Lim, Hamer strike gold for Jamaica College at Penn Relays

Competing for Jamaica College, Guyanese duo Gabriel Lim and Trevon Hamer won their respectiveeventsontheopeningdayofthe 127th Penn Relays at Franklin Field, Philadelphia,Pennsylvania,USA.

Lim, a former student of President’s College,wontheBoysHighSchoolJavelin event,throwingaPersonalBestdistanceof 16.24metres.

Bronson Krinak (60.31m) of Danville High School in Pennsylvania and Joseph Reed(59.26m)ofRiversideHighSchoolin Virginia finished second and third, respectively athlete in the triple jump to go over the 15.00mmark,wonwithaleapof15.17m.

Ty’heak Buie of Potomac High School in Virginia claimed second with 14.88m, just ahead of third place Javar Thomas of KCwith14.81m.

HamerwontheTripleJumpbronzefor Guyana at this year’s CARIFTA Games, competingintheBoys’U20category

Lim and Hamer are among several athletes through the King Medas Pansy Adonis (KMPA) Foundation that received track and field scholarships to Jamaica game every three days, 11 months in a row, rest three weeks and come back for pre-season... to be on the up allthetime,”Guardiolasaid.

“So sometimes sitting and not playing is good. It’s not to punish him, sometimes you have to realise and refresh your mind. His standards are so, so high and you’ll have an opportunity to show how happy you are playing football.”

Guardiola said Dutch defender Nathan Ake is improvingafterpickingupa hamstring injury against Bayern Munich but is yet to returntoteamtraining.