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Forde, Morgan dominate Telesur 10k in Suriname
Guyanese Cleveland Ford and Alika Morgan carted off the top honours in the male and female categories respectively in the Telesur 10k road race which was contested on May 1st in neighbouring Suriname.
Forde won the male open category ahead of fellow Guyanese Kelvin Johnson (2nd) and Lionel D’ndrade (3rd). Morgan the defending two time champion romped to victory in the female open in a time of 39:30 bettering last year’s time of 39:57. Meanwhile, Samuel Kaitan of region #09 placed third in the male junior category.
Alika Morgan (left) displays her prizes alongside Samuel Kaitan yesterday.
Speaking with Kaieteur Sport yesterday Morgan said she is happy with the victory. “The race had 3,500 starters and I am pleased with my performance,” added Morgan. She stated that she is looking forward to the second leg of the race which will be held on the 18th of May in Nickerie and the Guyana Independence half marathon on the 22nd. She expressed many thanks to Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Co, Trans Guyana, Director of Sport Neil Kumar and Coach Leslie Black for their support.
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