Springer, Newton to headline strong IGG Track & Field team

Tianna Springer

By Michelangelo Jacobus

The highly decorated youth sprinter Tiana Springer, along with rising star Ezekiel Newton, will headline the Guyana athletics contingent to Paramaribo, Suriname, for the Inter-Guiana Games (IGG) from November 17–19.

Springer, who boasts medals at the Carifta Games, the Commonwealth Youth Games, and the South American U-20 Championships, will sprint into action in the 200m and 400m races, while Newton, also a South American U-20 medalist, will represent the Golden Arrowhead in the 100m and 200m events.