President’s College defends ‘Nationals’ title

President’s College (PC) repeated as champions of the National Secondary Schools’ Championships when the curtains were drawn on the proceedings on Friday evening at the National Track and Field Centre, Leonora, West Coast Demerara (WCD).

PC registered 275 points to take the first-place position, outpacing McKenzie High School, which finished with 230 points.

Christianburg Wismar Secondary finished third with 214 points, while Mahaicony Secondary claimed the fourth position with 108 points. Rounding out the top five was Christ Church Secondary with 79 points.

Turning to the track, Angel Jeffrey of Christianburg Wismar won triple gold with a win in the girls’ Under-17 200 metres with a time of 25.11s. Quinyla Burnett of Mahaicony Secondary finished with silver in 25.82s while Shanai Thompson took third in 26.53s.

Meanwhile, Charles Skylar of Vreed-En-Hoop Secondary won the male Under-20 200 metres in 21.26s. Dequan Farrell of McKenzie High School finished in second with a time of 21.48s, while Onesi Dunn, who won the 100 metres, finished third in 21.94s.

In relay action, Government Technical Institute won the male Under-20 4×100 metres relay in a time of 44.37s, topping McKenzie High School, which finished in second with a time of 44.40s. Mahaicony Secondary finished in third with a time of 45.25s.

On the girls’ side, Christianburg Wismar won the female equivalent in 55.48s, while President’s College took second in 56.91s. JC Chandersingh finished in third with a time of 58.84s.

In the field, Rayvon Allicock of Linden Technical Institute won the male Under-20 javelin with a throw of 51.33 metres. Ravon King of North West Secondary finished in second with a throw of 47.84 metres while Jermin Hinds of Vryman Ervin copped bronze with a throw of 46.73 metres.

Esther Blair of President’s College won the female Under-20 triple jump with a leap of 10.70 metres, topping Tiffann David of McKenzie High, who finished second with a jump of 9.80 metres. Kianna Bennett of Manchester Secondary finished in third with a leap of 9.40 metres.

The event concluded with an astute closing ceremony that awarded President’s College as the two-time champ of the revamped National Schools’ Championships.