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Peruvians pulverise South American 10k Road Race field
-Trinidad’s Nero ensures sweep for foreigners
By Edison Jefford
Peruvians, Yerson Orellana and Luis Ostos treated enthusiasts and onlookers to a classic display of team-racing, pulverising an impressive field yesterday in the second stage of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) South American 10km Road Race.
Banks Water Brand Manager, Errol Nelson (left) and AAG President Aubrey Hutson (right) take photo opportunity with the various prize winners yesterday.
Orellana and Ostos led the race from the start, tag-teaming the pace and lead at intervals, before speeding unchallenged to the finish line with a mere second separating the two athletes from Peru. Orellana got to the tape in 31:08 while Ostos ran 31:09 for second.
Trinidad and Tobago-based Kenyan, Kenneth Rotich was third in 32:18, while Guyana’s leading distance athlete, Cleveland Forde was fourth in 33:05. Jamaican, Rupert Green with a 33:42 time sealed the top five athletes in the male race.
Orellana and Ostos led a blistering pace from the start in a front pack that included Forde, Green, Rotich, Cleveland Thomas and Nathaniel Giddings. The Peruvians set new standards dismantling heavy packs that sought to carry the pace.
After just 3km, Thomas and Green became the first causalities of a steamy race in the sweltering heat. Rotich attempted to assume the lead on the way to the UG Access Road, but the Peruvians would have none of it, swallowing him up quickly to gather a four-man lead-bunch that included Forde.
The race started at the Earth Station on CARIFESTA Avenue, made its way up to the UG Access Road then returned along the Rupert Craig Highway, Kitty Public Road, Vlissengen Road into Thomas Road before finishing in the National Park.
Forde was dropped around Liliendaal on the Rupert Craig Highway on the way back to the finish line. Rotich became a similar causality on Kitty Public Road, leaving the Peruvians to ensue on a two-man battle for the US$1000 first place purse.
The win for the Peruvian ended Forde’s nine-year dominance of the event in Guyana. Forde had won the first stage in Suriname last weekend. The third and final leg will be held in Panama this weekend. It is not certain whether Guyana will be represented.
At least the male race resembled a challenge. The women’s event was a mismatch with Trinidad, Tonya Nero stomping her authority with an impressive 37:51 time. Nero, as she had done on the many occasions before, raced against the clock more or less.
US-based Euleen Josiah-Tanner was second in 41:03 with young prodigy Andrea Foster third in 42:06. Grenada’s Kenisha Pascal finished fourth in 44:15, while Shantel Hinds was fifth in 44:34. Alika Morgan finished outside the top five female athletes.
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