Local athletes electrify Enmore Ground in AAG meet

Hopeful Guyanese athletes on Sunday continued preparing for a hectic year of athletics activities by participating in the Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG)-hosted third developmental meet to be staged since the beginning of 2020.
In an effort to ensure that athletics events are spread out around the country, this meet was staged at the Enmore Community Centre Ground, ECD, and the attendance was encouraging.

Running Brave’s Brianna Charles had an excellent day on the track, as she sprinted to take the first position in the Girls’ U19 150-metre and 300-metre races. Charles clocked 19.12s and 43.41s in those respective races.
Running Brave’s Princess Brown was second in the 150-metre race, crossing the line in a time of 19.77s, while Delia Persaud of the Mercury Fast Laners placed third in a time of 21.97s.
In the 300M event, Mercury Fast Laners’ Tiea Lowe and her club mate Tia Charles finished second and third respectively, clocking times of 46.83s and 48.58s.
Tonya Rawlins commanded respect in the Girls’ 20+ 300M event, as she crossed the line in 42.48s. Police Progressive Youth Club’s (PPYC) Cassie Small and Running Brave’s veteran athlete Alisha Fortune finished in respective second and third positions, clocking times of 43.51s and 45.32s.
Wesley Tyndall of Running Brave Athletics Club continued his fine form, clocking the Boys’ U16 60-metre dash in a time of 7.36s, and consigning Rurallites’ Troyan Gibbons (7.49s) and PPYC’s Yohance Nedd (7.56s) to respective second and third positions.
The male U19 60-metre race was won by New Amsterdam’s Nicholas Denheart in 7.09s. PPYC’s Kevin De Souza finished a close second in 7.16s, while Super Upcoming Runners’ Andrew Baptist was third in a time of 7.35s.
Denheart completed the sprint double when he crossed the line first in the 150M race, clocking a time of 17.22s, and beating Rurallites’ Shem McKenzie (17.36s) and PPYC’s Kevin De Souza (17.41s) into respective second and third places.
The Over-20 60-metre dash was a closely contested affair, but when the fireworks had ended, PPYC’s Davin Fraser had triumphed in 6.94s, followed by his club mate Stephon Boodie in 7.04s and GDF’s Yannick Williams in third with a time of 7.11s.
As usual, GDF’s Leslain Baird produced an outstanding performance in the javelin event. With his eyes set on participating in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, Baird threw a distance of 64.90 metres to place first. While it is obviously not his best throw, it signals the athlete’s consistency leading up to this year’s games.
GDF’s Jermaine Simmons threw 52.65M to be adjudged second in the event, while fellow soldier Timothy Sealey copped third with a throw of 48.97M.