Adams advances to 400M final on tough day for Guyana

It was not the best of days for Guyana’s contingent at the ongoing South American Games in Rosario, Argentina, as several athletes across disciplines bowed out of the competition.
The highlight of the day, however, was Simeon Adams’ season-best run in the Men’s 400M event to book a spot in the final.
Athletics

Onesi Dunn missed out on a no-automatically qualifying spot in the Men’s 100M final on Tuesday night, finishing third in Heat One earlier that afternoon. Dunn stopped the clock at 10.66s behind Colombia’s Ronal Longa in first with 10.21s, while Argentina’s Lucas Villegas took second in 10.44s.
The same went for Akeem Stewart in Heat Three, crossing the line in 10.76s for third place. Venezuela’s Bryant Alamo won that heat in 10.47s, while Colombia’s Carlos Palacios was second in 10.70s.
The slowest non-automatic qualifier was Brazil’s Erik Barbosa, clocking 10.60s for fourth in Heat Two.
In the 400M events, Kenisha Phillips clocked a season’s best 55.81s for sixth place in Heat One. Chile’s Martina Weil dominated the Heat, crossing the line in 51.39s, followed by Argentina’s Megan Powell in 53.09s and Brazil’s Leticia Nonato in 53.92s.
In Heat Two, Akeelah Dover crossed the line in 1:02:16 for sixth place. Colombia’s Lina Licona took the win in 53.36s, followed by Jainy Dos Santos in 54.32s and Genesis Canola of Ecuador in 54.50s, all qualifying for the final.
The Men’s 400M Heat One saw Simeon Adams putting on a season’s best run in 47.12s for fourth place and a non-automatic spot in the final. He was led by Brazil’s Alison Alves in 44.99s, Venezuela’s Kelvis Padrino in 46.26s and Jhonatan Julio of Colombia in 46.91s.
Meanwhile in Heat Two, Revon Williams stopped the clock at 48.02s for seventh place. Argentina’s Elian Larregina took first place in 45.71s, while Javier Gomez of Venezuela and Matheus Lima of Brazil completed the top three in 46.09s and 46.29s, respectively.
The Men’s 400M final, featuring Adams, is set for this evening.
Squash
In the Squash Men’s Singles round of 16 on Monday evening, Daniel Ince went down to Colombia’s Matias Knudsen 3-0 (5-11, 2-11, 0-11). The same was the result for Fung-A-Fat, who took on Ecuador’s Maria Moya in the Women’s Singles Round of 16 but was defeated 3-0 (5-11, 7-11, 7-11).
Meanwhile, in the Women’s Doubles Division on Tuesday, Ashley Khalil and Kirsten Gomes comprised Guyana’s duo to take on Maria Tocar and Andrea Soria of Colombia. Unfortunately, the Guyanese went down 0-2 (8-11, 6-11) to the Colombians, ending their campaign in the quarterfinals.
Table Tennis
Chelsea Edghill started the day on a positive note for the Guyanese team, racking up a 4-1 victory over Arianny Cardenas of Ecuador in the Women’s Singles. Cardenas started with an 11-7 win in the first set before Edghill roared back to take the Round of 32 encounter with four ensuing sets; 8-11, 5-11, 6-11, and 8-11.
However, she was unable to get past the Round of 16 as Brazil’s Beatriz Kanashiro came out on top of their encounter, 4-0. The Brazilian prevailed 11-7, 11-8, 11-4, and 11-6.
Over in the Men’s Division, neither Elishaba Johnson, Shemar Britton, nor Colin Wong advanced out of the Round of 32.
Johnson fell to Leonardo Iizuka 0-4 (3-11, 8-11, 3-11, 7-11). Another Brazilian, Guilherme Teodoro, got the better of Colin Wong 4-0 (11-3, 11-9, 11-5, 12-10). Meanwhile, Britton was defeated at the hands of Argentina’s Santiago Lorenzo, 0-4 (7-11, 5-11, 5-11, 4-11).