Guyana’s men’s 4×100-metre team has produced the standout moment of the country’s South American Games campaign, winning bronze in 39.23 seconds and breaking a national record that had stood for 50 years.

Akeem Stewart, Onesi Dunn, Revon Williams and Shamar Horatio eclipsed the 39.59-second mark set at the 1975 Pan American Games. Horatio also claimed bronze in the 200 metres, running a personal best of 20.53 seconds to leave the Games with two medals. newsroom.gy

Guyana’s other podium finishes have come from boxer Emmanuel Pompey and taekwondo athlete Ceili Peterson, who both won bronze. Leslain Baird narrowly missed a medal in the javelin, finishing fourth with a season’s best throw of 77.69 metres. guyanatimesgy.com

Tennis player Sachia Vickery could add to that tally today, Saturday.

After battling through a three-set quarter-final against Chile’s Antonia Vergara, she lost her semi-final 6–0, 6–1 to Peru’s Dana Guzman.

She will face Argentina’s Luciana Moyano in the women’s singles bronze medal match at 9:00 a.m. Argentina time. For Vickery, who is targeting the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics, it is one more opportunity to turn a strong run into a medal.

There have also been signs of the work ahead.

Guyana’s squash teams reached the quarter-finals but went no further, while Simeon Adams placed sixth in the men’s 400-metre final.

Kenisha Phillips missed the women’s 200-metre final, and Tishawn Easton’s promising campaign ended painfully when he pulled up injured during the men’s 200-metre final.

Sachia Vickery