“Structural operations, focus programmes main reasons for Guyana’s success”‒ Hutson

According to President of the Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG), Aubrey Hutson, structural operations and more focused programmes are pivotal in the recent success of local athletes on the international arena.
At the time he made this comment he was responding to questions posed by Guyana Times Sport on Sunday  in relation to the recent success of two Guyanese athletes, who claimed silver at the Penn’s relay, Pennsylvania.  
On Friday Emanuel Archibald gained silver in the Penn Relays College men’s long jump while top local female athlete Natrena Hooper followed up by capturing the college women’s high jump silver.
Archibald and Hooper’s accomplishments come less than two weeks after Guyana’s CARIFTA team would have performed beyond expectation, capturing eight medals during the process. Hooper was also in the mix of the success at the Games.
Hutson said the AAG has been organizing competitions in professional manner to ensure that it is in tune with future tournaments.
“It is not just about hosting meets, These events must be intact with the tournaments the athletes are preparing for to get them organized and in competitive mode.”
According to the President, athletics generally has been striving upwardly in the past three to four years and it is evident in the quality of athletes and the medal halls.
In addition, he said the AAG has taken a burden off of athletes, who have struggled to gain support to participate at important meets overseas. The association stands all the expenses.
He said the greater AAG make the local programmes then the standard of Guyanese living and studying overseas will have to improve. The way our local athletes are performing will raise the bar for foreign based athletes.
To maintain progress in the sport, Hutson inform that the AAG aims to increase the quality of coaches here, like they did in January.
In January local coaches were exposed underwent the new Level 1 coaches’ course.
Hutson also commended the athletes for their outstanding performances during the event.
Their performances are reflection of the foundation they would have gotten here since they are under a year on scholarship.
More so, the Fort Wellington boys’ 4x400m team of Godwin Humphrey, Rue Chester, Okemi Porter and Dave Torrington on Saturday struck gold in the High School boys’ 4×400 at  the event.
The quartet clocked 3:24.41s to top the league of 11 teams and defend their title in the event. The team also improved their timing, shaving seconds off the 3:26.95s that they clocked last year in the same event.