The cream of the nation’s track and field athletes will battle for individual supremacy tomorrow at the Enmore Community Centre ground when the Athletic Association of Guyana (AAG) stages its National Senior Championships.
According to president of the AAG, Aubrey Hutson, he envisions in excess of 100 athletes vying for medals and bragging
rights at the meet which is “primarily a 2013 event that we must run off to fulfill our obligations to the IAAF.”
Some standout athletes that will be on show include sprint ace and 2012 London Olympian, Winston George, junior track star, Jason Yaw and distance and sprint queens, Alika Morgan and Alisha Fortune.
“Come out and be a part of our events that starts at 11 o’clock,” Hutson implored yesterday.
“We understand that the essence of athletics lies in competition and we are looking to run off as much competitions as possible.
“We are trying to encourage the athletes from age 16 and upwards to participate in this event to give them as much competition prior to the Carifta Games that we hope to attend in April.”
The AAG’s head added “(Winston) George is preparing to lead off our team at the South American Games in Chile and we expect to see him put in a good performance but as you know Jason (Yaw) will be looking to run up under him or better him.
“Fortune is still our fastest female out there but they are athletes like Tirana (Mitchell) who will be looking to better her.”
Expounding on the IAAF obligation, Hutson stated that: “This Sunday event is a primarily a 2013 event that we must run off to fulfill our obligations to the IAAF to continue to be recognized as a member of the federation.
“Last year, due to inclement weather and other circumstances we were unable to run off our National Senior Championships hence we will be running this championships on Sunday (tomorrow) because our reporting period ends in March.”
Admission is $200
Notes: Notably absent will be Cleveland ‘Little Kenyan’ Ford, Stephan James, Alita Moore, Chavez Ageday and Jevina Straker. According to Hutson “GDF has a special training going on in Soweyo and asked for Ford to be excused from this competition.”
James, Ageday, Moore and Straker are all on scholarships in New York.
The 2014 National Championships is scheduled to be staged sometime in August.
