THE third day of the 58th National Schools Cycling, Swimming and Track and Field Championships was much affected by rain over at the National Track and Field Centre, Leonora. However, the small yet vociferous crowd was treated to some keen competition in the field events and the 4x100m relay heats.

Among the day’s top performers was District 4’s (East Coast Demerara) Annalisa Barclay who won gold in the Girls’ U-18 Long Jump before helping her District to qualify for the Girls’ Open 4x100m relay finals.
Barclay, who fouled her first jump in the pit, came back to record a best jump of 5.02m to cop gold ahead of District 14’s (East Bank Demerara) Tatyana Duncan, who recorded a best leap of 4.65m to win silver while Jasmaine Assanah (District 12 – East Georgetown) had to settle for bronze with a jump of 4.60m.

Speaking to Guyana Chronicle, Barclay revealed that she would be participating in the Triple Jump and High Jump. She noted; “I’m very confident following my gold in the Long Jump, I am going for gold as well in the Triple Jump, but High Jump is not really my favourite event. However I’ll do my best.”
The 16-year-old President’s College student also talked up her District’s chances in the 4x100m Relays.

Also copping gold on the day was District 13’s (South Georgetown) Prudence Codrington in the Girls U-20 Javelin. Her best throw was marked at 35.38m which was good enough for gold while District 2’s (Essequibo Coast/Pomeroon) Denitta Marks copped silver with a best throw of 18.99m. Miriam Primo (District 12- East Georgetown) closed out the top three with a bronze following her best effort of 18.33m.

In the Boys’ U-14 Discus, Javaun Conway (District 15-New Amsterdam) claimed gold with his throw of 33.03m while silver went to District 6’s (Corentyne) Kemar Leitch with 28.38m while District 10’s (Upper Demerara/Kwakwani) Selwin Haywood secured bronze with 27.43m.

Up to press time most of the final field events and relay events results were yet to be made available. These results will be published in a subsequent report.

On Monday, District 6 (Corentyne) narrowly retained their Cycling title with 245 points ahead of District 10 (Upper Demerara/Kwakwani) who were just eight behind on 237 points while North Georgetown (District 11) with 434 points also retained their Swimming Championship ahead of District 10 who amassed 319 points.

The action continues today at the National Track and Field Centre, Leonora on the West Coast of Demerara where fans will see the heats and finals for the 800m and 100m events.
Last year District 10 (Upper Demerara/Kwakwani) won their second consecutive and 16th overall title while South Georgetown (District 13) finished second and North Georgetown (District 11) third.