George storms to 400M Gold

SA Senior Championships

Guyana’s National 400-metre record holder Winston George ran a season’s best of 45.42 seconds to claim gold in the Men’s 400-metre Finals of the South American Senior Championships in Paraguay.
He finished ahead of Columbians Jhon Alejandro Perlaza Zapata and Herrera Madera Yilmar Andres, who finished in second and third position in that order, with times of 45.77s and 46.02s respectively.
George had earlier this month clocked 45.49 seconds, qualifying for this year’s IAAF World Championships set for London in August.

Also representing Guyana was Owen Adonis, who on Friday finished fifth in the men’s 100m final. He was third in his 200 metre heat with a time of 21.47s, but did not qualify for the final.
Guyana’s other representative at the event, Jenea McCammon, came in fifth in her 400- metre hurdles final with a time of 59.38s, Woodruff Washington Wianna Wrsula won that event with a time of 56.04s. McCammon finished fourth in the 100m hurdles on Friday.
McCammon clocked 13.49 seconds in that race; however, the event was won by Brazil’s Moraes Dos Santos with a time of 12.86 seconds.