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Apr 21, 2021 Sports
Kaieteur News – The Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) is coming good on their promise of having a developmental meet in the place of the scheduled National Senior Athletics Championships that was scheduled to get underway this weekend with a one-day meet set for Sunday at the National Track & Field Center (NTFC) on the West Coast of Demerara.
The AAG had made a concerted decision to postpone the highly anticipated National Senior Championships which was scheduled for the weekend of April 17-18 at the NTFC to give themselves time to host the event to the best of their ability, while also accommodating athletes to ensure that they are running at 100% which will give them a better chance to record their best performances with the ultimate goal being qualification for the Tokyo Olympics from July 23.
Hutson had shared with Kaieteur Sport that, “The season is now heating up and our athletes should be at their peak in about six to eight weeks.” However, the administrator was adamant that he will not allow his athletes to miss out on competition due to the postponement of the National Championships and he has noted that the AAG will host a fourth development meet on Sunday April 18th instead.
The AAG boss explained that in terms of accumulating ranking points that will help qualification chances for the Tokyo Games, the National Championships offers the highest possible points an athlete can get from a single meet with the South American Championships being second on that list, hence why the AAG is intent on having their athletes going at full steam for the National Championships.
However, the National Championships was initially set to be used as the gauge to determine which athletes will represent Guyana at the South American Championships, which will be contested in Argentina next month, but instead, the Executive of the AAG may have to consult with the various coaches and assess who will make the cut.
Some of the athletes that may make the cut for the South American Championships would include, Arinze Chance, Emanuel Archibald, Aaliyah Abrams, Chantoba Bright, Natricia Hooper and Joanna Archer.
Archibald, Guyana’s long jump record-holder, has shared with the media that he will be leaving for Jamaica this weekend where he will be exposed to a much higher level of competition as his bid to qualify for his first Olympics intensifies. The University of the West Indies (Mona Campus) student divulged that he will be unable to participate at Sunday’s development meet.
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