GUYANA’S Cleveland Thomas and Andrea Foster last Saturday won silver medals for their performance in the men’s and women’s 1500m respectively, at the NGC/Sagicor Open Championships being held at the Hasely Crawford Stadium in Trinidad and Tobago.

Thomas clocked 4:01.04s to finish just behind Trinidad and Tobago’s Defence Force athlete George Smith who completed the race in 4:00.64s, while third place went to Smith’s team mate Quincy Elliot who was just behind Thomas with his 4:01.56s end.
Foster was second behind Memphis Pioneers’ Dawnell Collymore after she finished the race with a time of 5:10.78s. Collymore ended in a time of 4:48.31s..
Foster and Thomas are two of a number of Guyanese athletes participating at the event, which began last Friday and concluded yesterday.
In other results from Saturday, Alisha Fortune qualified for the women’s 100m final with a time of 12.17s, and ended with an ultimate time of 12.03 seconds in the final, while Kadeem Peters and Selwyn Foster both participated in the men’s 400m but failed to place into the final, clocking 52.79 seconds and 50.55 seconds, respectively.
Akeem Steward contested in the men’s 100m but also failed to place in the final.