Team Guyana retains track and field title at IGG

Tevin Garraway takes gold in the boys 200m. (Orlando Charles photo)

Team Guyana played second fiddle in the field events but dominated on the track to regain the Track and Field segment of the XX annual Inter Guiana Games (IGG) yesterday at the Camp Ayangana ground.

The locals completed the two-day championships on 333 points to finish 38 points ahead of their Surinamese counterparts.

Track and field standouts, Tevin Garraway, Ornesto Thomas, Avon Samuels and Cassey George did their part in ensuring that Guyana wrested the trophy from Suriname.

In arguably the most exciting event of the day,