… alll comes down to sprint events
TWO days of tight competition in the annual Joint Services Athletics Championship have left defending champions, the Guyana Police Force (GPF), with a 12-point lead over their closest rival the Guyana Defence Force (GDF).

Today’s competition will continue with the points standing as follows: Guyana Police Force lead with 238 points, Guyana Defence Force 226 points, Guyana Fire Service 64 points and the Combined Services 23 points.

The stage will be the playground of the speed demons as the events are predominantly sprints namely the 100m, 200m ,400m, 4x100m, 4x400m, which means that the outcome of this year’s championships will come down to a battle of the sprinters.

The 1500m and the shot put finals are also on today’s itinerary.

The lineup for the Men’s 100m final reads: Michael Saul (GPF) (entry time: 10.4 secs), Quincy Clarke (GDF) (10.4 secs), Keith Roberts (GPF) (10.5 secs), Rupert Perry (GDF) (10.6 secs), Jermaine Newton (GDF) (10.9 secs), Ryan Scott (10.9 secs), Dellon Harris (11.3 secs) and Winston George (GPF) (11.5 secs).

The top three for the Ladies’ 100m final are Leota Bobb (GPF) (entry time: 11.9 secs), Roshelle Coates (GDF) (12.1 secs), and Delle Williams (GPF) (12.6 secs). The Men’s 200m will feature Quincy Clarke (entry time: 21.5 secs), Keith Roberts (21.9 secs), Michael Saul ( 22.0 secs), Rupert Perry (22.1 secs) and Winston George (22.6 secs).

The Ladies’ 200m lineup reads: Leota Bobb (entry time: 25.8 secs), Roshelle Coates (26.7 secs), Ollando Grant (27.3 secs) and Delle Williams (27.7 secs)

The Men’s 400m will see Mark Edwards (GPF) (entry time:50.4 secs), Winston George (50.4 secs), Trevor Scotland (GPF) (50.9 secs), Odellie DeSantos (GDF) (51.1 secs), Quincy Payne (GDF) (51.8 secs) and Raymond Alexander (52.0 secs). Travis Gilbert and Clive Martin qualified by the virtue of having the fastest times below the qualifying mark.

The Women’s 400m will see Delle Williams (entry time: 1.03.0), Wanita Wayne (1.04.2), Leanna Doris (GDF) (1.04.7), Annasa Mentore (1.08.3) Felicia Sullivan (1.08.7), Latoya Benjamin (1.29.2).

While the outcome is still uncertain many pundits and fans of the track would have surmised the results of tomorrow’s sprint events based upon four GPF athletes namely Michael Saul who is the current National 100m and 200m champion. Keith Roberts who is a former Junior National Champion, Trevor Scotland and Leota Bobb who are also Junior National Champions.