By Tamica Garnett
DISTRICT 2 Keona George claimed the first and only record of the day, while Claudrice McKoy and Selwyn Mingo gave notable performances, as District 10 etched out a significant lead over District 11 in the athletics competition of the National Schools’ Cycling, Swimming and Track and Field Championships, which continued yesterday at the National Stadium, Providence.

North Georgetown (District 11) may have gotten off to a confident start with winning the swimming competition when the championships began on Monday, but arch rivals Upper Demerara/Kwakwani (Linden) District 10 is getting the better of them on the track.

Though District 11 remain the defending champions of the overall competition, it is District 10 that are the defending champions in the track competition, a title they seem intent on keeping.

After the completion of 38 finals, District 10 stand with 216.5 points and a sizeable lead ahead of District 11, which stand with 150 points. On the heels of District 11 are West Demerara District 3 competitors with 133.5 points, and District 2 with 130.5 points.

District 5 have 118.5 points and District 6 114 points. South Georgetown District 13 with 102.5 points and District 15 were the only other districts to claim triple digits.

Out on the field, George claimed the record in the female Under-18 high jump, clearing 1.5m to top the 1.47m set by fellow District 2 athlete Yolanda Fraser some three years ago.
Mckoy and Mingo claimed wins in the female and male Under-16 3000m, respectively, while withstanding heated competition from their Rupununi counterparts.
Representing District 10, Mingo received the hardest of the battle when he came up against Francis Ignacio in District 9.
Mingo clocked 10:06.5s to barely make it past the finishing line before Ignacio who was just behind with a time of 10:06.7s.
McKoy of District 11 had somewhat of an easier time against Margaret Augusto, clocking 11:24.9s in front of the 11:27.6s clocked by Augusto. The District 13 Aaliyah Moore was third clocking 12:20.5s.
The day’s event also included the 400m heats, where District 11 Jason Yaw clocked 52.2s to make it into the male Under-20 finals on Friday, and East Georgetown’s Natricia Hooper qualified for the female Under-18 400m.