-Moore stuns Myles to become fastest service woman
Guyana Police Force’s (GPF) Olympian Winston George must have felt that he was still at the London Olympic Games as he raced around the quarter-mile and recorded one of the fastest times on local soil at the Inter-Service Annual Athletics Championships (ISAAC) yesterday.
George retained his ISAAC 400m title with a resounding win in 46.6 seconds at Guyana Defence Force (GDF) ground Camp Ayangana. George’s time mirrored that of his performance in the first round heat at the Olympic Games in London where he competed against some of the world’s best athletes.
“Knowing that I am the Guyana’s locally based Olympian, I had to go and show the guys out there that I am number one,” George said.
The police lance corporal said he was very impressed with his time as it is the fastest he has ever run on grass. Judging by that performance, George said that he is looking to improve on his electronically-timed 400m personal best (45.86s) as he hopes to move closer to his dream of medalling at the 2016 Olympics in Brazil.
The 25-year-old George raced out of his blocks from lane five and had been leading the race after the first 100m in spite of the apparent lane advantages. George seemed to enter speed-relax mode during the final bend before he powered down the final straight.
Patrick King attempted to chase George down during the final straight but his efforts proved to be futile. King did however come away with a new personal record of 47.5s while GPF’s Shawn Semple (47.6s) followed closely behind in third place. The first three finishers broke the previous ISAAC record of 48.4 seconds.
The women’s 100m final evolved into the battle of the eighteen year olds between former national junior champion Letitia Myles and GPF’s emerging star Aleta Moore who both recorded their personal records. Moore entered as the underdog, but surged past Myles after about 60m, en-route to her maiden ISAAC title. Moore’s first place time of 11.4s is a new ISAAC women’s 100m record, eclipsing the previous record by more than half of a second. Myles clocked 11.5s for second place while former ISAAC champion Leota Bobb clocked 11.9s.
Myles achieved her vendetta in the women’s 200m where she shattered another ISAAC record with an astounding time 23.2s. Moore placed second in that race in 23.7s while Tiffany Smith clocked 23.9s for third. All three athletes clocked their personal best times in the 200m. Some athletes are contending (the male 200m athletes) that female 200m competitors started from the wrong demarcation on the track and as a result ran a few metres short of the required distance.
Smith did return to stage a magnificent win on the women’s 400m final which she won in record time 58.3s ahead of GPF’s Janella Jonas (59.2) and Akeila Alves(1:00.8s)
Quinse Clarke, who placed third in the men’s 100m in 10.4s, shrugged off the pain from his injury and entered the men’s Non Commissioned Officers 100m.Sergeant Clarke clocked 10.3s to shatter the previous record and dethrone GPF’s Trevor Benn (10.8s) who placed second. Clarke’s teammate Jermaine Newton also won the Junior Officer’s 100m and clocked 10.3s to smash the previous record.
