By Kizan Brumell
A day of exciting events it was as the AmateurAthleticAssociation of Guyana ran off its fourth President’s Invitational Grand Prix meet at the Police Sports Club ground, Eve Leary yesterday.
Alika Morgan started the day with a bang by blowing away her competition in the female 1500m, while Jermaine Pilgrim had a close finish in the male 1500m as he and Cleveland Thomas went diving into the tape to stop the watch at 4:21.50s and 4:22.50s respectively.
Leota Bobb and Rawle Greene were the first-placed finishers in the female and male 100m crossing the line with times of 12.40s and a 10.20s respectively.
When the female 400m got underway, Letitia Miles (1:01.90) won clearly ahead of Jevina Strayker (1:03.50) and Ianna Graham (1:04.90) while Rhondell Adams (49.90) walked away again with the male 400m as Odel Adams (50.10) and Carlwyn Collins (52.00) picked up second and third.
Triston Joseph (22.40) one, Carlton Bobb (23.20) two and Derwin Eastman (23.40) three, were the top finishers in the male 200m while Bobb picked up another victory in the female 200m.
Morgan and Jermaine Pilgrim both registered their second wins of the day in the 800m female and male, joining Leota Bobb as the only athletes to win two track events.
Terrence Johnson was victorious in the javelin, shot put and discus throws blowing away his competition in each event.
Phillycia Burke won the discus throw with 26.49m and Stacy Wilson won the Javelin with a throw of 29.65m.
Kelvin Johnson won the 5000m in 15:58.80 as Dennis Horatio made a brilliant come back to finish second after trailing in fourth position for the entire race.
The Inter Guiana Games teams stormed to victory in the male and female 4x100m relay events while in the male 4x400m relay, Police Sports Club ran away with a victory in a nail biting race.
