Rupununi girl in spotlight after 10km shocker

Regina John comfortably crosses the finish line in first place for the girls open 10km road race on Tuesday. (Orlando Charles photo)

 

  1. By Emmerson Campbell

Thirteen-year-old Regina John from District Nine (Rupununi) has been the talking point of this year’s 51st  annual National Schools Cycling, Swimming and Track & Field Championships ever since she won the gold medal on Tuesday in the girls open 10km road race.

The shy, small-framed John who only started to run competitively this year at her Sand Creek inter-house school