-Williams, Skeete lead District 10 to successful title defence with sprint trebles
After winning the marquee 100m race (10.65s) and the 200m event (21.78s), the feat was the latest of Williams’ historically dominant outing at the championship. All three of his wins came in record breaking fashion.
Skeete, a gold medalist at this year’s South American Youth Games was equally impressive after standing atop the podium for the third occasion after adding the 400m gold to her collection. En route to winning the 100m and 200m races, she lowered her own 200m record on Thursday.
Bright was impressive in the field and on the track, winning the long jump, high jump and triple jump events in record leaps. She also snared silver in the U-18 400m behind Archer who also recorded three wins during the championship.
The long striding Archer took the top honors in the 400, 800 and 1500m events.
Headecker was also a model of consistency in the middle distance races. He placed first in the 800, 1500 and 5000m races. Another standout athlete yesterday was Laurindo Prince. The quarter miler from New Amsterdam/Canje, lowered Yaw’s previous U-20 400m record (48.7s) by 100ths of a second.
The well attended event concluded under the floodlights in the presence of Minister of State, Joe Harmon, Minister of Social Cohesion, Dr. George Norton, Director of Sport, Chris Jones, President of the GTU, Mark Lyte and other notable attendees.