The National Senior Track and Field Championships came to an exciting close on Sunday evening at the Leonora Track and Field Facility, West Demerara.
Left for the last day, the 200m contest brought boisterous shouts from fellow athletes, for the headline event of the day.
Daniel Williams’s 21.06s time was the best of the lot, while Akeem Stewart clocked 21.35s for second place. Noelex Holder completed the podium with a time of 21.46s.
Devaun Barrington crosses the line steps ahead of the competition
In the women’s event, Juvonna Cornette was the victor, clocking 24.85s. Ruth Sanmoogan finished in 25.13s for second and Keliza Smith capped off the podium positions with a time of 25.24s.
Emmanuel Archibald was the standout in the long jump event (Jemima Holmes photo)
Chantoba Bright made it a double gold in the jumps earlier in the afternoon. After the triple jump on Friday, she returned to the sandpit on Sunday, leaping 6.28m to win the women’s long jump. With a jump of 6.02m, Sanmoogan took second place, while Toyan Raymond was third with a best jump of 5.82m.
As the event came to a close, Emmanuel Archibald was declared the men’s long jump winner with a best jump of 7.82m.
Joanna Archer dominated the Women’s 800m
Devaun Barrington proved unbeatable in the men’s 200m final, clocking 1m 53s for the top spot. Nicholas Daw trailed closely behind with a time of 1m 55.84s for second. Anfernee Headecker closed off the top three with a time of 1m 55.95s.
Joanna Archer was the champ on the distaff side with a time of 2m 12.62s for first place. Shaquka Tyrell was the next best finisher, clocking 2m 19s, while Tia Azore finished in 2m 32s for third place.
Cleveland Thomas and Sir Kennard Hartog were neck in neck, before Thomas won
The men’s 5000m race also brought some excitement, as Cleveland Thomas and Sir Kennard Hartog fought for the top spot. After popping each other in a few laps, experience prevailed as Thomas clocked 16m 1s for first place. Hartog eventually crossed the line in 16m 29s for second while Marlon Nicholson clocked 16m 40s for third place.
Chantoba Bright copped the Long jump gold
The meet was labelled a success by Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) President Aubrey Huston, with the Association’s next meet expected to be the National Youth and Juniors Championships, which are tentatively scheduled for July.
