Dozens of musclemen have competed for the coveted Mr. Guyana title over the years. But since 2013 only one man has had the honour of being called Mr. Guyana. At the end of Sunday night, that man had a three-peat.
Kerwin Clarke did it again.
In front of a vocal, overflowing audience at the Park Vue Hotel, the 168-pound mass of striated muscle succeeded in his second title defence after posing and flexing his way to the overall title of this year’s Supligen Mr. Guyana event.
Clarke, a two-time bronze medalist at the CAC Bodybuilding Championships, had an impressive showing under the bright lights at the venue’s conference hall.
After quickly disposing of his rival Alfred Jordan in the middleweight category, Clarke went on to the pose down of the champions of champions and used his sharp physique to slice through the competition ahead of Sylvester Andrews (heavyweight), a resurgent Marlon Bennett (lightweight), the vastly improved Rashleigh Bentick (bantamweight), Mahendra Singh (welterweight) and Zalim Bacchus (under 132 pounds).
Last year, Clarke was pushed to the hilt by Flex Night Champion, Godfrey Stoby, but this year, it was easier for Clarke with the former in street clothes, tanning athletes back stage.
The Buddy’s Gym standout was in shape and brought the striated quads, horse shoe triceps and barn door back we have come to expect. Andrews substituted detail for mass and brought a bigger and fuller package to the stage but lacked the