MINGS Products & Services Ltd has stepped up to the plate to sponsor young sprint sensation Kenisha Phillips, who is set to represent her country and her club, De Challengers, at the upcoming Hampton Games in the Twin-Island Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. A press release yesterday related that Phillips in the presence of her coach and uncle, Linden Phillips, was handed over an undisclosed sum by the company’s Human Resources Manager Joy Lewis, to aid in her trip and performance at the prestigious Hampton Games, where Phillips will come up against some of the Caribbean’s best.
Phillips is entered to participate in three events: the women’s 100m, 200m and 400m, at the two-day event which begins on May 23 at the Hasely Crawford Stadium.
However, it was noted that the 14-year-old Phillips may not participate in all the events she has been entered in and “may have to choose which two events she will do depending on how the heats and finals are placed during the two days of events”.
“In recent local competition, Kenisha has been winning the U-17 sprint events producing times unseen in Guyana for her age and age group. Her CARIFTA Games Trials 200m time was 24.6 seconds and in the absence of Alicia Fortune she won the Women’s Open 100m when the new track, at Leonora was christened last month, in a reported hand-timed 11.3 seconds.
She then placed third in the Women’s Open 400m in a time of 59.8 seconds,” the release noted.