AFTER walking away with silver in the 4x400m and bronze in the 4x100m relays, the Tutorial High Boys Under-15 team ended as overall winners of their age-group category at the Barbados Relay Fair which concluded last Saturday at the Barbados National Stadium, St Michael, Barbados.

Running the finals by time, the Guyanese clocked 49.04 seconds in their 4x100m heats, to finish second place. However, that timing saw them relegated to third place when the full results were tallied.
The 4x100m team comprised Osapho Greene, Jamel Broomes, Zion Gray and David Coates.
Gray, Broomes and Coates returned for a powerful performance in the 4x400m relay where they were joined by Tumanie Whitney.
With an impressive run from Coates on the third leg, the team ended with a time of 3:56s which was good enough to see them upstage six other teams to take home the silver medal in the event.
The institution also had a team for the Boys’ Under-15 1600m medley which comprised two 200m, 400m and 800m distances.
This event was run by Greene, Broomes, Gray and Whitney, and they finished their heats with a time of 4:18.53s. However, when the last of the heats was completed the boys found themselves in fourth place.
Their performances led them to rack up 24 points overall, which handed them the Boys Under-15 age category title.
Meanwhile, the finals by times were not as favourable to the other Tutorial High teams, more so the Girls Under-13 team which competed with over 20 other teams, yet managed to place in the top ten in all of their events.
In their 4x200m heats, the other teams were no match for the Guyanese girls, who ended first place. However their timings of 2:03.59s in the race was only good enough for fourth place overall.
Running the event were Coleen Hurst, Shauntelle Venture, Rianna Thomas and Shaneka Cummings.
The girls had started off their day with their performance in the 1000m medley, where they eventually placed 5th overall in a time of 2:46.71s.
They were at it again in the 4x100m heats, where the girls managed to run for a second place finish but ended their 56.59s timings in fifth overall, in a race where they competed against 23 other teams.
The Girls Under-15 team also found the competition overwhelming, more than they could handle, and failed to make it to the podium. According to team manager Kirk Moses, the girls; biggest challenge was their baton-passing which took away crucial seconds in the races.
Overall Moses noted his satisfaction with the teams’ performance though not all of the teams managed to medal.
“The baton passes would have been their downfall, but we were still really impressed with the performances of all of them. They did excellent, all three teams.” Moses said.
The Girls Under-15 team participated in the 4x400m, 4x100m and the medley. The 4x100m relay was lead by Cassie Small, who teamed up with Izeebe Walcott, Shelunda Sankar and Tia Henry
Henry started the medley, where she handed over to Roshanna Haynes while Small ran the third leg and Tamera Henry anchored in the 800m leg of the race. The 4x400m team comprised the Henry siblings, Haynes and Sankar.
The team returned home on Monday.

By Tamica Garnett