Olympic hopefuls?A Rupununi athlete (left) grimaces as she approaches the finish line in the 80-metre girls' under-nine Heat at the Ministry of Education/Guyana Teaches Union/Banks Malta sponsored-National Track and Field Championships at the Enmore Commu

Cleveland Forde and Marvalene Antone secured their second successive victories when the National Schools Track and Field, Cycling and Swimming Championships continued yesterday at the Enmore Community Centre ground.

Forde won the boys' open 1500-metre, while Antone took the 3000-metre girls' under-17 event.

District 11 (North Georgetown) athlete Rhobyn Allen smashed the under-20 girls' 100-metre record, clocking 12.1 seconds for the distance yesterday. She eclipsed Althea Tyndall's 1991 record of 12.3 seconds.

However, District Ten (Upper Demerara/Kwakwani) which won the swimming championships on Tuesday, lead the points standing in both the cycling and track and field championships. District Ten has so far accumulated 139.3 points after 31 track and field events. District Five (West Berbice) is second with 126 points. District Four (East Coast) occupies the third place with 121.3 points. District Six is fourth with 118.5 points.

In the cycling championships, District Ten leads with 48 points. District Six has 38 points, one ahead of District Four.

Yesterday, Forde, who won the boys' open 10K road race on Tuesday, was content to stay in the second position for the first 500 metres of 1500-metre race. But thereafter he quickened the pace and opened a small lead over the strung-out field. When the bell went for the final lap, Forde spun into overdrive and drew clear of the opposition, finishing the final 100 metres with a powerful sprint.

In the 3000-metre girls' under-17 race, Antone used a similar strategy and returned 11 minutes 11.9 seconds (11:11.9) to win from District Three (West Demerara) athlete Jenita Allicock who returned 12:15.2. Antone won the girls' open 5K road race on Tuesday. Marcia Dodson placed third in the 3000-metre yesterday.

The under-17 boys' 3000-metre race was won by Teon Roberts of District Five in a time of 10:08.0. District Nine's Robert Wilson placed second while District Six's Dwayson Watson was third.

The under-20 boys' 100-metre was won by District Ten athlete Charlie Binning in a time of 10.7 seconds. Delmas Riddock was second and Quacy Trotman third.

Dianne Munroe of District Four returned 12.5 seconds, placing second to Alleyne in the under-20 girls' 100-metre race, while District Two's (Essequibo) Chandler Monian placed third in 13.0 seconds.

In selected results from the cycling events, Alanzo Greaves of District 12 (East Georgetown) won the hearts of cycling fans on a day suited for track racing. Greaves out-sprinted more seasoned cyclists to win the boys' open 5000-metre from Travis Mendonca (District Ten) and Ademola Flatts respectively.

Greaves later came back to capture top honours in the boys' open 800-metre. Second was Jorge Emerson (District Ten) and third Albert Philander (District Four).

Emerson rebounded later in the day to win the boys' open 1500-metre ahead of Darren Allen (District 12) and Philander respectively.

Chris Persaud won the under-15 boys' 2000-metre race from Jason Brown (District Four) and Edward Pelle of District 14 (East Bank Demerara) respectively.

In the girls' cycling events, District Ten cyclist Oviah O'Selmo, who won the 25K road race on Tuesday, returned yesterday to win the girls open 2000-metre from Dacia Mitchell and Padminie Mohamed respectively. Allicon Blackman won the under-15 girls' 2000-metre from Jennifer Douglas and Keisha Duncan respectively.