The finish of the controversial 100m at Sunday’s IGG trials.

While it appeared that Joseph was beaten by Okeme Stewart, who dipped a bit too early and was nowhere near the finish line, uproar erupted from the spectators and the judges however fingered Joseph as the winner while some were still convinced otherwise.

The final time of 10.7 secs got Joseph a monetary prize of $15 000 and a spot on the IGG team while Stewart clocked 10.9 secs ahead of Delon DeAbreu’s 11.1 secs.

Joseph also won the 200m in a time of 22.0 secs with DeAbreu once again trailing in his footsteps with his timing of 22.6 secs just ousting Frank Mercurius (22.8 secs) for the second spot.

Roxanna Rigby won the female 100m in 11.7 secs beating Deja Smartt who clocked 12.2 secs and Tiffany Carto who clocked 12.7 secs.

She also won the 200m in a blistering 25.2 secs completing a sprint double and copping the two spots for the female sprint events. Nadine Rodrigues clocked 25.3 secs in a close second-place finish ahead of Nisha Allen (25.8 secs). Javina Straker was the winner of the female 800m race in 2:21.4 secs while her male counterpart was Ricardo Martin who clocked a timing of 2:03.4 secs.

Johnathan Fagundes claimed the 5 000m which he finished in 18:20.7 and Alika Morgan won the 3 000m, which was run off during a sudden downpour. She clocked 11:34.6 ahead of her sibling competition Toshawnna and Leanna Doris who ran 12:45.9 and 13:24.0 respectively.

After the rain the meet continued with the 400m which was won by Shannah Thornhill in the female category in a time of 1:01.2 while Frank Mercurius, who clocked 52.8, copped the win for the male category.

A disappointed Carlwyn Collins was forced to discontinue the race as he was suffering from a bothersome hamstring injury.

The bout of inclement weather rendered the facilities unsuitable for competition but the event pressed on. Competitors faced hazards such as the soggy track and swampy long jump pit that lay in the aftermath of the sudden shower.

While there were a few mishaps no serious injuries were sustained and many of the athletes hold the conditions at fault for the shortcomings in their performances.