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Nov 25, 2012 Sports
By Edison Jefford
National junior sprint phenom, Jevina Sampson, rebounded in the 400m Friday afternoon at the National Stadium in record time after her 100m loss to cousin, Torana Mitchell; Sampson ran an amazing race on a heavy track owed to the morning rain.
The North Georgetown athlete capped her 2012 sojourn at the National Schools Championships with a 58.8 seconds run in the Under-16 Girls’ 400m race, shaving three seconds off the Monica
Roberts 2005 record that was set at Albion. Upper Demerara’s, Kelanie Griffith was second with 1:00.4 and East Georgetown’s Natrina Hooper (1:07) third.
In the Boys’ version, Jason Yaw continued his ascendancy on the local scene, smashing Carlwyn Collins 2007 record of 52.7 with his 51.8 seconds run. The East Coast district athlete did enough to easily beat North Georgetown’s, Dequan Vancooten (53.7) and New Amsterdam’s, Ian William (54.0).
New Amsterdam’s Melissa Byass, who has never lost at Nationals since her debut at Under-14, made her sojourn memorable again with her second gold medal in the U-18 race. Byass, genuine talent, took control on the back straight to power away from North Georgetown’s Shoquan Daniels and Corentyne’s Loshana Johnson in a minute flat. Daniels and Johnson had times: 1:03.6 and 1:05.5 respectively for second and third.
Upper Demerara’s Shaquille Smartt thrashed the U-18 record with his 51.3 seconds, leaving the East Coast’s Samuel Doris (51.7) and Sherlock Jones (52.0) to fend for the other podium spots in the race.
Then the record breaking trend that has been one of the features of Nationals 2012 continued in the 400m U-20 Boys race with Stephon James scripting his name in history with 49.8 seconds. It was his second record of the competition following his new 200m mark.
New Amsterdam’s Eon Hinds was second with 51.4 seconds while South Georgetown’s, Selwyn Foster (51.7) was third. National junior sprinter, Tiffany Carto, also got her reprieve in the 400m after nemesis; Ebony Nelson stunned her in the 100m dash.
Carto won the U-20 female race in a minute flat, three seconds ahead of Nelson, who out-leaned Shomane Daniels for second. The official times are Carto (1:00.2), Nelson (1:03.4), and Daniels (1:03.6). The performances in track’s most gruelling race can be called impressive on the surface that rain left heavy Friday.
At the Closing Ceremony, Guyana Teachers’ Union President, Colin Bynoe called for those who are in authority to “put their money where their mouth is on the ‘Road to Rio’” to ensure that the talent that was unearthed last week gets due attention.
Corentyn’s Samuel Allicock was adjudged Boys U-8 Champion Athlete with East Bank, Odessa France taking the female prize; West Coast Berbice’s, Trevon Prince won the Boys U-10 Champion Athlete award with North Georgetown’s Yesenia Andrews taking the female version of the award.
Essequibo Islands Nkossi Dazzell won the Boys U-12 prize with East Coast Demerara, Kenisha Phillips taking the female prize. Samuel Jordon was the male winner in the U-14 category with Upper Demerara’s phenom, Cassey George taking the female award.
In the Under-16 category, East Coast’s Jason Yaw won big with Upper Demerara’s Kelanie Griffith also taking home the lion’s share of the spoils. North Georgetown’s Kevin Abensetts won in the U-18 male category while Upper Dem’s, Shannon Griffith was the female champion.
Stephon James won Champion Athlete U-20 after winning the 100m, 200m and 400m races for the first time in the New Millennium with Ebony Nelson taking home her biggest prize of what will be a fledging career.
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