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Showpiece IAAF SA 10km Road Race on today
– Forde looks to extend impressive record
By Edison Jefford
Guyana’s Cleveland Forde will be pressed today against regional foes to continue his dominance at the International Association of Athletic Federation (IAAF) South American (SA) 10km Road Race when the 10th edition of the event gets underway in Georgetown from 4pm.
Cleveland Forde
Forde, along with Dennis Horatio and Cleveland Thomas will lead the charge for Guyana against Jackson Mendes from Brazil, Trinidad’s Matthew Hagley, Richard Jones, Tobago’s Elvis Turner and Akil Melville and another athlete from Grenada.
Up to Kaieteur Sport press time yesterday, those were the confirmed athletes that will compete in the senior male category of the race from outside Guyana. Forde is the defending champion after he won from Brazil’s Miranda DaSilva and Jones last year.
Forde has already established a burgeoning record in the race as the most successful competitor in the event and will look to extend that today. He has already won the AinLim and Courts 10km races in good time and looks to be in excellent shape ahead of the big contest.
Apart from Horatio and Thomas, there will be a host of other local athletes pushing for a position among the top five financial prizes. Alika Morgan and Euleen Josiah-Tanner will spearhead host, Guyana’s challenge in the female version of the race.
They will compete against Trinidad’s Jenelle Nedd and Tonya Nero, Tobago’s Dixi-Ann Nelson and Grenada’s Kenisha Pascal in the senior female race. Nero and Pascal are very capable in this format and will certainly present a challenge to the local ladies.
What’s at stake include prizes in the Open Male and Female International: US$1,000, US$600, US$400, US$300 and US$200 for first to fifth places respectively; Juniors: $40,000, $30,000, $20,000, $10,000 for first to fourth; Masters (Women 35 & above) and (Men 40-55): $30,000, $20,000, $10,000 up to third place; Masters (Men 55 & above): $25,000, $15,000 and $5,000.
The focus has always been on the senior male and female categories of the race, but with Doretta Wilson
Alika Morgan
and Caitan Samuels from the Rupununi expected to compete among the junior athletes, there will be some intense rivalries in the category as well.
Wilson is an outstanding National Schools’ Championship athlete, who went on to dominate the junior circuit two years ago at just 16 years old. Her outstanding performances in 2010 include defeating CARIFTA Games gold medallist, Jevina Straker twice.
Caitan also had an impressive rise to the pinnacle of junior distance running when he easily beat Nathaniel ‘Brother’ Giddings, who was on top of his game, twice last year. Wilson and Samuels will certainly add immense competition to the junior version.
Straker and Adama Roberts are among the leading athletes to contend with Wilson while Caitan also faces a stiff challenge from the surging Devon Barrington. The most lucrative 10km race in South America will certainly be a showpiece today among season campaigners.
The route for this race will be: (Start) Police Sports Club, Eve Leary (one lap around the track) exit eastern gate into Military Road; south along Camp Road; west along Lamaha Street; north along High Street; East along Seawall Road; south along Camp Road; east along Carifesta Avenue into Rupert Craig Highway’s northern carriageway; turn at Conversation Tree then head into Rupert Craig Highway’s southern carriageway into Kitty Public Road; south on Vlissingen Road; west on Thomas Lands; south on Camp Road into Military Road through the eastern gate at Eve Leary to finish on the ground in front of pavilion after completing a lap.
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