Defending champions Headquarters captured yet another championship when the annual Track and Field Police Championships concluded yesterday at the Police Sports Club ground, Eve Leary.
They finished with 475.5 points to ensure that they maintained their superiority over their closest rivals ‘A’ Division who placed second with 373 points while ‘B’ Division and Country Division scored 207.5 and 244 points respectively.
Guyana was officially named the ‘A’ class champions at the end of the day when they finished the international segment on 301 points while Trinidad and Tobago who recorded 92 points was second and Antigua third with 30 points.
Seasoned campaigners Trevor Scotland and Dennis Horatio were involved in the race of the day in the men’s 1500 metres. Both athletes tactically matched strides with each other and the race was won by a dip of a chest with Horatio emerging the victor in a time of 4:27.3s.
Scotland clocked in at 4:27.6s.
Inter Guiana Games medalist Alita Moore was phenomenal on the day as she gained champion female honors with a sprint double defeating Police’s Leota Bobb, the pre race favourite in the process.
Moore clocked 12.1s to win the 100 metres and 24.6s to win the 200 metres.
Bobb placed second in both events with times of 12.5s and 25.5s in the 100 and 200 metres respectively.
Meanwhile, Shannah Thornhill, who placed third in the both the 100 and 200 metres returned later in the day to take the women’s 400 metres in fine fashion with a time of 1:01.4s to top Janella Jonas’ second place time of 1:01.9s.
Jonas later returned to capture the women’s 1500 metres in a time of 5:32.0s.
Eva Henry was second in 5:43.2s.
Terry Easton replicated Moore’s sprint double capturing the 100 and 200 metres in times of 11.01s and 22.5s.
Former junior champion, Keith Roberts, put on one of his best performances in recent years in the men’s ‘A’ Class 200 metres event which he won in commanding fashion clocking 21.8s.
Shawn Semple was second in 22.1s. Semple was excellent in the men’s ‘A’ Class 400 metres winning in a time of 49.5s to top Sheldon Mason who clocked 50.1s.
Guyana Defence Force athlete Patrick King probably delivered the biggest upset of the day in the men’s invitational 100 metres by exploding out of the blocks to leave known sprinter and 100 metres junior champion Chavez Ageday in the dust winning in a time of 10.7s Ageday recorded a time of 10.9s for the second position.
Distance star Cleveland Thomas had a good day out in the invitational races recording the fastest 1500 metres of the day with a time of 4:12.3 to win the event.
Tevin Garraway ran away with both the boys’ youth club 100 and 400 metres to add to his 200 metres win on Wednesday for a sprint triple at the championships. He clocked 51.2s in the 400m.
In the men’s ‘A’ class shot put, Julio Sinclair remained the top dog with a throw of 14.05m to win the event while Michael Pollydore finished second with 11.28m. Former record holder Ronald Payne was third with 11.13m.
Headquarters swept all the relay events in both the men and female categories to seal the championship victory.
