CARLTON E FRANCIS, CW SAWYER UNDEFEATED IN MINI BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT

CARLTON E Francis and CW Sawyer finished undefeated in their five games played as the two days of the round robin segment of the New Providence Public Primary School Sports Association’s Mini Basketball Tournament closed out yesterday at the Kendal Isaacs Gymnasium.

As they move on to the playoffs on Friday, Carlton E Francis, playing in recognition of this year’s honorary, the late coach Sherman Smith, who passed away in 2022, Carlton E Francis will take the top spot and will be joined by Albury Sayles, who finished at 4-1, for second spot. CW Sawyer will come out of pool B with Palmdale Primary, who advanced with a 3-2 record, the same as Centreville.

However, Palmdale got the second spot by virtue of beating Centreville in their head-to-head match-up.

The top two teams will meet in their pool championships to determine their spots in the semi-finals, followed by the consolation third place and championship games.

- Here’s the scores posted yesterday to determine the final positions:

Pool A - TG Glover def.

Sadie Curtis 1-0; Carlton E Francis def. Garvin Tynes 25-6; Albury Sayles def. Sadie Curtis 2-1; Garvin Tynes def. Thelma Gibson 2-1; Carlton E. Francis def. TG Glover 22-5; Thelma Gibson def. TG Glover 9-5 and Carlton E. Francis def. Sadie Curtis 19-2.

Jaelyn Munroe of DTSP Wolfpack as the runner-up in 14.79.

Girls’ under-11 200m - Tanaz Davis of Unique Athletics won in 30.96 with Rayven Munroe of Xtreme Athletics as the runner-up in 31.00.

Girls’ under-11 400mElexia Strachan of Kids Athletics as the winner in 1:17.98 with Rayven Munroe as the runner-up in 1:20.49.

Boys’ under-11 100m - George Brown of Swift Athletics won in 14.58 with Ethan Miller of Sun Blazers as the runner-up in 14.88.

Boys’ under-11 200mStafford Sweeting of Hurry Murray as the winner in 29.62v with George Brown of Swift Athletics as the runner-up in 29.69.

Boys’ under-11 400mStafford Sweeting of Hurry Murray in 1:14.14 with Ronald Simon of Beginners Track as the runner-up in 1:14.93.

Girls’ under-13 100m - Rocelis Moxey of Swift Athletics won in 12.91 with Taree Forbes of Boost Athletics as the runner-up in 13.46.

Girls’ under-13 200m

- Brianna Bootle of 3PA Stallions as the winner in 26.31 with Symiah Strachan of Boost Athletics as the runner-up in 27.40.

Girls’ under-13 400mSymiah Strachan of Boost Athletics won in 1:06.11 and Chyanne Hepburn of Road Runners was the runner-up in 1:07.30.

Girls’ under-13 800m

- Cierra Delancy of RedLine Athletics won in 2:40-06 with Victoria Aguilar of Unique Athletics was runner-up with 2:41.40.

Boys’ under-13 100mJustin Shepherd of Swift Athletics as the winner in 12.95 with Tyrone Johnson of Spirit of Excellence as the runner-up in 12.99.

Boys’ under-13 200mJustin Shepherd of Swift Athletics won in 27.03 with Ayden Russell of Unique Athletics second in 27.09.

Boys’ under-13 400m

- Ayden Russell of Unique Athletics won in 17:23.42.89 and Isaiah Wright of Kenyan Knights was the runner-up in 17:23:47.07.

Boys’ under-13 800mIsaiah Wright of Kenyan Knights won in 2:38.92 with Patreclo Sherman of Red-Line Athletics was the runner-up in 2:40.21.

Girls’ under-15 100m

- Sarsha Wright of Velocity Athletics won in 12.54 with Vanessa Mackey of Alliance Athletics as the runner-up in 12.65.

Girls’ under-15 200m

- Sarsha Wright of Velocity Athletics won in 25.96 with Brion Ward of DTSP Wolfpack as the runner-up in 26.77.

Girls’ under-15 400m

- Jasmine Thompson of Road Runners won in 1:01.48 and Jade Knowles of DTSP Wolfpack was the runner-up in 1:02.86.

Girls’ under-15 75m hurdles - Kaiya Benneth of Red-Line Athletics won in 12.92 with Dallas Strachan of Fast Forward as the runner-up in 13.01.

Girls’ under-15 300m hurdles - Taylor Moss of Red-Line Athletics won in 51.75 with Kaiya Bennett of Red-Line Athletics as the runner-up in 59.34.

Girls’ under-15 long jump - Keely Deveaux of T-Bird Flyers won with 4.83m with Levontanique Levarity of Xtreme Athletics as the runner-up with 4.67m.

Girls’ under-15 shot putParis Leonce of Quick Step won with 7.74m.

Girls’ under-15 discus

- Keila McPhee of Quick Step won with 21.35m with Leonce Paris of Quick Step was the runner-up with 17.25.

Boys’ under-15 100mTerrin Beckles of Quick Step as the winner in 11.70 with Pohman Rolle of Fast Forward as the runner-up in 11.96.

Boys’ under-15 200mEagan Neely of Red-Line Athletics won in 22.65 with Shevano Nixon of

Red-Line Athletics as the runner-up in 23.23.

Boys’ under-15 400mEagan Neely of Red-Line Athletics won in 53.03 with Shevano Nixon of Red-Line Athletics as the runner-up in 55.08.

Boys’ under-15 80m hurdles - Simon Sands of Sun Blazers won in 13.34 with Aaiden Storr of Quick Step as the runner-up in 15.31.

Boys’ under-15 300m hurdles - Simon Sands of Sun Blazers won in 46.30 with Ashley Demeritte od Road Runners as the runner-up in 52.32.

Boys’ under-15 long jump - Terrin Beckles of Quick Step won with 5.52m with Simon Sands of Sun Blazers as the runner-up with 4.82m.

Boys’ under-15 shot put

- Dayaje Brown of Triple Threat won with 6.00m.

Boys’ under-15 discus

- Dayaje Brown of Triple Threat won with a throw of 14.80m.

Pool B – Uriah McPhee def. Eva Hilton 6-4; Centreville def. EP Roberts 6-1; CW Sawyer def. Palmdale 17-3; CW Sawyer def. Eva Hilton 8-2; Palmdale def. EP Roberts 13-5; Centreville def. Uriah McPhee 5-4; CW Sawyer def. EP Roberts 13-4 and Centreville def. Eva Hilton 5-0.

• Here’s the final standings at the end of the two days of regulation:

Pool A

Carlton E Francis 5-0

Albury Sayles 4-1

Garvin Tynes 3-2

Thelma Gibson 2-3

TG Glover 1-4

Sadie Curtis 0-5

Pool B

CW Sawyer 5-0

Palmdale 3-2

Centreville 3-2

Eva Hilton 2-3

EP Roberts 1-4

Uriah McPhee 1-4

Starting today at 9am, the boys competition will begin and wrap up on Thursday to determine the top teams to move on to the playoffs on Friday.

Rono Banned Four Years

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenyan runner Georgina Rono, who was third at the Boston Marathon in 2012, was banned for four years yesterday for evading a doping test.

Rono, who also has podium finishes at the Eindhoven and Frankfurt Marathons, was banned until January 25, 2027. She had all her results since May 27 stripped from her record in a ruling by the Anti-Doping Agency of Kenya.

Kenyan authorities are battling a doping crisis, with more than 50 athletes from the East African country currently suspended.

The extensive problems raised fears of an all-out ban for the Kenyan athletics federation late last year but the governing body of track stopped short of that strict sanction after the Kenyan government gave guarantees to devote more funding to its anti-doping effort. Kenya has won the second-most Olympic medals behind the United States since 2000 but has had serious problems policing its athletes.