{"id":24233,"date":"2024-11-20T14:31:07","date_gmt":"2024-11-20T14:31:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=24233"},"modified":"2024-11-20T14:31:08","modified_gmt":"2024-11-20T14:31:08","slug":"inaugural-cross-country-event-kicks-off-secondary-school-athletics-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/inaugural-cross-country-event-kicks-off-secondary-school-athletics-league\/","title":{"rendered":"Inaugural Cross-Country Event Kicks Off Secondary School Athletics League"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>October 25, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Student athletes are gearing up for the inaugural cross-country event of the newly launched Secondary School Athletics League, set to take place at the Botanical Gardens. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The league, under the theme &#8220;Discipline, Athleticism, and Education,&#8221; is designed to promote both the academic and athletic development of young talent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Co-director Orin Thomas emphasized that one of the league\u2019s primary objectives is to provide scholarship opportunities for student-athletes, helping them advance in both their educational and sporting careers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He believes that offering such incentives can greatly increase the chances of developing elite athletes by giving them access to collegiate-level resources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The league, co-directed by long-time athletics administrators Aubrey Hutson and Charles Nester, aims to build gradually, ensuring the quality of the competition evolves alongside its expansion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> Hutson highlighted that the league will remain focused on developing athletes in a structured and sustainable way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first event of the league will be a cross-country team competition, which will feature male and female runners in three categories: 13 years and under, 15 years and under, and an open category. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The event will take place at 14:00 hours at the Botanical Gardens, where athletes will compete for medals, trophies, and running kits. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The top three finishers will receive prizes, and the top five will earn points toward the overall league standings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The league is made up of eight schools, including Wismar Christianburg, Mackenzie High, Bygeval Secondary, Golden Grove Secondary, Bladen Hall Secondary, Chase Academy, New Campbellville Secondary, and Tutorial High. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following the cross-country event, track and field competitions will be held in April and June next year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>October 25, 2024 Student athletes are gearing up for the inaugural cross-country event of the newly launched Secondary School Athletics League, set to take place at the Botanical Gardens. The&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":24225,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,352],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24233","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\/24233","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=24233"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24233\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24237,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24233\/revisions\/24237"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24225"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}