Guyana were crowned the 2009 Inter Guiana Games Track and Field Champions, after dominating both days of competition hosted at the Eve Leary Sports Complex and the Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) grounds.
Guyana accumulated a mammoth 299 points in the 28 contested events winning both the male and female categories with 156 and 143 points respectively.
Suriname finished second with a combined score of 184 points (Female 90p, Male 94p) and French Guiana third with a total of 149 points (Female 81p, Male 68 points).
A total of 23 medals was claimed from the final 16 events by the reigning champions, who dominated the second and final day yesterday as they had done on the first.
The track events began with the 800m where Guyana again overpowered the opposition in both categories.
Jevina Straker and Ricardo Martin both claimed their second gold of the championship when they won the male and female 800m in times of 2:24.70 and 2:04.50s while their team mates Janella Jonas (2:26.30s) and Kevin Bailey (2:06.90s) picked up their second individual silver medals.
Suriname’s Genelva Diko (2:34.80s) and Xaviero Cleve (2:09.60s) finished third in the male and female 800m respectively.
Treiston Joseph who ran a time of 22.4s in the male 200m endured a tough race, challenged closely by French Guiana’s Alan Alias (22.5s) Joseph held on for victory to claim the IGG Sprint Double for the second consecutive year while his team mate Dellon DeAbreau finished third with a time of 22.8s.
The Guyanese dominance continued on the track when Nadine Rodrigues (25.2s) and Roxanna Rigby (25.4s) won the female 200m ahead of Suriname’s Danielle Clarke (26.0s).
Guyana stamped their authority in both 4x400m races just as they did in the 4x100m, Suriname finished second in the female 4x400m and French Guiana third while French Guiana came second to Guyana in the male category and Suriname third.
Suriname’s Ilsida Toemere outclassed the field in the female 3000m, clocking a time of 12:12.9s for victory while Guyana’s Tisha Grimes (13:32.6s) and Toshawnna Doris (13:43.8s) finished second and third.
The male 5000m was ruled by Guyana’s Jamal Chisholm who ran a time of 12:14.7s for victory to defeated Suriname’s Regill Touwslager (17:35.5s) and Xaviero Simison (12:39.7s).
Winston Caesar and Marlon Moshette claimed gold and silver for Guyana in the male Triple Jump but Moshette was able to reverse the position and defeat Ceasar to win the Long Jump.
In other results Suriname’s Yves Kakie and Romario Doorson won the Male Discus Throw with efforts of 30.68m and 29.08m and Obie Haddaway (27.82m) from Guyana claimed bronze while Lashanna Whaul (Guy) recorded a distance of 28.18m to defeat FG’s Samanta Sewgobind (23.92m) and Naomi Mousse (21.22m)
Shinead Emmerson and Whaul with throws of 8.85m and 8.06m won gold and silver in shotput for the hosts, and French Guiana’s Samanta Sewgobind (6.61m) claimed bronze and Kakie (12.04m) and team mate Eartwin Weekers (11.26m) claimed gold and bronze while Vallon Adams (Guy) claimed silver for Guyana with a throw of 11.62m.
