AFTER deliberating on the list for some weeks, the Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) yesterday released the names of the 14 athletes who will be representing Guyana this Saturday and Sunday in the Track and Field division of the Inter-Guiana Games which starts tomorrow.On the team are defending Boys’ 100m and 200m champion Kevin Abbensetts, and last year’s Boys’ 400m champion and CAC Juniors bronze medallist Jason Yaw. Both Abbensetts and Yaw are part of the Boys’ 4x100m and 4x400m.
Also on the Boys team are defending boys’ 800m champion Ornesto Thomas, Grivon Grant, Tevin Garraway, Quacy Simpson, Matthew McKenzie, Jbari Joseph, Samuel Gray, Clarence Greene, Kade Pearce, Timothy Fullington, Jamal Joseph and Tremaine Beckles,
On the Girls’ side Jevina Sampson will be looking to defend her 400m title, while Cassey George, who came second in the Girls’ 800m last year will be looking to champion the race after last year’s winner of the event, Guyana’s Jevina Straker, will not be competing. George will also contest the 1500m in addition to being in the 4x400m relay.
The 100m and 200m will be up for grabs as last year’s champion Alita Moore will also not be about to defend her title. This time around Guyana will be represented by Shoquane Daniels and Shannon Griffith in the Girls’ 100m while Sampson and Avon Samuels will hope to uphold Guyana’s win in the 200m. Samuels will also vie in the 400m alongside Sampson.
Sampson, Samuels, Daniels and Griffith will contest the female 4x100m relays, for which Guyana are also the defending champions. For the Girls’ 4x400m Sampson, George and Samuels will be joined by Andrea Foster, who will also be representing in the 800m and 1500m.
The remaining athletes on the female team include Claudrice McKoy (3000m, 4x400m), Chantoba Bright and Natricia Hooper, both of whom will be competing in the long jump, and triple jump, as well as Trystal McAllister (shot put, javelin), Stephanie Frank (discus, javelin), Khadidja Ba (shot put, discus), Shontel Hinds (3 000m, 4x400m), and Irie Cadogan (high jump).
Officials for the team are: Alisha Fortune, Raymond Daw and Julian Edmonds. The athletes will challenge athletes from Suriname and French Guiana this weekend at the Guyana Defence Force ground. Competition begins at 11:00hrs on Saturday and 09:00hrs on Sunday.