PPYC takes overall title; Marcus, Samaroo, Marques, Charles win gold

Robert Marcus of Police grabs gold in the long jump boys U20, leaping 7.09m. (Zaheer Mohamed photo) 
Robert Marcus of Police grabs gold in the long jump boys U20, leaping 7.09m. (Zaheer Mohamed photo) 

AAG National Junior Championships

Police Progressive Youth Club  (PPYC) won the overall championship title when the Athletics Association of Guyana’s (AAG) Junior National Championships concluded on Sunday at the National Track and Field Centre, Leonora. 

Upper Demerara Schools (UD) placed second and Team Nice Athletics (TNA) took third place. 

Robert Marcus of Police turned in a splendid performance to win the boys U20 long jump, taking gold with a jump of 7.09 metres – his third and final attempt – ahead of Javes Glasgow of Hopetown Flyers (HF) who leapt 6.65m and Zakiah Jacobs of Police with 6.62m.