Commonwealth Youth Games 2023: Guyanese team sprints into 4×4 relay final
Guyana’s athletes once again showed their class on the track on Wednesday evening when they booked a spot in the 4x400M Mixed Relay final at the 2023 Commonwealth Youth Games in Trinidad and Tobago.
The combination of Tianna Springer, Malachi Austin, Narissa McPherson and Javon Roberts stopped the clock at 3 minutes, 27.71s to grab first place in Heat One.
The Guyanese team finished ahead of Nigeria, who clocked 3 minutes, 29.98s, and Kenya, who finished third in 3 minutes, 36.70s.
Also on Wednesday, Guyana’s Golden Girl Tianna Springer secured the opportunity to add to her personal medal tally today, after qualifying for the Women’s 200M final.
Tianna Springer will compete in the Women’s 200M final today
Springer clocked 24.56s in her Heat to qualify for the semifinal. In the semis, Springer crossed the line in 24.39s to secure the final spot in today’s 200M final.
In the Men’s version of the event, Malachi Austin rewrote his personal best time, but was unable to advance to today’s final. Austin clocked 22.27s in Heat 1 of the event, and then clocked another PB in the semifinal, crossing the line in 21.99s. However, Austin narrowly missed a spot in the final by split seconds.
Also competing for Guyana on Wednesday was Attoya Harvey in the Women’s 800M semifinal 1. Harvey clocked 2 minutes, 17.47s, while her colleague Narissa McPherson stopped the clock at 2 minutes, 19.76s in semifinal 2. However, neither of the Guyanese ladies was able to qualify for today’s final.
Guyana’s 4x400M team celebrating after finishing first in the semifinal
Also missing out in a final was Javon Roberts, who clocked 2 minutes, 19.76s in the Men’s 800M semifinal.
The Women’s 200M final is set for 16:35hrs, while the 4x400M Mixed Relay final is scheduled for 19:00hrs today.
