WITH a 28-point lead, Police Athletics Sports Club (PASC) upstaged the Guyana Defence Force Athletics Club to win the Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) Relay Championships last Sunday, at the Police Sports Club Ground, Eve Leary.Olympian Winston George spearheaded wins in the men’s 4x200m and 4x400m, to lead Police with 116 points way ahead of the 88 points amassed by GDF. Third place went to Christianburg Wismar Secondary School (CWSS) which ended with 78 points.
Police also took massive wins on the distaff side, running away with the 4x100m (52.1s), 4x200m (1:47.6s), the 4x400m (4:14.3s) and the medley relay (1:52.5s).
Finishing in a time of 1:38.1s, Police also had their men’s team take a win in the medley relay. In the men’s 4x200m the team clocked 1:31.7s, ahead of the GDF team’s 1:39.9s. In the 4x400m it was another second for GDF after they finished in 4:00.3s, behind the 3:27.7s finish by Police.
The competition also featured a schools category which was won by the St John’s College after they scored 74 points. They were followed by Kingston High with 43 points, while Tutorial High had 35 points to finish third.
Like Police, St John’s took substantial wins on both the male and female sides. The secondary school won both the male and female medley and 4x400m relays; additionally they took victory in the male 4x100m and 4x400m.
Following the completion of the competition the winners received their prizes at a presentation ceremony, with gratitude being extended to the sponsors of the competition, namely Hits and Jams Entertainment, Wartsila, MACORP, GuyOil, Digicel, and former Police Commissioner Leroy Brumell.