Neon Trackers “A” captured both male and female club championship titles when the Third Annual Mayaro Secondary School 5K International Relay was run off in bright sunshine through the streets of Mayaro on Sunday.
In the most popular victory of the day, Mayaro Secondary defended their crown as champions of the male division among secondary schools, with Toco Secondary pulling off victory in the female division. St Thomas (Mayaro) RC registered a double in the primary schools category, taking both male and female titles.
The race is organised by Mayaro Secondary School sports committee, headed by teacher Edmund Berazhar. It is fully sponsored by energy company BP Trinidad and Tobago, whose home community is Mayaro. Consisting of five legs of one kilometre each, the road race kicked off at the bpTT Mayaro Resource Centre, with the finishing line at the Mayaro Secondary School.
A record total of 55 teams, representing primary and secondary schools and athletic clubs from across the country, participated in the growing event with hundreds of spectators cheering on their favourite teams.
Minister of Community Development and Mayaro MP, Winston Peters, praised the organisers for making the third annual event “a tremendous success”. He commended bpTT for its beneficial partnership with Mayaro and urged the runners to “take up the athletic mantle and run with it”.
Representing bpTT, Rene-Marie Wilson told the participants that their training, discipline and sportsmanship made them all champions and congratulated the winners on their outstanding achievements. She said bpTT was proud of its partnership with the Mayaro Secondary School in several areas of activity.
The first team to cross the finish line, Neon Trackers “A” male team, comprising Kern Alexis, Jody Smith, Sterling Paul, Kyle Stanley and Sherlon Mason, stopped the clock at 15 minutes, 21.7 seconds. Their female team, of Dominic Williams, Kernisha Spann, Elia Neon, Sparkle McKnight and Claudia Antoine, clinched the double victory with a clocking of 20 minutes, 5.2 seconds.
In the secondary schools male division, Mayaro Secondary defended their crown through Brandon Modeste, Jordan Lares, George Lezama, Jeremiah Lezama and Jameel Joseph. They clocked 16 minutes, 4.1 seconds. In the female category, champions Toco Secondary clocked 20 minutes, 22.3 seconds, paced by Donica Antoine, Mickayla Ottley, Kermisha Serapio, Eliesha Serapio and Daniella Barker.
St Thomas (Mayaro) RC took the primary school male title in 22 minutes, 14.1 seconds, with runners Kareem Dickson, Decklon Marcelle, Brandon Stewart, Quaway Phimp and Vernon Williams. They clocked 28 minutes, 26.6 seconds to capture the female crown through Kayana Lemessy, Kimberly Taylor, Anela Panchoo, Crissy Mitchell and Karlessa Dickson.
RESULTS
Clubs/Teams
Male
1—Neon Trackers A
2—Penal Athletic Club
3— UWI Track & Field A
4—Air Bon Sonics AC.
Female
1—Neon Trackers A
2—Abilene Wildcats
3—Neon Trackers B
4—Toco Titans
Secondary Schools
Male
1—Mayaro Secondary
2—Toco Secondary
3—Hillview College Juniors
4—Sixth Form Government.
Female
1—Toco Secondary
2—Matura Secondary
3—El Dorado East
4—Mayaro Secondary.
Primary Schools
Male
1—St Thomas (Mayaro) RC
2—Mayaro Government
3—Brazil RC
4—St Therese RC
Female
1—St Thomas (Mayaro) RC
2—Ortoire RC
3—St Therese Preparatory.
Source: www.guardian.co.tt