Fortune runs in the family – like mother, like daughter

From left are Adrian, Andre, Alisha and Andrea in the National Park last year.

Recalling the ancient proverb, ‘Like father, like son’, Guyana sprint queen Alisha Fortune and her daughter Andrea Foster have changed the gender to ‘like mother, like daughter’.

Fortune at age 37 remains the only constant in the evolution of track and field in Guyana over the last decade and believe it or not, Fortune started her career as a distance athlete…a path her daughter is  following.

Being a mother of three; two boys