Phillips, Caesar take sprint doubles as National Seniors C/ships concludes
Linden’s Compton Caesar flies past the finish line for the men’s 200m win.
Linden’s Compton Caesar flies past the finish line for the men’s 200m win.

UNSURPRISINGLY Guyana Defence Force’s Kenisha Phillips and Christianburg’s Compton Caesar wrapped up sprint doubles, while Samuel Lynch battled his way to the men’s 800m win, as juniors continued to rule at the Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) National Seniors Championships, which concluded yesterday at the National Track and Field Centre in Leonora.
Police’s Emmanuel Archibald was again relegated to second place when he faced off against Caesar in the men’s 200m finals. In a lineup that included men’s 400m champion Daniel Williams, Police’s Owen Adonis and Linton Mentis, 19-year-old Caesar was touted for the win from the beginning.

After proving that he was still in fine form by winning the men’s 100m on Saturday, in a new personal best, he was not to be denied the 200m as well, and 21.28 seconds was all the time required
Archibald, who already had to take silver in the 100m, finished the race just milliseconds behind the South American Juniors silver medallist, clocking 21.36s. Williams took third in 21.59 seconds.
Sixteen-year-old Phillips consigned women’s 400m winner Alita Moore to second place in the 200m after she clocked 24.07 seconds for her win. Moore had a time of 24.55 seconds, while Linden’s Onasha Rogers was third, with 24.63 seconds.
In the men’s 800m Lynch ran a tactical 800m against Police’s Quacy Morian. The South American Juniors silver medallist pushed hard and was rewarded, with a season-best 1:54.21s finish for his efforts.
Morian took 1:54.42 seconds, and junior Anfernee Headecker was third (1:56.42s).
In the newly introduced hurdles events, Christianburg’s Hosea Glen crossed the finish line in 18.23 seconds to take the win, his teammate Shimar Velloza was second, with 20.02 seconds.

Police’s Joanna Archer ran down Claudrice McKoy to take the women’s 800m title, stopping the clock at 2:14.55 seconds. McKoy came in at 2:15.36s, and Police Kezra Murray took a bronze medal (2:22.45s)
Running Brave’s Natrena Hooper and Upper Demerara’s Chantoba Bright grabbed the women’s high jump and triple jump wins respectively.
Hooper just needed to clear 1.70m to take her win, while Bright, who already bagged the women’s long jump win on Saturday, won the triple jump with a best jump of 12.24m.
Army’s Lloyd McCurdy won the men’s triple jump with a distance of 15.67m; and Running Brave’s Cleveland Thomas ruled the men’s 5 000m in a time of 16:24.44s.

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