Track and Field

As the rainy weather descends upon the plains it is doing it’s part to dampen plans of the Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) in keeping  its scheduled  2011 calendar of events.

Queen’s College with its contingent of 27 students was able to gather 11 medals from four events when the Barbados Relay ended in that country on Sunday.

A six-member team from Mae’s Secondary School turned in a creditable performance to place second in the club and institute category of the annual Barbados Relay Fair held Saturday on the island.

By Treiston Joseph Guyana will send an eight-member team including two females to the North America, Central America and Caribbean Athletic Association (NACAC) cross country run in Trinidad and

Discipline proved to be a crucial factor for Junior Sportsman-of-the-Year, Chavez Ageday when he won the 100 metres boys under-20 race which had five false starts at the Eve Leary ground yesterday.

With the selection of the national sports awardees just hours away,  2009 Sportswoman of the Year Jevina Straker has her fingers crossed in hopes of retaining  the title for 2010.

(Jamaica Gleaner) After months of uncertainty, The Gleaner understands that Jamaica will, after all, host this year’s troubled Carifta Games, in the second city of Montego Bay between April 23-25.

The Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) season is scheduled to get underway on Sunday at the Police Sports Club Ground, Eve Leary, with a developmental track meet from 11:30 hours.

Sunday’s scheduled Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG)  Developmental Meet at the Police Sports Club Ground, Eve Leary was postponed owing to a memorial service that was held for Ashton Alleyne former Discipline and Welfare Officer of the Royal Youth Movement (Royals) athletics club.

Former president of the Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG), Martin Stephenson, who died on January 20 at the St.

The Cavaliers Sports and Tour Club (CSTC) will launch its 2011 race walk season with a 10K event around the National Park commencing at 06:30hrs this morning.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Jamaican sprint wizard Usain Bolt says he has resumed training and is already eyeing the defence of his titles at the World Championships in South Korea this August.

RALEIGH, North Carolina,  (Reuters) – A young Kenyan  provided athletics’ biggest breakthrough in a year when injuries  and American Tyson Gay bested Usain Bolt.

President of the Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG), Colin Boyce, says he is satisfied “to a point” with how the year has been for the AAG given some of the superior achievements that Guyanese athletes have attained for the year.

 The Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) has completed its calendar of events for 2011 that starts on January 16 with the annual National Cross Country Championships set for Kuru Kuru on the Linden Highway.  

Distance athletes Alika Morgan and Chavez Sital who both ended their  season in the `Run Barbados’ series last weekend said that they are satisfied with their closing performance.

As the end of the year draws near many athletes take time to reflect on their performance; to assess whether it’s been satisfactory or if they ought to have worked much harder and to decide on a plan going forward.

With the schools National Track and Field, Swimming and Cycling Championships fast approaching its November 9 commencement date, the Ministry of Culture Youth and Sports is racing to have the facilities of the 50m Olympic-size swimming pool ready for the swimming segment of the event.

Says Donald Duff It is difficult to form an assessment of the Guyana team’s performance at the  recent XIX Commonwealth  Games.

Sanford House yesterday ran out comfortable winners of the athletics championships of the Government Technical Institute (GTI), at the Ministry of Education Sports Complex, Carifesta Avenue.