The brother and sister pair of N’Sade and Nylon Wray scored some much-needed points for the Richard Ishmael Secondary School yesterday, when cycling wrapped up at the North Georgetown District No.11 Champion of Champions.
The siblings, who participated in the maximum three events permitted by the rules, each grabbed two first places and a third place position, persevering on a day when the student cyclists grappled with impediments that ranged from a cracked road to the several vehicles that zoomed by on the circuit as races were ongoing.
Nylon, competing in the boys’ under-14 category, managed third place in the opening 800m race and followed with authoritative wins in the 1500m and 3000m races.
In the 800m, Nylon came in behind Bishops’ High School student Albert Jesemy and St George’s High School’s Deeraj Gharbarran, who placed first and second, respectively. Nylon changed the fortunes in the 1500m, where he outpaced both Gharbarran and Jesemy. With the three opening in a clustered lead of the race, Nylon and Gharbarran divorced themselves from Jesemy, and battled for the lead. Although his lead was threatened several times by Gharbarran, Nylon was still able to nick his way ahead at the finish line. Jesemy, having been deposed from the fight for first place, comfortably saddled into the third place position. In the 3000m race, it was once again a contest between Nylon and Gharbarran, with the latter fighting to gain the lead albeit in vain. Brickdam Secondary’s Colin Edwards took the third place position.
Edwards, in the absence of both Nylon and Gharbarran, later sewed up first place in the 1000m race, with Bishops’ Damien Persaud and Richard Ishmael’s Paul Wells coming in second and third, respectively. In the 2000m, Jesemy re-emerged and coasted to victory in front of Edwards and Richard Ishmael’s Kareem McKend.
Meanwhile, competing in the girls’ under-16 category, N’Sade emerged victorious in the 800m and 1000m races, and placed third in the 1500m race. Although she originally finished second in the 1000m race, she was accorded the win after the disqualification of first place finisher Avonelea Springer.
In the 800m, N’Sade came in ahead of St John’s College’s Sophia Hotmil, who was second, and teammate Shanice Williams, who came in third. And, in the 1500m, which was an exclusive Richard Ishmael meet, N’Sade was restricted to third place by Springer, who took first, and Sarah Truman, who was second. In the 2000m event, Springer also took the first place, with Truman coming in second.
In another of the day’s stunning displays, Chase Academics’ Daniel Major, vying in both the boys open and under-16 categories, took first place in the open 800m and in the under-16 3000m and 1500m races. With his only competition coming from Monar Education’s Brandon Barker, Major was still able to keep his cool and relegate Barker to second in the 800m.
Moving over to 3000m, Major found new competition in the Business School’s Olandieo King, whose energetic tries were unable to help him overcome Major. King settled in second and St John’s Kevon Parks was third.
In the 1500m, King was further downgraded to third with the introduction of teammate Jamal Dover, who came in second behind Major. Dover took a first place win in the 1000m. The boys’ under-16 800m was won by Deago Luthers, who notched some points for St Stanislaus College, while Richard Ishmael’s Joel Clarke was second and St George’s Shawn Estwick was third. Clarke claimed victory in the 2000m, where he came in before Estwick.
Barker, meanwhile, ruled in the open category, with first place positions in the 3000m and the 1500m. In both meets, Richard Ishmael’s Cyril Harris earned himself second place positions. St John’s Christopher Caesar won the 2000m event and Harris graduated to first place in the 1000m, where King was second.
On the girls’ side of the open category, Richard Ishmael’s Ebony Craig won the 800m, and second place in the 800m. Craig’s teammate, Lyn Morales won the 1000m and 3000m events. Lason Warrick, who came second in the 1000m and 3000m, won the 1500m event, while Craig was second.
Also outstanding was St John’s Cassey Narine, who participated in the under-14 category with wins in the 800m, 1500m and 1000m events. The 2000m event was won by St Stanislaus’ Ama Adams.
