Track and Field

Cleveland Forde
Cleveland Forde

Team Guyana expected to do well in Paramaribo this afternoon

– AAG President President of the Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG), Colin Boyce, is very optimistic about  the performances of the four Guyanese athletes who will represent Guyana this afternoon in Paramaribo, Suriname in the second leg of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) South American 10km Road Race Classic.

Chung’s Global Enterprise Secretary, Miriam Spooner (left) and former Nationals Championships Champion Girl Alika Morgan pose with the trophy.
Chung’s Global Enterprise Secretary, Miriam Spooner (left) and former Nationals Championships Champion Girl Alika Morgan pose with the trophy.

Alika Morgan sets up donation of ‘champion girl’ trophy

On the initiative of former champion girl Alika Morgan and her coach Leslie Black, general construction company Chung’s Global Enterprise on Tuesday donated a lien trophy to be awarded to the champion girl of the schools annual National Track and Field, Swimming and Cycling Championships.

Photo Finish! Tiffany Carto (left) and Letitia Myles (third from left) battle it out all the way to the finishing line (Photo by Aubrey Crawford).

Myles edges Carto in photo-finish 200m

Tiffany Carto and Letitia Myles yesterday produced the first photo-finish of the South Georgetown Inter-Schools Champion of Champions track and field championships at the Eve Leary ground.

DDL’s Gatorade Brand Manager Alexis Crawford and President of the GTU Colin Bynoe display bottles of Gatorade. (Photo by Tamica Garnett)

DDL pledges $1.2M of Gatorade to schools athletics championships

By Tamica Garnett With a pledge of $1.2 million worth of their sports  drink Gatorade, beverage company Demerara Distillers Ltd (DDL)  yesterday declared themselves a co-sponsor of the upcoming schools National Track, Field, Cycling and Swimming Championships slated for the National Stadium from November 9 – 12.

Carl Lewis leaves his rivals behind in the boys’ under-20 100m on Friday. (Photo by Orlando Charles).

Local Carl Lewis is fastest in U-20 100m

Following his dominance in the 200m finals on Thursday, Carl Lewis came back on Friday to take the boys under-20 100m final on Day Two of the track events of the East Georgetown District Champion of Ch ampions meet at GCC ground, Bourda.

Nationals athlete Carl Lewis leads  a thrilling finish in the boys under-20 100m heats yesterday. (Photo by Orlando Charles)

Local Carl Lewis takes 200m finals in dazzling style

Heats for the 100m and 200m races were a major part of day one at the East Georgetown District Champion of Champions inter-school meet yesterday at the GCC ground, Bourda, but the announcement of the boys under-20 200m as a finals sent the day’s excitement to a dazzling peak.

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