Rawle Greene recorded his fastest hand-timed sprint in Guyana in a dominant performance in the men’s 100m event at the Enmore ground on Sunday when the Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) staged the combined national junior and senior championships.
Greene overcame a surge from Carlton Bobb in the middle of the race to end in a blistering 10.40 seconds. Bobb and Keith Roberts occupied the second and third positions respectively. They both registered 10.60 seconds.
Greene told Stabroek Sport that he was satisfied with the time since it was not usual for him to be running so fast so early in the year. He said that he ran although hampered by a recent injury.
“I am satisfied with my timing. I don’t usually run so fast so early in the year but the fact that I did is a good sign for me,” the sprinter said after consecutive national 100m wins at the senior championships.
Bobb returned later in the afternoon to win a comfortable 200m ahead of Roberts and Rondell ‘Cobra’ Adams respectively in a time of 21.90 seconds. Roberts’s time was 22.30s while Adams ended in 22.50s.
Bobb advanced to the final after knocking Greene into second position in the first of two heats. Greene did not contest the final citing the danger of a steep turn leading to the final straight of the 200m.
Alisha Fortune was a loner in the women’s 100m, 200m and 400m races with a time of 24.90s in the 200m and 58.20s in the 400m. Fortune’s time in the 100m was still under verification up to press time.
Wayne Harlequin upstaged favourite Adams in a final-by-time men’s 400m race after ruling the roost with 50.10s. Adams ended up second on the final list with a time of 50.20s. Trevor Scotland was third in 50.50s.
However, Harlequin (2:02.20s) could not reproduce the same results in the men’s 800m. He finished a pale third behind Trevor Scotland (1:59.10s) in second position and winner Jermaine Pilgrim in a time of 1:58.70s.
Pilgrim returned to defeat Cleveland ‘Fish’ Thomas and Ryan De Peazer respectively in the men’s 1,500m race with a time of 4:23.40s. Thomas registered 4:25.20s while De Peazer ran 4:50.80s.
Carla Benjamin (2:35.90s and 5:45.10s) won the women’s 800m and 1,500m races ahead of Samantha Williams (3:11.00s and 6:50.40s) in what was a two-person race in both events.
Distance stalwart, Kelvin Johnson, completed a victory in the men’s 10,000m race with a time of 34:43.60. Damien Blackman finished second in 38:53.60s while Rupununi’s Adolph Moses ended third in 40:16.20s.
In the senior field events, Trishel Thompson secured a double winning the women’s javelin with a throw of 31.00m and the shot-put with a throw of 11.89m.
Subrina Munroe was second in the shot-put with a throw of 10.92m.
Munroe secured the discus throw with 22.40m while Rushell Coates sprang 4.52m to win the women’s long jump. Both athletes were the only competitors in the two events.
Kevin Bonnet relinquished his reputation of being one of the most successful long jumpers in Guyana after a close defeat by Japheth Hackett. Bonnet jumped 6.36m while Hackett registered a 6.65m jump to win the event.
Bonnet took revenge in the men’s javelin throw, claiming the event ahead of Hackett (45.72m) and Kashta Otto (43.28m) with a throw of 48.48m.
Royston Ross won the men’s discuss throw ahead of long-time nemeses Ronald Payne and Terrence Johnson. Ross won with a throw of 39.22m while Payne and Johnson threw 38.44m and 34.14m respectively.
Payne turned the tables on Ross and Johnson in the men’s shot-put with a distance of 11.05m, leaving Johnson (9.97m) in second position while Ross (9.95m) occupied the third spot.
Meanwhile, the national junior meet provided as much heat as the senior contest with Goddis Accra, Telston McKinnon, Dennis Horatio, Johnaton Fagundes, Sheenika Bentick, Carlissa Atkinson and Alika Morgan recording doubles in the track events.
Accra sprinted away with the under-20 boys’ 100m and 200m races ahead of Kevin Haynes (10.90s and 22.90s) and Triston Joseph (11.10s and 23.00s) in that order in both races.
Accra registered 10.70s in the 100m and 22.50s in the 200m.
McKinnon claimed the under-17 boys’ 100m in 11.10s defeating Timothy Doris (11.20s) and Carl Lewis (11.60s) respectively and the 200m in 22.80s with Doris (23.40s) second and Sebastine Anton (23.70s) third.
Anton and Tadeam Boyce tied for the top spot in the final-by-time 400m in 53.80s; Carlwyn Collins (54.30s) and McKinnon (55.60s) took the next two spots in the under-17 boys’ 400m event.
Horatio forced victories in the 5,000m and 1,500m defeating his rivals from Linden, Leonard Chapman and the Rupununi, Cletius James in the 5,000m and Kiev Chesney and Mark Jones in the 1,500m.
Chesney won the under-20 boys’ 800m in 2:06.90s with Odell Adams (2:09.80s) second and Sean Thompson (2:10.00s) third.
Horatio turned in 17:10.40s ahead of Chapman’s 17:21.20s and James’ 17:56.20s in the 5,000m and 4:28.80s in the 1,500m in front of Chesney’s 4:37.20s and Jones’ 4:43.10s respectively.
Fagundes made his mark in the under-17 boys’ 1,500m race with a time of 4:33.60s knocking Tyshon Bentick (4:35.90s) into second and Hezron Pedro (4:45.20s) into third place.
Fagundes returned later to capture the under-17 boys’ 3,000m in 9:47.30s ahead of Devaun Barrington (10:02.80s) and Bentick (10:08.30s).
Bentick out-sprinted Leota Bobb and Janelle Corlette respectively in the under-20 girls’ 100m race, recording 12.70s in the process. Bobb’s time was 12.80s while Corlette ran 13.40s.
Bentick also won the 200m and 400m race in 27.20s and 1:02.60s respectively. Jahanine Cumberbatch (27.80s) placed second in the 200m while Niesa Allen (28.20s) was third.
Onica Lacius (1:03.10s) was second in the 400m while Monica Roberts (1:03.10s) was third.
Atkinson defeated Jenella Jonas (5:14.40s) and Melissa Albert (6:14.40s) respectively in the under-17 girls’ 150m after registering a time of 5:10.50s; Atkinson (11:59.80s) also won the 3,000m race in front of Mikella Adams (12:19.30s) and Tomeka Nicholson (12:37.40s) respectively.
Jonas in a time of 2:32.80s defeated Albert (2:35.90s) and Feona Jones (2:39.00s) in the under-17 girls’ 800m race.
Morgan continued to be impressive on the local scene when she notched up victories in the under-20 girls’ 800m, 1,500m and 5,000m races of 2:34.80s, 5:22.60s and 20:11.50s respectively.
Arnetia Saul (2:37.90s) was second in the under-20 girls’ 800m while Lacius (2:51.00s) was third. Jelissa Saul (6:16.70s) was second in the 1,500m race that had only two competitors mirroring the 5,000m where Leanna Doris (24:49.40s) placed second.
Ladona McKenzie secured the under-17 girls’ 100m race in a time of 12.70s with Letitia Myles finishing second in 12.90s and Roxana Rigby third in 13.00s.
Myles won the 400m in 1:01.10s ahead of Kadecia Baird (1:03.10s) and Shaunna Thornhill (1:03.40s) respectively. Myles and Nadine Rodrigues both recorded 26.30s to take the top place in the 200m with Tiffany Smith (26.90s) recording the next best time.
Joel Saul (52.80s) knocked seasoned campaigner Phillip Drayton (53.20s) into second place in the under-20 boys’ 400m with Dwayson Watson (53.40s) third.
Results from the national junior field events: Boys’ discus throw under-17: Obie Haddaway (29.48m), Marvin Lawrence (26.40m) and Kellon Daniels (26.00m).
Boys’ shot-put under-17: Daniels (9.33m), Haddaway (8.24m) and Vallon Adams (8.10m).
Boys’ javelin throw under-17: Daniels (39.88m), Lawrence (33.00m) and Adams (27.16m).
Girls’ shot-put under-17: Trishanie Cort (7.32m), Shinead Emerson (7.28m) and Fiona James (6.20m).
Girls’ discus throw under-17: Cort (16.00m) and James (14.42m).
Girls’ javelin throw under-17: Cort (15.82m) and James (12.64m).
Girls’ long jump under-17: Natasha Doris (4.91m), Ladona McKenzie (4.82m) and Shawna Park (4.34m).
Boys’ lo
ng jump under-17: Timothy Doris (5.19m) and Vishal Ramjas (5.18m).
Girls’ shot-put under-20: Stacy Wilson (9.14m), Anneisa DeAbreu (8.90m) and Diekola Whinfrield (8.10m).
Girls’ long jump under-20: Sheenika Bentick (4.66m) and Jahanine Cumberbatch (4.45m).
Boys’ long jump under-20: Leon Bishop (6.26m), Dwayson Watson (6.21m) and Kizan Brumell (6.14m).
Boys’ javelin throw under-20: Michael DeRoche (30.82m) and Bryan Clarke (30.14m).
Girls’ javelin throw under-20: Phillycia Burke (25.14m), Stacy Wilson (24.00m) and Shenelly Bowen (22.76m).
Girls’ discus throw under-20: Burke (20.00m), Bowen (18.54m) and Shaunette Braithwaite (13.72m).
Boys’ shot-put under-20: Jalani Hazel (8.62m), Bryan Clarke (7.96m) and Mark Evans (6.74m).
