Phillips clocks historic fastest ever female 100 metres …District 10 in the lead of track and field competition
District 4 Tevin Garraway wins the boys’ under-20 100m finals ahead of Jason Yaw and Linton Mentis.
District 4 Tevin Garraway wins the boys’ under-20 100m finals ahead of Jason Yaw and Linton Mentis.

THE best female 100 metres record-breaking performance ever at the Nationals and deserving of an astounding accolade must now be conferred upon young Kenisha Phillips who, yesterday, led District 4 to victory in the female Under-16 100 metres, on a day that also saw dominating performances from Tevin Garraway, Compton Ceasar, Natricia Hooper, Avon Samuels and Claudrice Mckoy. Intermittent showers threatened to dampen, what turned out to be a day of scorching competition, as the 100 metres and 800 metres featured heated performances on the track, as District 10 increased its lead over District 11 in the track and field competition of the National Schools Cycling, Swimming and Track and Field Championships, otherwise known as Nationals, which got into its third day of action, yesterday, at the National Stadium, Providence.

Linden’s Compton Ceasar soars to first place in the boys’ under-18 100m finals at the National Stadium yesterday
Linden’s Compton Ceasar soars to first place in the boys’ under-18 100m finals at the National Stadium yesterday

After the completion of 63 finals in the track and field competition Upper Demerara/Kwakwani (Linden) District 10 remains in the lead prevailing with 364.5 points, a 100 points over North Georgetown District 11 which ended yesterday’s activities with 264 points.
Trailing in third place is Corentyne District 6 which has 211 points, West Demerara District 3 holding on to fourth position with 198.5 points, closely followed by West Coast Berbice District 5 with 191.5 points, and New Amsterdam District 15 with 188 points.
Essequibo Coast/Pomeroon District 2, East Georgetown District 12, and South Georgetown District 13 are next with 169.5, 157.5 and 156 points, respectively.
North West District 1 has 144.5 points, while District 4 has 130.5 points and Rupununi District 9 with 112.5 points.
Meanwhile, blazing to 12 seconds flat in the female Under-16 100 metres finals, Phillips not only ran the fastest female 100 metres of the day, but also managed to erase the existing 12.2 seconds record set by Linden’s Onasha Rogers last year. Phillips’s performance even surpasses the current 11 year old 12.1 seconds record held by Rhobyn Alleyne in the female under 20 100m.
Phillips received exciting competition from District 12 Cassie Small, who took second place win in 12.3 seconds. For District 13 Tiffauna Garnett picked up the third place win in a time of 13.4s.
District 11 Avon Samuels clashed with District 4 Cassie Trixley and Natricia Hooper for the female under 18 win, in what played out to be a really tight finish. Samuels was not to be outdone though, and dominated in a time of 12.6 seconds, as the lanky Hooper was pushed to third by Trixley who clocked 12.
It was another tight finish in the male Under-18 100m finals where CARIFTA bronze medalist Jason Yaw came up against District 3 Tevin Garraway, and Lionel Mentis.
Garraway and the South American Youth Championships gold medalist, Yaw were obvious crowd favourites leading up to the race, with Mentis touted as a strong contender to add an exciting challenge to the mix.
In the end it was Garraway who claimed the win in a time of 10.8 seconds, Yaw touched down in 11 seconds flat, while Mentis clocked 11.1 seconds.
Linden’s Compton Ceasar was indeed the man to watch, when the male Under-18 100 metres got underway. Ceasar did not disappoint, clocking the fastest male 100m timing and equalling the current record of 10.7 seconds in his race. Ceasar’s nearest contender in the race was District 15’s Tyrell Peters who ran in 11 seconds.

District 4 Kenisha Phillips (441) dips as she crosses the finishing line in the girls’ under-16 100m finals yesterday at the National Stadium
District 4 Kenisha Phillips (441) dips as she crosses the finishing line in the girls’ under-16 100m finals yesterday at the National Stadium

The male under-16 100m win went to District 10 Daniel Williams, District 13 Umkosi Vancooten (11.2s) and District 15 Jermaine King (11.4s), were second and third respectively. In the male under-14 Joshua Hercules fro District 15 took the win in 12 seconds, followed by Jamal Browne (12.2s) from District 6. Yesena Andrews won the female under 14 finals in 12.9 seconds.
The day also saw the completion of the 800m finals, where the girls’ under-16 3000m champion returned to claim the Under-16 800m win. Running a blistering 2:23.1s, she was challenged by District 3 Joanna Archer who clocked 2:25.6s.
The girls’ under-18 and under-20 finals were won by North Georgetown’s Maria Urquhart (2:32.1s) and Linden’s Shontel Hinds (2:31.6s), respectively.
One the men’s side North Georgetown’s Orin Prince claimed the male under-20 800m in a time of 2:06.8s, ahead of Linden’s Shaquille Smartt, who had a time of 2:07.1s, Quacy Simpson claimed third place for District 12.
As the teacher’s competition continued District 7s Feona Mentis won the female teachers under-41 80m dash.

 

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