Straker breaks Lorrie Ann Adams 31 year-old record

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Record Breaker!Two-time Carifta Gold medallist stops her watch after breaking the record of local middle distance legend Lorrie Ann Adams which was set in 1981 at Nationals.
Record Breaker!Two-time Carifta Gold medallist stops her watch after breaking the record of local middle distance legend Lorrie Ann Adams which was set in 1981 at Nationals.

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Two-time CARIFTA gold medallist Jevina Straker won the girls 800m Under 20 yesterday at the 52nd edition of the Guyana Teacher Union Track and Field Championship at the Guyana National Stadium.

Straker clocked 2:19.2s to squeeze her way into the history books once again, after lowering a 31 year old mark by .05 of a second. The previous record holder, did not win just win two gold medals at CARIFTA, she won two gold medals (800m and 1500m) in the same year at CARIFTA. Lorrie Ann Adams, former national record holder and NCAA all-American,