“A DREAM COME TRUE”: President’s College triumphs in inaugural National Secondary Schools Championships

After three days of intense competition at the National Track and Field Center (NTFC) at Leonora, West Coast Demerara, President’s College of Region Four became the inaugural champions of the revamped National Secondary School Track and Field Championships.
At the end of the first day’s activities, President’s College had been leading the points’ standings with 80 points, followed by Linden’s Mackenzie High with 77 points and St Ignatius Secondary with 35 points. Mackenzie High had reclaimed the lead after day 2, with PC following close behind.
Then on D-Day, the East Coast Demerara learning institution accumulated 257 points for the win, with Mackenzie High following closely with 253.50 points and Christianburg-Wismar Secondary with 197.33 points.
St. Ignatius Secondary with 129 points and Mahaicony Secondary with 100 points completed the top 5 standings.
Willon Cameron, Physical Education Teacher at President’s College, in sharing what the win means to this rounded institution, has said, “First of all, we must give glory to God for the ability and this wonderful event to showcase our talent. It means a lot to President’s College. You know, we pride ourselves as being the most rounded school; not just academics, as we’re known for, but we push (ourselves) in every single sporting event or activity. So, to be able to come and capture this, I trust it really does mean a lot to every PC student, past and present.”

Describing the achievement as a dream come true for himself and students, Cameron went on to declare, “To be fair with you, this is something that we’ve dreamed of for a long time. Personally, as a PE teacher, I’ve always dreamed of the opportunity for my school to go against the other schools, because the district thing was nice but, you know, there’s an extra thing in it, as you mentioned, when it’s a school.”
Cameron continued, “So, to have the opportunity to showcase that and come out on top, I really don’t have the words (to adequately express) at the moment.”
Admitting that President’s College athletes are not track and field-inclined, Cameron vowed to push for move investment in the discipline, so as to defend their title.
Cameron related, “I don’t want to sound too arrogant or overconfident, but I told myself if there was a year to beat us, it had to be this year. Because, to be honest, it’s a bunch of basketball players, football players, cricketers and so on you see out there; not full-time track and field people like some of the other schools. But because we take sport so seriously, we can do a lot of events.

“So, for sure, now we definitely have to invest more in the track and field arena. we definitely going to be calling on our board and our administration to support us in that area, and we’ll look to keep strong. We know for sure we wouldn’t underestimate Mackenzie High School of Christianburg-Wismar, they’re supremely talented; but we know we’ll keep going toe-to-toe with them as the years go by.”
The win for President’s College means that Linden’s reign as back-to-back winners of the District Title since 2015 has come to an end.