Blackman cops sprint double in T/dad
Stabroek News
April 9, 2003
Guyana Police Force's athlete, Andre Blackman, copped the men's sprint double at the Petrotrin sponsored-Annual Southern Games at Guaracara Park, South Trinidad over the weekend.
According to reports from Trinidad, Blackman won the men's 100-metre in 10.34 seconds, beating Trinidad's Shane Dyer (10.38 sec) and Venezuela's Jose Carabali (10.51 sec) into second and third respectively.
In the men's 200-metre, Blackman returned 21.14 seconds in winning from Carabali (21.70) and Trinidad's Edwin Hill (21.31).
Another Guyanese, Tai Payne, settled for second in the men's 800-metre behind Venezuela's Manuel Gonzalves, while Trinidad's Jieutome Archer placed third.
Gonzalves clocked one minute 55.32 seconds, while Payne registered one minute 56.43 seconds.
Gonzalves' time for the 800m was however three seconds slower than that recorded by defending Junior Carifta Games 800m winner, Simeon Bovell of Trinidad who clocked one minute 52.26 seconds for the 800m boys under-20.
Meanwhile, in cycling, reports reaching Stabroek Sport states that Guyana's Tyrone Hamilton was eliminated in the `Devil Takes the Hindmost' for International riders. This event was staged on Sunday.
No report has been received on whether Hamilton participated in any of the other seven international events during the two-day meet at Guaracara Park.
The cycling aspect of the meet was dominated by the Cubans who won all eight international events. Joel Marinio won five of the eight events, while Julio Herrera won two and Michael Pedrosa the other.
Apart from Hamilton, seven other Roraima Bikers cyclists left Guyana on Sunday for the Guaracara Park meet as well as the West Indies versus the World Meet which gets underway tonight around the Queen's Park Savannah.
The seven did not reach their destination on time and so could not have participated in the Guaracara Park meet. The seven, along with a number of other local riders will however be a part of the West Indies series.
