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Nov 16, 2011 Sports
– sets tone for pulsating Championships
Before the 2011 National Schools’ Championships, athletic enthusiasts would not have heard the name
Regina John, but it is obvious after yesterday’s brave performance in the 10km female road race that the 13-year-old athlete from the Rupununi is heading for stardom.
John only arrived for the competition six hours before the race because of transportation issues, and immediately continued a growing trend for athletes from the Rupununi. She did just as Doretta Wilson had done last year, which was to relegate two-time CARIFTA Games medallist, Jevina Straker to second place in the event.
John ran 47:57 ahead of Straker’s 48:39.8 on a course that was about 1500m off the mark. Upper Demerara’s Shenika Chapman (53:37.9) was second. John, who is based in Sand Creek in South Central Rupununi, said that she came to ‘Nationals’ to do her best.
“I just came to run and do my best for my team. I am proud of my performance I had no fear of any of the athletes,” she boldly told Kaieteur Sport, mustering sufficient energy after a race that left most of her opponents badly wounded on Carifesta Avenue.
She was the only new comer to turn heads yesterday. Seasoned campaigner,
Nathaniel Giddings comfortably won the male version of the race in 38:08.1. Giddings is a usual 34-minute runner in 10k road races. The time led pundits to believe that the race course was incorrect.
Giddings continued his impressive form from the Ainlim 10km Road Race; the Courts 10k race and the Inter-Guiana Games in Suriname. His intentions include taking that form into the South American 10km Road Race that will be held in Guyana on Sunday.
District Four, East Coast Demerara’s Chavez Sital finished second in 40:27.9, while Corentyne’s James Rahaman finished third in 41:20.8. The three competitors were minutes ahead of the next finisher outside the Ministry of Education Ground on Carifesta Avenue.
In the cycling competition, national female cyclist, New Amsterdam’s Marica Dick distinguished her superiority in the 25km event with a 56:12.28 performance. Corentyne’s Crystal Lambert (1:01.4) was second with East Coast’s Girlie Stanley (1:03.6) third.
Controversy surrounded the result of the male 40km cycle road race after the main bunch in the race apparently missed the return mark and reportedly headed for Mahaica. Only a few who had noticed, somehow, the mark made it to the finish line in the expected time.
The Technical Committee for the Championships indicated that a meeting will be held with
the managers of the Districts to decide on a favourable outcome. The Championships will be moving to the National Stadium today with the Opening Ceremony set for 9am.
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