TRACK and field athletes Angel Jeffrey, Tesianna Harris, Onesi Dunn, Tishawn Easton and CARIFTA medallist Javon Roberts have all booked their place in the country’s CARIFTA games team after making the qualifying standard over the weekend.
They made the cut at the Athletics Association of Guyana’s developmental meet held at the National Track and Field Centre.
The CARIFTA games is set for April 4-6 at the Kirani James Stadium in St George’s Grenada
In the Boys’ U-20 800m race, Javon Roberts stopped the clock at 1 minute 54.07 seconds to win the race below the qualifying mark of 1 minute 55 seconds
The Guyana Defence Force athlete finished ahead of Joshua Lam and Odida Parkinson.
Onesi Dunn powered to a win in the boys’ 100 meters dash finishing in a strong 10.34 under the 10.55 seconds qualifying mark.
In the Girls’ U-17 100m, it was a tight finish as Angel Jeffrey and Tesianna Harris battled to the line with the latter winning it in 11.89 seconds and Jeffrey second in 12.04 seconds.
Both of them dipped below the qualifying mark of 12.10 seconds for the games.
Tishawn Easton also showed his growing confidence in the senior ranks with a strong showing in the Boys’ U-20 200m Final
He eclipsed the qualifying mark of 21.50 seconds with a time of 21.43 seconds to secure the win and a place on the CARIFTA team
A host of other athletes will have the opportunity to qualify for the games as the AAG intensifies its season with several planned meets in the coming weeks.
On February 1, the first official qualifying meet for junior athletes is set with February 21 and 28 also set to have CARIFTA meets hosted at the National Track and Field Centre at Leonora.
After the qualifying period is completed, there will be junior competitions from March 14-15 before and training camp ahead of the games from March 20-29.
