NATIONAL athletes Jason Yaw, Jevina Sampson, Cassie George and Kevin Abbensetts continued to shine as the Athletics Association of Guyana CARIFTA Games Trials got into its second, and final, day of competition, yesterday, at the Police Sports Club Ground, Eve Leary. 

Competing in the Under- 18 category, Yaw won the boys’ 200m race, and George dominated the girls’ 3000m, but the day’s excitement peaked with Sampson’s meticulous win over Avon Samuels, Natricia Hooper and Tirana Mitchell in the girls 200m.
Sampson clocked a time of 25.30 seconds, finishing milliseconds ahead of Samuels, who had previously come out on top when she ran in the first heats of the race, Sampson had ran in heats two.
Though Mitchell was in for a possible third her 26.30 seconds end was not enough to surpass Hooper’s 26.00 seconds finish.
Hooper, however, still managed to finish the day with a first place win after winning the girls’ under 18 triple jump clearing a distance of 11.32 metres.
Following her easy 4:47.00s take of the 1500m the opening day of competition the Saturday before, it was another straightforward win for George in the 3000m, which she finished in a time of 10:44.50s way ahead of Running Brave’s Andrea Foster who clocked 11:22.60s.
After running 22.40 seconds to win his heats, Running Brave’s Yaw returned to govern the finals in a time of 21.80 seconds, settling his clubmate Dequan Vancooten’s 22.20 seconds run to second place. This follows Yaw’s notable win of the 100m dash the day before. The CARIFTA Games bronze medalist had clocked a time of 49.40 seconds in that race on Saturday.
Abbensetts starred over in the boys’ under 20 category where he captured the 200m in a time of 21:50 seconds in an easy win over Police Sports Club’s Kareem Punch who ran the race in a time of 22.40 seconds.
Though starting with seven competitors the race ended with six after Police Sports Club Arinze Chance pulled up just pass the first 100m of the race and collapsed on the field.
Clocking 2:26.20s Police Sports Club Kezra Murray won the girls under 18 800m, and Kwesi Blair won the race on the boys’ side twenty-two seconds faster.
Mercury Fast Laners’ Khadidja Ba who won the Shot Put throw on Saturday, also captured the discus throw after covering a distance of 21.54 metres.
The official athletes who have made the team are not expected to be released until this coming Wednesday, according to AAG president Aubrey Hutson.