The Ministry of Education/ Guyana Teachers Union (GTU) 56th National Schools Cycling, Swimming and Track and Field Championships has reached its third day and the star athletes certainly came out and lived up to expectations on Wednesday at the National Stadium, Providence. Upper Demerara – Kwakwani’s Compton Caesar and North Georgetown’s, Kenisha Phillips certainly trilled those in attendance when the championships’ marquee events got underway on Wednesday.
Kenisha Phillips held off a strong challenge from Deshanya SkeeteAll alone! North Georgetown’s Samuel Lynch strolls to the finish line way ahead of the nearest competitor
When the starting gun went off at around 16:30h, expectations were high as to whether they would be another record breaking feat.
The boys’ under-20 was the first of the 100M finals and it placed Caesar alongside Thummim Paul and Titus Webster and the question that was luring on many minds was to whether could break the category record just as he did last year in the under-18. From the start of the gun, Caesar running out of lane round shot of the blocks like man on mission and by the 50M mark had already created distance between himself and the pack, which made crossing the finish line in a time of 10.6s an easy task. Webster of District five (West Coast Berbice) finished in second in a time of 11.12s while Paul clocked 11.13s.
In the female under-16 100M, Phillips, who is touted as the fastest in her category, had to work hard for the win as won the race in a time of 12.1s ahead of District 10’s Deshanya Skeete, who ran 12.2s for second and District 13’s Tiffauna Garnett (12.5s).
In the 800 finals Claudrice McKoy underlined her class in a another superb display of speed and stamina, winning in excess of 15 meters in a brisk (2m:28.50s) to dominate the event . It meant, second and third was occupied by District 4’s Latoya Moore (2m:40.30s) and Sophey David (2m.43.0s) of District 1 respectively.
Her district mates, Samuel Lynch (Boys U-18) and Maria Urquhart (Girls U-20) also recorded victories in the 800m. Meanwhile, in the overall points standings, defending champions Upper Demerara – Kwakwani currently leads with 239.5 points while West Demerara are in second with 210.5 points and North West in third with 208.
Fourth and fifth are occupied by Corentyne (149.5) and East Coast Demerara (144); North Georgetown find themselves in seventh place on 112.5 points.
Today’s events will commence at 09:00h with the 200m and 1500m events being the main crowd attraction.
