Female soldiers aspiring to be No.1 in athletics

Ashanti Scott

By Iva Wharton

Athletes Tiffany Smith and Ashanti Scott are currently soldiers in the Guyana Defence Force, the nation’s number one military institution.

But the wars Smith and Scott are waging on a regular basis are not fought on the battlefield but on the athletic (track) fields.

Smith runs the 200 and 400m and Scott runs the