More than 300 student-athletes have registered to compete for spots on the Inter-Guiana Games (IGG) track and field team, according to President of the Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG), Aubrey Hutson.
Hutson told this publication yesterday that ‘everything is on stream’ for the hosting of the IGG trials on Sunday at the National Track and Field Centre, in Leonora, West Coast Demerara.
The AAG head stated that he expects fierce competition on the track and in the field when action gets underway from 10:00am, since there are only 30 slots to be filled. “Fifteen males and 15 females” said Hutson who also added that meet records could be erased.
Sunday’s trial will be used to select the local track and field outfit ahead of the three-day Games set to return from November 25.
Guyana will be hosting the Games which is scheduled to be staged at various venues from November 25 to 27.
The trial is for all athletes under the age of twenty (20) in all regions of Guyana. Athletes must be enrolled in an institution of learning to be eligible for participation.
The events for the trial will be
100m Male/Female
200m Male/Female
400m Male/Female
800m Male/Female
1500m Male/Female
3000m Female
5000m Male
Long Jump
Triple Jump
High Jump
Shot Put
Discuss
Javelin
Notes: At this year’s Games, athletes will compete for medals in ten disciplines. They are cycling, track and field, tennis, table tennis, volleyball, football, swimming, squash, basketball and badminton. Initially held in 1967, the IGG is normally an annual affair among Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana, with the most recent edition being held in Suriname in 2017.
The discipline of Badminton was the latest addition to the list of sporting events. (Emmerson Campbell)
