UG aiming high at Boyce/Jefford Relay Festival

0The University of Guyana (UG) will be aiming to cause some upsets at the upcoming Boyce/Jefford relay festival set for April 23 at the Police Sports Club ground, Eve Leary.
The tertiary intuition have been rising in the track and field ranks lately and their recent outings hint at the club’s ability to cause some upsets.
UG recently returned with five medals from the University of the West Indies (UWI) Invitational Track and Field Competition in Jamaica, one of which was gold in a 1600m Medley relay that featured Owen Adonis, Floyd Phillips, Kadeem Peters and Cleveland Forde.
The 1600m Medley race featured a 400m, 200m, 200m and 800m in that order for which UG finished in 3:37.50s for first place.
In addition, the University won three gold; one silver and one bronze medal at the meet. The other members of the team included Kezia Bess, Vanessa Shelto, Travis Poole, Salim Yussuf, Ameer Yussuf and Kleon Spelling. Mark Scott was appointed Coach of the team for the UWI Invitational.
To further UG’s case, the team competed last Friday at a Golden Jubilee Relay Festival at the National Track and Field Centre at Leonora where the team won four gold medals.
Nevertheless, UG will have to compete without star athlete Cleveland Forde who is a member of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) club but attends the university.
However, UG will be one of the clubs to look out for at the much anticipated relay festival.
The Events for the relay estival include (male and females): 4×100, 4x200m 4×400, Sprint Medley Females (100m, 100m, 200m, 400m), Sprint Medley Males (100m, 200m, 400m, 800m).
Distance Medley Females (400m, 600m, 600m, 800m), Distance Medley Males (400m, 600m, 600m, 1200m).
In addition, each relay race carries a total prize of ,000 with ,000 for the winner; ,000 for second and ,000 for third place. Teams are expected from Linden, Berbice, East Coast and Georgetown-based clubs.