Districts 6 (Corentyne) and 11 (North Georgetown) took top honours yesterday when the 2014 edition of the Ministry of Education (MoE)/ Guyana Teachers Union (GTU) National Schools Track and Field/Cycling and Swimming championships got underway yesterday with the male and female cycle road races.Seasoned cyclist Romelo Crawford of District 6 won the boys 40K race while Toshwanna Doris of District 11 came out the winner of the girls 25K event.
Doris’ time for the 25K journey which started at the Ocean View International Hotel and proceeded to Strathspey on the East Coast of Demerara before returning to the place of origin for the finish was 50 minutes, 39.60 seconds.
However, more than one hour after the first three male finishers crossed the finish line at the Ocean View Hotel, the persons in charge of time keeping and of course the chief judge could not say what the winners’ time was. The males also started at the Ocean View Hotel.
National Junior cyclist Michael Anthony of District 10 (Upper Demerara/Kwakwani) and Mario King of District 12 (East Georgetown) placed second and third respectively in the boys’ category, while Ronella Samuels of District 4 (East Coast) and Whitney Payer of District 6 (Corentyne) finished second and third respectively in the girls category, in today’s track and field and track cycling aspect of the championships.
For winning the girls’ category, Doris gave her District 10 points, while Samuels gave East Coast eight points for placing second in the girls’ category.
Anthony secured eight points for District 10 by placing second in the boys’ category, while King gave District 12 seven points.
Today’s cycling will continue at the Guyana Defence Force’s Camp Ayangana ground beginning at 09:00hrs and will conclude on Friday at the same venue.
Track and Field activities will also be held at the same venue over the next three days.