Guyana’s Track and Field stars shine;
Phillips qualify for NCAA this weekend
GUYANA’s top junior athletes representing different college teams put in a fabulous showing as the National Junior College Athletic Association held their indoor track and field championship in Gainesville, Florida from March 1 to March 2.
Keliza Smith representing Barton County Community College clinched ‘gold’ in the Women’s 60 metre dash after stopping the clock in 7.37 seconds with Haniyyah Johnson second in 7.55 seconds.

Smith also captured a silver medal in the women’s 200 metre dash after finishing in 23.74 seconds behind La’nica locker In the men’s triple jump. Trevon Hamer won with a leap of 15.36 metres with second place; Oliveria Gabriel second in 15.21 meters with Tramaine Brown 7th with a leap of 15.01 metres.
Hamer came back to take 5th with a jump of 7.35 metres in the long jump with Brown 6th with the same distance recorded of 7.35 metres.

Attoya Harvey competing for Monroe College picked up 2nd place in her heat to reach the final with a run of 2 minutes, 17.42 seconds
However, in the final, she finished 6th place with a time of 2 minutes 16.72 seconds in the women’s 800 metres.
Adriel Austin also failed to make the final with a time of 2 minutes, 22.70 seconds.

Shaquka Tyrell of Munroe College got into the Women’s 1,000 metres final but finished in the bottom half with a time of 3 minutes, 00.90 seconds.
Revon Williams took second place in 1 minute, 21.21 seconds in his heat but didn’t’ reach the final of the 600 metres race.
Meanwhile, over in the big 10 championship conference, Kenisha Philips representing Indiana College, won silver in the women 400 metres in 51.72 seconds, a personal best time with first place going to Savannah Sutherland in 51.67 seconds.