TEAM Guyana has emphatically clinched the Track and Field title at the Inter-Guiana Games (IGG) 2025, delivering a clinical two-day performance that confirmed their status as the regional athletics powerhouse.
Competing on home soil at the National Track and Field Facility in West Coast Demerara, the host nation established a crushing margin of victory, demonstrating superior depth and talent across both track and field disciplines.
At the conclusion of the athletics segment on Saturday, Guyana secured a staggering 442 points.
This monumental total created a chasm between themselves and the competition, with French Guiana finishing a distant second with 300 points, while Suriname claimed third place with 213 points.
The victory was built on a foundation of individual excellence, particularly in the sprints. Quinyla Burnette was arguably the star of the show, completing a fine sprint double.
Following her 100m success, she clinched the 200m title in a decent time of 25.20s, leading a Guyanese 1-2 ahead of teammate Nyah Gravesande (26.00s), with French Guiana’s Jozuana Dawane taking third (26.50s).
In the men’s 200m, Deuquan Farrell made amends for earlier results to take gold in 21.60s, beating out Tishawn Easton (21.80s) and Suriname’s Romensio Aminibo (22.60s).
Guyana maintained their stranglehold over the middle-distance events. Kaidon Persaud produced a powerful run in the 800m, clocking 1:57.90s to finish well clear of teammate Jonathon Bristol (2:00.80s).
Adanya Glen secured gold in the girls’ equivalent (2:28.60s), ensuring a top-two finish for Guyana alongside Kamayra Lacon (2:39.20s).
Long-distance runner Ebo McNeil bagged his second gold medal of the Games, winning the 5000m in 17:06.17s, well ahead of the French Guiana pair of Loris Innocent (18:35.84s) and Daniel Samuel (20:18.78s).
The team’s track dominance was completed by a commanding sweep of the relay events, winning all three contested races: the girls’ 4x100m, the boys’ 4x100m, and the Mixed 400m relay.
In the field, the results were equally strong. Kenetha Fraser claimed gold in the girls’ Long Jump with a leap of 5.00m, narrowly edging out French Guiana’s Emille Panelle (4.98m). Teammate Shellyann Sampson secured bronze with 4.92m.
The men’s Long Jump saw a Guyanese clean sweep of the top two spots, with Duel Europe (6.93m) taking gold ahead of Michael Kyte (6.63m).
Versatile athlete Kaidon Persaud added a second gold to his haul, dominating the Javelin competition with a best throw of 54.17m.
All other IGG 2025 disciplines will conclude today, followed by a closing ceremony at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.