Richard Ishmael poised to defend Zone One title

FULL participation throughout the day helped Richard Ishmael (RI) to amass a significant lead in the Zone One Inter-School Track Championships which began yesterday at the Police Sports Club ground, Eve Leary.
Though the 200m races still remain to be completed, the defending champions enter today with an 83-point lead, after ending yesterday’s competition with 274 points, followed by Kingston Secondary with 191 points.
Queen’s College, who had been leading in the other divisions of the Inter-School championships so far, ended yesterday’s track competition in third position with 157 points. Chase Academic Foundation, who finished in second place last year, are just behind QC with 141 points.
Guyana Technical Institute (GTI) ended the day with 74 points, while Marian Academy have 36 points.

It was a good day for RI on the track mainly in the distance races, while the wins in the sprints were more shared by the other schools.
Ricardo Manasingh gave RI the Boys 1500m win, one of only three races where the school placed first. They however topped the points table.
Taking second place in the race was QC’s Joshua Kalayeziah, while RI picked up third-place points thanks to Kishawn Johnson.
There was another win for RI in the Boys’ Under-16 800m, through Shawn Adonis. Kingston’s Osafa Jackson placed second while QC’s Leedronna Bacchus came third.
RI’s other win of the day was in the Under-12 Girls’ 1000m, championed by Shaquisha Johnson. The school also took second place through Jada Jeune. It was another third place for QC, taken by Destiny Shultz.

QC had better luck in the 100m races, where Virlyn Gibson won the Girls’ Under-18 race and Jorrel Desates won the Boys’ Under-16 race, relegating RI athletes to second place in both cases.
Felessa Jones was second in the Girls’ Under-18 100m, Kingston’s Brandy Edwards came in third.
In the Boys’ Under-16 Adonis finished second..
Chase also found success in the 100m races, with Tatianna Jones taking the Girls’ Under-20 title,
Kevin Padmore ruled in the Boys’ Under-18 category and Brianna Charles won the Girls’ Under-16 race.