Fifteen-year-old Mercury Fast Laners’ sprinter Tirana Mitchell is hoping to excel at her first overseas competition, the XLII CARIFTA Games which will be held in Bahamas March 28- April 1.
Mitchell clocked 11.9s and 24.5s early this month at the CARIFTA Trials at the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) ground to gain her place on this year’s CARIFTA team. The qualifying standards set the by Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) this year for the girls’ under 17 100m and 200m were 11.9 and 25 seconds respectively. Having achieved those