District 10 (Upper Demerara/Kwakwani) are well on their way to reclaiming the title in the 56th Annual Ministry of Education/Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) National School’s Cycling, Swimming and Track and Field Championships as the team extended their lead to exactly 100 points at the close of day four at the National Stadium, Providence on Thursday.
Linden’s Compton Ceaser races to gold in the boys’ under-20 200M final
The 14 time champions had another dominant day as they raced to 461.5 points at the end of 106 finals. District Three (West Demerara) remained in second position but fell further behind, trailing by 100 points on 361.5. District Five ( West Coast Berbice) moved up to take over the third spot on 345 points while District Six (Corentyne), District Four (East Coast Demerara) and District One (North West) are currently in 4th, 5th and 6th position with 329.5,322 and 309 points respectively.
Other rankings include District 11 (North Georgetown) on 299.5, District Two (Essequibo Coast/ Pomeroon) on 255.5, District 15 (New Amsterdam) on 254, District 12 (East Georgetown) on 253.5, District 13 ( South Georgetown) on 202, District Seven (Bartica) on 198, District Nine (Rupununi) on 166, District 14 (East Bank Demera) on 159.5 and District Eight (Potaro/ Siparuni) on 24.5 points.
The highlight of the day was District 10’s Compton Caesar and Daniel Wilson romping respective sprint doubles by winning the 200M under-20 and under-18 events respectively.
Caesear won ahead of Districts’ 12 Linton Mentis and District 15 Stayon Wilson; the Lindener had a time of 22.1s while Mentis was distances behind with a time of 22.7s and Wilson 23.0s.
Caeser, speaking with this publication after the event said that he was happy to help his team assume a commanding position and looked forward to a bright future in the sport.
In the female under-20, another Lindener ruled the field as Denita Jackson clocked 26.7s to win ahead of Kimberly Hassanah (27.3s) and Ruth Sanmoogan (27.4s).
In the boys under-18 Wilson continued the Linden team dominance as he added another goal medal in his closest by winning in a time of 22.7s with his closet rival being Brian Roman (23.5) and Umkosi Vancooten (23.7). The upset of the day’s event came when North Georgetown’s Kenisha Phillips failed to replicate the winning run as she did in the 100M on Wednesday as District’s 10 Deshanya Skeete turned the tables to win in a time of 25.3s edging Phillips at the line with her time being 25.4s; Tiffauna Garnett took third with 26.3s. In the 1500M events; District’s 15 Ruel Chester won the boys under-20 in a time of 4m:27.9s while Delroy Leitch (4:28.0) and Ameer Ally (4m:38.1s); the female event was won by Maria Urquhart (5:23.4).
North Georgetown Samuel Lynch is the class of an top middle distance runner as after winning the 800M on Wednesday he won the boys under-18 1500M. The win was not as easy as the 2-lap event since he was pushed by Okemi Porter. Lynch clocked a time of 4m: 30.0s while Porter came in at 4m:31.9s.; District’s 11 Claudrice McKoy added another goal by winning the event in a time of 5m:06.8s.
The events will continue today with the major highlights being the 400M finals and the 4x100M relays which will bring a close to the championships.
