Missigher cops first SA 10k title

Dec 15, 2020 Sports

WInston Missigher crossing the finish line.

Cleveland Thomas led the race for a period by Missigher (second in photo) ran a controlled race for the win.

Kaieteur News – Police Progressive Youth Club’s (PPYC) Winston Missigher’s win in last Sunday’s all-local South America 10k road race could’ve been predicted but the hard-working athlete still had to put in the work.
Missigher pocketed $150,000 for the triumph in the men’s division and it was a sweet victory since he has been a consistent performer for the best of the last half-decade. More so, last year, Missigher finished second behind a seasoned Kenyan competitor Alex Ekesa in the Guyana leg, while always finishing in the runner-up position in the Suriname leg.

Sheama Tyrell won the women’s open 10k and pocketed $150,000 for her success.

Although his time of 34 minutes 22 seconds was slower than his timing of 32 minutes 57s in 2019, Missigher seemed in control from the start and was followed by Cleveland Thomas (34 minutes 53 second) and Kennard Hartog (36 minutes 06 seconds) in second and third positions respectively.On the distaff side, Sheama Tyrell, who only managed a fourth place finish in last year’s Guyana leg, ran an impressive time of 43 minutes flat in overcast conditions to win in the all-local race due to the travel restrictions forced by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Following Tyrell, who also received $150,000 for her success, in the 10K trek from Mary to the National Track and Field Center (NTFC) in Edinburg on the West Coast of Demerara (WCD) were Shaquka Tyrell and Aliyah Moore in second and third with respective times of 47 minutes 27 seconds and 49 minutes 56 seconds.
Meanwhile, Francis King (male) and Carla Adams (female) were most dominant in the Masters’ category.
The runners up in the open races received $100,000 each. (Calvin Chapman)

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