2014 CARIFTA Games gold medalist Cassie George clocked a 2015 CARIFTA qualifying time in the girls’ Under- 18 1500m when the CARIFTA Games trials began yesterday at the Guyana Defence Force ground, Camp Ayanganna.

George finished the race clocking four minutes, 53.8 seconds (4:53.8) to win the event; surpassing the 4:56.0s qualifying time. The Linden base athlete finished ahead of Claudrice McKoy who finished second and ended in a time of 5:01.7s.

Natricia Hooper won the girls 400M when she ran 57.7 seconds – a time just milliseconds outside of the 57.7 seconds qualifying time for the event.

Kenisha Phillips finished second in the girls 400m clocking a time of 58 seconds, ousting season campaigner Avon Samuels to third place as she crossed the line in a close 58.6 seconds.

Also coming close to a qualifying time was Tevin Garraway who clocked 10.7 seconds in the boys under-20 100m to win first place in his race. Second place was Linton Mentis (10.9 seconds).

Jason Yaw was also just outside qualifying time as he finisded the boys’ under 20 400m in a time of 49.4 seconds, while the qualifying time for the event stands at 48.50 seconds.

Deja Smartt won the female under 20 100m (12.2 seconds), where she was followed by Aliquha Powley (12.4 seconds).

The competition is expected to conclude today at the same venue.