Excellers pulled away for victory, winning four of the 10 relays and topping the point standings at Friday’s Dame Pearlette Louisy Primary School Track and Field Championships. The red house ended with 459 points at the Daren Sammy Cricket Ground, comfortably ahead of Achievers (395) in second, Visioneers (359) third, and Challengers (318) fourth.
The winning house got a winning performance from Ethan Ramdatt, who ran 25.4 seconds for the 150m, placing third in the 60m with a 9.7-second run to top the Under-9 boys’ standings. Zayhanne Louis of Excellers and Hayley Alexander of Achievers shared the trophy for the top Under-9 girl. Alexander won the 60m in 10.1 seconds, Louis the 150m in 27.2, each claiming individual silver medals as well.
Lu-Marie Ottley of Excellers swept the sprint events in the Under-11 girls, as did Avary Maryatt of Visioneers in the Under-11 boys. Ottley ran the 150m in 24.4, and the 80m in 12.6, and Maryat broke the tape in 21.2 and 11.2.
The Under-13 girls produced another shared result. Chloe Emmanus of Visioneers was an Inter-District star at Under-11 last year. Moving up to the Under-13 class, she won the 80m in 11.2 and was second in the 150m in 21.3 seconds. Vershawna Longville of Achievers won the 150m in 21.2 and ran 11.2 for second in the 80m.
The Excellers duo of Asa Emmanuel and Barack Fedee shared the Under-13 title, fitting as best friends. Emmanuel swept the 150m and 80m in 22.1 and 11.5, whilst Fedee won the 600m (2:09.5) and 1200m (5:02:0).
Achievers won the Under-9 4x75m girls, whilst Excellers won the boys behind Ethan Ramdatt. Lu-Marie helped the Under-11 Excellers girls to victory in the 4x100m. She then teamed up with Janeve, Zuri, and Lalarre for a 1:52.1 victory in the 4x150m for girls, while Joshua, Phil, Dequan, and Kyrie ran 1:40.4 to win for the Challengers boys in the Under-11 category. Challengers won the 4x100m Under-11.
Achievers swept the Under-13 4x100m relays. Their girls (Twinkle Jules, Gabrielle Ramdatt, Arianna St. Omer, Veshawna Longville) won in 1:014, and the boys (Jeremiah Etienne, Nathan Christophe, Josip Jerik, Joshua Joseph) took 1:02.6 for their run.
Visioneers got gold in the Under-13 girls 4x300m, and Excellers the boys’.
