown (179), Cuyuni- Mazaruni (172), Rupununi (126), East Bank Demerara (53), West Demerara (27), Potaro- Supenaam (15), West Berbice (14), East Coast Demerara (10), New Amsterdam – Canje (10) and Corentyne (1).
On the individual side, South Georgetown’s Aleka Persaud won the girls 11 and under 50M Free-style and Backstroke events while North Georgetown’s Raekwon Noel achieved the same feat in the boy’s category.
National swimmers, Amy Grant, Jamaal Skeete, Nikita Fiedtkou and Anna Isaacs were also some of the standout performers.
The action packed race of the day was certainly the boys 200M freestyle which came down to a tie between North Georgetown and East Georgetown as both teams recorded a time of 1:54.66; the female event was easily won by North Georgetown, clocking a time of 2:06.57 ahead of Rupununi.
Today championships turn to the tracks where the action will get underway at the National Stadium, Providence. At 10:00h there will be the opening ceremony with the symbolic March Past of athletes and the lighting of the torch followed by track and field events.
