The Guyana contingent in Suriname was too hot to handle on day one of the Inter-Guiana Games. The swim team copped 29 medals, including 7 individual silver medals, 3 relay silvers, and 19 individual bronzes; while the athletics team dominated the field, and the Volleyball team retained its title.
Toyan Raymond copped the Girls 100m gold in a time of 12.5s, while Surinames Sabrina Menso was second in 12.9s and Guyana’s Binka Joseph was third in 13.2s.
Action in the swimming events
Guyana failed to medal in the Boys 100m event, with Suriname’s Marciano Shepper and Dwayne Wee Wee taking gold and silver in 11.71s and 11.72s respectively.
In the Girls 400m race, Guyana snatched gold and silver with Deshauna Skeete and Kezra Murray finishing in that order in 1m 03.3s and 1m 04.2s respectively; while Suriname’s Chenelva Winamba claimed bronze in 1m 13.1s.
The victorious Volleyball team
As was expected, Daniel Williams easily won the boys 400m race, despite being well off his best form. He clocked a time of 52.1s, while Samuel Lynch was second in 53.1s.
Middle distance prodigy Joanna Archer held off her countrywoman Shaquka Tyrell in the 1500m race to finish first in 5m 04.5s, while Tyrell was second with a time of 5m 08s.
Linden’s Chantoba Bright as usual had no real competition, and she won the Girls Triple Jump with a leap of 11.2 metres, while Virlyn Gibson was second with a leap of 9.76 metres.
Ronaldo Greene made it a Triple-Jump double for Guyana when he won the boys event with a leap of 13.81 metres, while Suriname’s Ronaldo Letterbo (12.31 metres) and Dorniegill Wersen (11.71 metres) came in second and third respectively.
In the girls 4x100m relay, the Guyanese quartet of Binka Joseph, Deshauna Skeete, Chantoba Bright and Toyana Raymond copped gold.
Despite not winning a gold medal, the swim team performed remarkably, with Accalia Khan and Daniel Scott being the standout male and female swimmers.
Khan captured the sole female silver medal, while Scott was the top medal earner for the boys with three silvers and a bronze.
After breaking records at the recently concluded Goodwill Swim meet, Leon Seaton managed two bronze medals.
The U-18 Volleyball team retained its title without dropping a set, dominating Suriname in straight sets of 25-22, 25-20 and 25-21.
The Male Cycling team was also victorious in their event, winning the Time Trials even as the females placed second in theirs.
