Guyanese athletics champ to run at Southern Games trials in T’dad

Phillip Drayton seen leaving the blocks. Inset Phillip Drayton (inset)

By Treiston Joseph

Trinidad-based Guyanese and former 400 metres Schools National Champion Phillip Drayton will be looking to make good his debut at the Southern Games trials in Trinidad and Tobago on the March 13 at the Manny Ramjohn Stadium, Marabella from 10:00 hrs.

According to Drayton, the trials will be used as qualifiers for the Southern Games and while the trials will be held on a synthetic track, the games will be held on a grass track which will most likely call for some type of adjustment by the athletes who qualify, since they are more familiar with the synthetic track.

In a telephone interview with Stabroek Sport, Drayton