North Georgetown track and field champions, St. John’s College copped three medals at the annual Barbados Relay Fair held in the land of the flying fish on February 10.
The North zone power- house snapped up a gold medal in the under- 17 girls’ 4 x 100m event while securing bronze in the medley and 4 x 400m races. The school’s boys’ team did not do too well.
According to one of the teachers who accompanied the team, Walter Henry, the school took an under-15 boys’ team to the meet but they came up short in both the 4 x 400m and medley races.
“Our boys didn’t do too well in the under-15 4 x 400m and medley races; they finished fourth in both events,” Henry told Stabroek Sport yesterday, adding that the school wanted to expose the athletes to overseas competition. The St. John’s College history teacher indicated that the school is planning to make the event an annual one since the team has been performing at a consistently high level in North Georgetown.
“We want to make the event an annual event since the school is an athletic power-house in North Georgetown,” he said. The school travelled to Barbados the Tuesday before the meet to acclimatise and get acquainted with the synthetic track. Shondell Durant and Nicole Nero were the other St John’s College teachers who went to Barbados with the team. Queen’s College and New Campbelville Secondary were the other two schools from Guyana that participated in the event.
Queen’s College (QC) won gold in the under-20 girls’ sprint medley race while taking bronze in the 4 x 400m girls’ under-20 race and the distance medley race. The school won silver in the under-20 boys’ distance medley and sprint medley races.
According to physical education teacher at Queen’s, Kwabena Wright the school won five medals at the relay fair. Deputy principal Gem Rohlehr also accompanied the QC team to Barbados.
Physical education teacher for New Campbel-lville, Christopher Gaskin could not be contacted yesterday for a comment on his school’s performance at the 2007 Barbados Relay Fair for schools.
