COULD the three young athletes seen in picture be future running stars for St. Lucia and the wider Caribbean?
Merkala Gaillard of Egan House, ArnickaMathurin of Phillip House and Naekisha Louis also from Egan House took the top three places in Ave Maria Primary School’s 3.2 kilometre race on Wednesday morning.
Wearing No. 2 Gillard took command of the race from the half start and never looked back to finish in a time of 16 minutes 55.47 seconds. In second place was No.21 Mathurin in a time of 17 minutes 18.22 seconds, while No.1 Louis was third in 17 minutes 25.07 seconds.
Fourth place went to No.53 Stephanie Burin and fifth to No.47 Shania St. Pierre.
The 8 year old Gaillard told THE VOICE after her victory: “I am happy and excited I won. I did a lot of training, but at the same time it was fun. The route was challenging, but it did not stop me from getting the job done for my house. Come January 2016 I will be representing Egan’s in the school sports meet right here”.
She went on to say that her favourite athlete is Usain Bolt because “he wins a lot of races, travels a lot and makes a lot of money”.
Physical Education Teacher Solange Petit was pleased with the outcome of the event and congratulated the top winners and all the students from the other houses who participated.
Petit said: “The Ave Maria Infant and Primary Schools will stage their annual fun sports and track and field championship on January 26 at the Mindoo Phillip Park as Pierre, Phillips and Riviere Houses will be looking to dethrone this year’s champions, Egan House”.
