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Thomas strides to maiden 10k title with Courts win
– Josiah-Tanner makes it four in a row
By Edison Jefford
So accustomed to him being comfortably ahead of the pack in the latter stages of road races that onlookers, obviously not armed with knowledge of the start-list, shouted “lets go Forde” in direct support for local legend, Cleveland Forde yesterday morning.
Cleveland Thomas (right) makes his move from Kelvin Johnson yesterday morning on Lamaha Street in the Courts 10km Road Race.
Instead, it was another Cleveland who was leading the way; Cleveland Thomas, on his way to his maiden 10k title, the Courts 10km Road Race, after Chikungunya ruled Forde out of the race; the road was cleared for Thomas and he took full advantage of the opportunity.
Thomas won in 32:56.13, which is an impressive time. He took an early lead in the race with the Police Progressive Youth Club’s, Nathaniel Giddings and Winston Missigher setting the pace. It was clear that had Forde been in the race, Thomas’ intention would have been to challenge Forde’s endurance from the beginning.
Dennis Horatio, Kelvin Johnson and Tyshon Bentick trailed the trio to the 3km mark, following which the Trinidad and Tobago-based Johnson joined Thomas and Giddings after Missigher fell back. Thomas and Johnson dropped Giddings within the first half of the race, making it a two-man battle at the turn for the latter half at Bel Air Park, Rupert Craig Highway.
At this stage, eventual winner in the women’s race, Euleen Josiah-Tanner had already strung out her rivals en-route to a fourth Courts 10k title; she assumed about a 200m lead on Andrea Foster and Alika Morgan, who finished in that order.
Way up in front, Thomas and Johnson continued their cat and mouse game, pace judgement and endurance tests until Thomas, perhaps having seen his name engraved on a street sign at Thomas Road on Lamaha Street, made his move from Johnson.
It was the winning move. Meanwhile, Bentick had overhaul Giddings’ lead to take up third in the race. Johnson’s time was 33:31.81 with Bentick finishing in 33:35.20; Horatio worked his way to fourth in 34:21.94 while Giddings (34:33.37) was fifth.
Josiah-Tanner ran 38:30.79 with Foster 41:40.19 and Morgan 42:57.87 respectively for the three top places. Carlissa Atkinson and Alicia Jack rounded up the five positions, which were awarded prizes in times of 44:34.59 and 46:21.02 in that order.
The race started at Courts’ Main Street Office, proceeded north to the Seawall Road, east along the Seawall Road and continued east along Rupert Craig Highway’s northern carriageway to turn at Church Road on the Rupert Craig Highway.
It then proceeded on the Rupert Craig Highway’s southern carriageway into Kitty Public Road; south on Vlissingen Road; west on Lamaha Street, south on the eastern carriageway into Main Street, before turning around at the Cenotaph to finish on the western carriageway of Main Street in front of Courts.
Euleen Josiah-Tanner,
Mathew McKenzie won the Junior Boys title in 34:44.17 with Colvis Saul (35:22.16) second and Marlon Nicholson (35:42.55) third. Denzil Leitch (35:51.59) and Carl McKenzie (36:18.72) were fourth and fifth.
Shantell Hinds was the Junior Girls winner with 43:07.76 with Delicia Harper second in 44:41.1 and Cassey Kirton (46:02.19) third. Moriah McKenzie (46:38.69) and Sasha James (48:19.16) rounded off the top five.
Ian Archibald won the male Masters 40-55 in 38:21.84, while Orin Josiah (39:51.37) was second and Kwame Bright (42:11.41) third. Llewellyn Gardner won the over 55 category in 42:13.16 as Dr. Ravi Purohit (48:41.47) finished second and Maurice Fagundes (49:50.19) third respectively.
Alicia Fortune secured the women’s Masters in 48:47.79 with Cyrleen Phillips second and Carla Benjamin third in 49:16.44 and 50:01.34 in that order.
The prizes for the male and female senior category include $100,000 for the winner; $75,000 for second place; $50,000 for third; $30,000 for fourth and $20,000 for fifth place. The prizes in the Masters category (Women 35 years and over and Men 40-54) are $60,000, $40,000 and $25,000 respectively.
A total of $200,000 in vouchers and hampers will be handed out to the Juniors, male and female, with the top prizes being $60,000; second gets $40,000; third $30,000; fourth $20,000, and fifth $10,000. The Masters Men (55 and above) got a $15,000 hamper each.
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