{"id":18251,"date":"2024-04-08T12:37:48","date_gmt":"2024-04-08T12:37:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=18251"},"modified":"2024-04-08T12:37:49","modified_gmt":"2024-04-08T12:37:49","slug":"guyana-wins-gold-and-sets-new-carifta-record-in-4x400m-mixed-relay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/guyana-wins-gold-and-sets-new-carifta-record-in-4x400m-mixed-relay\/","title":{"rendered":"Guyana Wins Gold and Sets New Carifta Record in 4x400m Mixed Relay"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>By Eric Collymore<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Sunday night at the Kirani James Athletics Stadium in Grenada, Team Guyana secured their fourth gold medal at the Carifta Games, along with setting a new Carifta record in the 4x400m mixed relay. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Guyanese team got off to a strong start with Malachi Austin running the first leg in just over 46 seconds before passing the baton to Narrisa McPherson for the second leg. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>McPherson extended Guyana&#8217;s lead, setting the stage for Neilson Gill on the third leg, who maintained the lead before handing off to Tianna Springer, the U20 400m gold medalist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Springer, displaying exceptional performance, powered through the race, setting a new Carifta games record in the event with a time of 3 minutes 23.51 seconds. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Her remarkable finish was celebrated by the Guyanese crowd as she crossed the finish line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reflecting on the race, Springer expressed confidence in the team&#8217;s ability to set a new track record, highlighting their collective effort and dedication to success. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She also expressed satisfaction with her personal performance at the event, having previously won gold in the 400m race on the first day of the games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to the gold in the 4x400m mixed relay, Guyana also secured a bronze medal in the girls&#8217; 3000m event, with Attoya Harvey crossing the finish line in a time of 10 minutes 36.59 seconds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With Sunday&#8217;s medal performance, Guyana&#8217;s tally at the Carifta Games reached five, including four gold medals and one bronze.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The remarkable achievements of Team Guyana underscore their talent and determination on the track, bringing pride to the nation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Eric Collymore On Sunday night at the Kirani James Athletics Stadium in Grenada, Team Guyana secured their fourth gold medal at the Carifta Games, along with setting a new&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":18252,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,352],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18251","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-sports"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18251","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18251"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18251\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18253,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18251\/revisions\/18253"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18252"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}