AFTER the completion of day two at the 57th National Schools Cycling, Swimming and Track & Field Championships, District 6 (Corentyne) amassed 229 points to remain on course to defend their Cycling Championship which pedalled off at the National Park yesterday.

District 10, the overall title-holders, are seven points behind (222) the leaders, while District 13 (125), District 4 (122) and District 3 (111) wrapped up the top five spots.
Esan Lowden of District won two events, the Boys’ Under-14 800-metre race as well as the Boys’ Under-14 3000-metre race to give his district 20 points.

Sherwin Sampson of District Two (Essequibo Coast/Pomeroon placed second to Lowden in the 800-metre race, while Nixon Williams of District Seven (Bartica) was third.
In the Boys’ Under-14 3000-metre event, Steve Bhimsen of District Six was second and Julius Craigon of District 13 (South Georgetown) was third.

Other winners for District 10 yesterday were Denzil Huntley who won the Boys’ Under-16 800-metre, Oneal Rose who won the Boys’ Open 5000-metre and Danellot Hackett who won the Girls’ Under-14 1000-mtre race.
David Hicks of Corentyne was second to Huntley in the 800-metre race while Henry Elcock of District 13 was third.

In the 5000-metre Boys’ Open event, Ralph Seenarine of District Six was second and Andrew Holder of District 11 (North Georgetown) was third.
Cyanna Retemiah of District Three (West Demerara) placed second to Hackett in the Girls’ Under-14 1000-metre race while Dayna Roberts of District 14 (East Bank Demerara) finished third.

For District Six, Beyonce Ross won the Girls’ Under-16 1000-metre race ahead of Annastaysha King of District Four (East Coast Demerara) and District 10’s Crystal Hutson respectively.

National cyclist Shineka Teixeira (District 6) won the 3000-metre girls open race ahead of Abigail Jeffrey (District 10) and Saudia DaSilva of District Four respectively.
Another District Six winner was Balram Narine who won the Boys’ Open 800-metre event. Second was Oneal Rose (District 10) and placing third was Denzel Curry of District three.

In other results, standout junior cyclist Jonathan Ramsuchit of District 15 (New Amsterdam) won the 3000-metre race for Boys’ Under-16. Second was Denzil Huntley (District 10) and finishing third was Chaneshwar Dhani of District Six.

Abigail Valentine of District 11 (North Georgetown) won the 800-metre event for Girls in the Open category. Kenesha Williams of District 5 (West Coast Berbice) was second and placing third was Kelicia Henry (District Three).Roy Charles of District four won the boys under-14 1000-metre race ahead of Jeremiah Harrison of South Georgetown and Delron McGregor respectively.

Reshoka Crawford of District Six won the Girls’ Under-14 800-metre race ahead of Negosti DeYounge of District Four and Krystal Alexander (District 10) respectively.
Beyonce Lewis (District Six) was the winner of the Girls’ Under-16 800-metre race. Second was Annastaysha King (District 10) while Clivecia Spencer (District 10) placed third.

The championship will continue on Friday when the Boys’ 40K road race as well as the Girls’ 25K road race will be staged in the West Demerara area.

Overall points after 32 completed events:
District 1 – 0 Points
District 2 – 15 Points
District 3 – 111 Points
District 4 – 122 Points
District 5 – 46 Points
District 6 – 229 Points
District 7 – 75 Points
District 8 – 30 Points
District 9 – 0 Points
District 10 – 222 Points
District 11 – 80 Points
District 12 – 92 Points
District 13 – 125 Points
District 14 – 51 Points
District 15 – 45 Points