Photo courtesy of Dean Greenaway
Just over 200 participants kicked off the 20th season of the Highland Spring College Classic Series Saturday on Tortola.
“It was an excellent beginning,” race director Stephanie Russ Penn said. “There was a wonderful buzz early in the morning, everybody was really excited and it just got off to a great start and I’m just really excited for what else is to come in the season.”
Reuben Stoby and Rosmond Johnson who have been dominating the road racing season so far, were the respective male and female overall winners. Stoby covered the course in 11 minutes and 23 seconds while Johnson was timed in 14:15.
“I came this morning not sure what to expect and noticed some runners went in front early and decided to see what they were pushing,” Stoby said. “It was a little bit out of my comfort pace so I decided to put a little bit more pace and that did it for me. Shortly after, I noticed I was ahead and nobody chased.
Stoby improved his previous best from 11:40 and added he can see why Lindell Roberts’ course record of 10:45.1 has been standing since 1997. “It’s very difficult to chase down that record seeing that there’s almost a mile of steady incline,” he noted. “Maybe if I try a little harder, do a little more speed training, I may be able to give it a go.”
Johnson said she was surprised to be the first woman. “I was expecting the youngsters to beat me,” she said. “Even Tallulah (Kinkead), she was behind me the whole time and at one point I got tired, but said to myself, I’ve been training, I need to do better than that, so I started to run a little bit faster. I put my all in it and I did it. I’m glad.”
Russ Penn said she was excited about the launch of the One Mile U11 Division–which previously catered solely to U9–which gave the youngsters an opportunity to run a distance better suited to them, based on body size and age. “I hope they are just as excited as I am, that they don’t have to jump to the 2 Mile when they hit 10.”
The Rotary Club of Tortola–who have dominated the Service Clubs Cross Country Division for the last 10 years–started off with another victory over their rivals. Russ Penn said what she finds tremendous about the team is that who are the top runners and helping to hold the strain. “The Rotary Club of Road Town was right there, but, it’s going to take a stronger game from everybody else to come and bring down the dominant Rotary Club of Tortola.”
Final Results. One Mile Boys: 1. Sam Potgieter, 7 minutes 36.28 seconds. 2. Latriel Williams, 7: 43.57. 3. Jahnare Farrington, 7:55.31. 4. Charlie Potgieter, 7:56.67. 5. Kael Chalwell, 8:16.21. 6. Noah Cottreau, 8:34.14. 7. A. Maduro, 8:44.81. 8. Jahnear Frett, 9:03.46. 9. Kajahni Farrington, 9:39.14. 10. Jamal Harry, 9:42.64. 11. St. Claire Haywood, 9:43.59. 12. Sebbie Morgan, 9:44. 20. 13. Jahheal Frett, 9:45.96. 14. Owen Graham, 9:50.57. 15. Tom Bridson, 10:01.34. 16. Josiah Means, 10:34.53. 17. Seth Dobbie, 10:42.56. 18. Xav Morgan, 10:45.42. 19. Seun Frett, 11:09.14. 20. Joshua Tobin, 11:55.31. 21. Frank Carroll, 13:09.42. 22. Stan Carroll, 13:24.84. 23. Oliver Tobin, 14:31.96. 24. Benjamin Cook, 15:32.92.
Girls: 1. Akeela McMaster, 8:23.46. 2. Ashonte Brewley, 8:45.81. 3. Kenniqua Grate, 9:02.31. 4. Asia McMaster, 9:22.57. 5. Tenisha Herbert, 9:30.53. 6. #16, 9:42. 88. 7. Zakaya Stoutt, 9:45. 04. 8. Cheyanne Castello, 9:47:89. 9. Taryn Augustine, 10:06.28. 10. Kivohnya Merry, 10:25.21. 11. Lilly Smit, 10:48.06. 12. Emily Tobin, 10:49.24. 13. Kate Looney, 11:04.99. 14. Angelique Bruce, 11:05.34. 15. Mckenzie Crabbe, 11:08.89. 16. Amia Wheatley, 11:14.71. 17. Amarise McLeran, 11:28.67. 18. Jasmine Santos, 11:56.19. 19. Tiffany Herbert, 11:57.21. 20. Carolie Leboyer, 12:38.99. 21. Felicity Means, 12:48.74. 22. Z’Hara Mclean, 13:09:42. 23. Tiya Herbert, 13:39.28. 24. Ava Ghiorse, 14:47.21.
Two Mile, Men: 1. Reuben Stoby, 11:23.25. 2. Vaughn Van Oudtshourn, 12:03.36. 3. Julius Farley, 12:15.12. 4. Tarique Moses, 12:31.72. 5. Samuel Romney, 12:49.73. 6. Adriano Gumbs, 13:05.67. 7. Jomo Rochester, 13:21.52. 8. Mikey Ennis, 13:29.15. 9. Zebalon McLean, 13:45.62. 10. Dave Pettigrew, 14:05.25. 11. Brad Betzener, 14:11.25. 12. Reu Rhymer, 14:37.04. 13. Ikyjah Williams, 15:13.65. 14. Claudius Rhymer, 15:16.18. 15. Ebenezer Joseph, 15:31.16. 16. Chris Graham, 15:56.54. 17. Alric Smith, 16:37.34. 18. Vadley Sylvester, 16:46.80. 19. Clyde Rhymer, 16:49.15. 20. Kenton Brewley, 16:50.67. 21. Stephen Bridson, 17:16.48. 22. Andie Donovan, 17:46.32. 23. Ajaalee Malone, 17:46.68. 24. Aaron Harry, 18:00.25. 25. Howard Moore, 18:14.25 26. Damian Creque, 18:25.47. 27. Jerry Thomas, 19:38.34. 28. Jim Cullimore, 19:44.31. 29. Steve Augustine, 20:04.56. 30. Chris Potgieter, 20:45.21. 31. Stephen Beard, 20:58.16. 32. Ahdan Doward, 21:18.78. 33. Diamonte Gumbs, 21:24.62. 34. John Cullimore, 22:26.84. 35. Devanio Wheatley, 22:30.06. 36. Quadray Daniel, 22:40.82. 37. Djimon Gumbs, 25:38.78. 38. Kadeem Hackshaw, 27:05.78.
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Women: 1. Rosmond Johnson, 14:15.91. 2. Juliane Potgieter, 15:17.12. 3. Kay Reddy, 15:22.36. 4. Kyra Romney, 15:46.12. 5. Philomena Robertson, 16:34.87. 6. Almarie Maduro, 18:06.66. 7. Sarah Carroll, 18:48.75. 8. Kenyatha Grate, 19:39.62. 9. Sarah Duncan, 19:59.65. 10. Roslyn Gilbert, 20:39.85. 11. Cayley Smith, 20:42.07. 12. Aribella Parsons, 23:23.32. 13. Michelle Dennis, 23:27.16. 14. Khiayah Doward, 23:34.06. 15. Shirley Liburd, 23:55.36. 16. Christina Creque, 25:12.02. 17. Lynelle Gumbs, 25:15.35. 18. Kaiola Rymer, 27:21.18. 19. Riconia Penn, 27:21.77. 20. Alicia Davis, 28:44.41. 21. Pamella Bruce, 30:33.35. 22. Denise Frett, 30:52.59. 23. Valarie Guishard, 31:02.12. 24. Victoria Ghiorse, 31:03.06. 25. Deborah James, 34:59.25.
Cross Country (Team Category)
Team Scoring Rules: The positions of the first five members of each team counts towards the scores in this category. The positions of additional members of a team beyond the first five are not factored in. A minimum of 5 persons makes a full participating team.
Primary Schools Teams: Althea Scatliffe Primary (ASPS), Cedar School Primary (CP), First Impressions Primary (FIPS), Francis Lettsome Primary (FLPS), Joyce Samuel Primary (JSPS), Willard Wheatley (WWPS):
1. Kenroy Joseph (FLPS-1), 15:43.69. 2. Jahshani Farrington (FLPS-1), 16:02.37. 3. Kadeem Pena (FLPS-1), 16:33.47. 4. Kendi Brewley (AMPS), 16:34.87. 5. Jayden Augustine (PG), 16:41.65. 6. Malike Romney (AMPS), 17:04.88. 7. M’Khori Crabbe (JSPS-1), 18:47.10. 8. Kieanjah Roberts (JSPS-1), 18:50.34. 9. Jahtivya Williams (ASPS), 18:57.35. 10. Johnibel Richards (FLPS-1), 19:04.62. 11. Daniele Walters (WWPS), 19:51.94. 12. Deonna Campbell (ASPS), 19:53.90. 13. Abriel Magloire (ASPS), 19:5838. 14. Jahmarley Frett (WWPS), 20:38.86. 15. Makeda Gumbs (JSPS-1), 20:44.08. 16. Kavon Wheatley (FLPS-2), 21:06.13. 17. Chad Willock (PG), 21:48.29. 18. Ikeyyah Taylor (JSPS-2), 22:33.60. 19. Kashani Farrington (WWPS), 23:13.29. 20. Marik Pemberton (FLPS-2), 23:32.47. 21. Rickey Harewood (FLPS-2), 24:15.00. 22. Frankiesha Browne (FLPS-1), 24:25.52. 23. Angeni Benjamin (JSPS-1), 24:42.02. 24. Kamari Gillings (FLPS-2). 25. Jana Davis (JSPS-1), 25:27.18. 26. Johannes Blok (CP), 26:35.75. 27. Vallesha Guishard (WWPS), 26:41.50. 28. Carolyn Hernandez (FLPS-2), 27:34.44. 29. Aiden Creque (FIPS), 27:36.28. 30. Sanjay Henry (JSPS-1), 28:01.91. 31. Shinique Robin (JSPS-1), 28:03.24. 32. Anica Penn (JSPS-1), 28:20.70. 33. Matai Frett (FLPS-1), 28:24:59. 34. Martina Martin (JSPS-2), 30:27.58.
Points: 1. Francis Lettsome Team-1, 38. 2. Joyce Samuel Team-1, 78. 3. Francis Lettsome Team-2, 109. 4. Willard Wheatley, 71 (4 participants). 5. Althea Scatliffe, 34 (3 participants). 6. Alexandrina Maduro, 10 (2 participants), 7. Peligan Gate, 22 (2 participants). 8. Joyce Samuel Team-2, 48 (2 participants). 9. Cedar School, 26 (1 participant). 10. First Impression, 26 (1 participant).
Secondary Schools Team: Cedar School (CS), St. Georges (SGS): 1. Liam Blok (CS), 12:54.10. 2. Tallulah Kinkead (CS), 14:41.25. 3. Robert Wong Jr. (CS), 26:59.65. 4. Aria Creque (CS), 31:17.98.
Points: 1. Cedar School, 10.
Service Clubs: Interact Club (IC), Rotaract Club (RC), Rotary of Road Town (RR), Rotary Sunrise of Road Town (RS), Rotary of Tortola, (RT): 1. Michael Killourhy (RT), 12.21.06. 2. Derrick Rawling (RT), 14:05.25. 3. Maureen Peters (RS), 16:18.83. 4. Stacy-Ann Wynter (RT), 17:09.18. 5. Marvin flax (RS), 17:28.81. 6. Henry Creque (RT), 18:01.10. 7. Ryan Geluk (RR), 18:08.48. 8. Brian Liverpool (RR), 18:40.90. 9. Ixora Wong (RT), 19:12.10. 10. Lorna Smith (RT), 19:21.44. 11. Vanessa King (RT), 19:51.14. 12. Warren Wintz (RT), 20:08.84. 13. Elvis Harrigan (RR), 20:14.21. 14. Corazon Fos (RR), 22:26.00. 15. Richard Parsons (RR), 23:21.09. 16. Alphonso Warner (RR), 24:44.90. 17. Kenneth Morgan (RT), 25:00.06. 18. Mitsy Ellis-Simpson (RT), 27:14.76. 19. Anthony Clarke (RR), 30:03.19
Scoring Rule (A female must be a part of the 5 members that count towards scoring.)
Points: 1. Rotary Club of Tortola, 22. 2. Rotary of Road Town, 48. 3. Rotary Sunrise of Road Town, 8 (2 participants).
Community Partners: Black Opps (BO), BVI Tourist Board (BVITB), Cedar School Parents/Teachers (CSPT), Digicel (D), H. Lavity Stoutt Community College (HLSCC), Joyce Samuel Parents (JSP), Montessori Parents/Teachers (MSPT), Limitless Fitness (LF)
1. Tommy Farrell (D), 13:14.35. 2. Anna Kinkead (CSPT), 15:35.70. 3. Iswar Persad (BVTB), 15:51.97. 4. Martin Cherry (HLSCC), 16:49.84. 5. Richie Paul (MSPT), 17:41.35. 6. Ariana Forbes (LF), 17:51.37. 7. Conor Looney (D), 18:29.11. 8. Natasha Chalwell (BVTB), 18:45.90. 9. Elaine Burke (D), 18:52.06. 10. Rhonda Pinnock (BO), 19:51.56. 11. Lucy Hannett (LF), 20:49.62. 12. Garfield Neita (CSPT), 21:09.15. 13. Sarah-Jane Knock (MSPT), 22:47.81. 14. Deidra Thomas (LF), 23:19.28. 15. Marc Brabant (CSPT), 24:34.72. 16. Annelies Brabant (CSPT), 24:35.31. 17. Monet Francis (LF), 26:15.25. 18. Karl Dawson (HLSCC), 26:35.29. 19. Bernice Magloire (D), 27:07.56. 20. Ella Chistopher (D), 27:18.08. 21. Monique Latchman (HLSCC), 27:26.20. 22. Shirley Creque (CSPT), 27:36. 34. 23. Paul George (HLSCC), 27:53.40. 24. Marian Cazabon-Blok (CSPT), 28:03.80. 25. Orlandette Crabbe (JSPT), 28:14.06. 26. Surbhi Williams (HLSCC), 28:40.41. 27. Renesha Stephens (HLSCC), 29:42.40. 28. Rhianna Stephens (HLSCC) 29:42.50. 28. Esme Stephens (HLSCC), 29:42.65. 29. Janvieve Pickett (LF), 29:55.00. 30. Onika Ramsammy (JSPT), 31:02.12. 31. Rochelle Smith (HLSCC), 31:40.40.
Points: 1. Digicel, 56. 2. Cedar School Parents/Teachers, 67. 3. Limitless Fitness, 75. 4. H. Lavity Stoutt Community College, 91. 5. BVI Tourist Board, 11 (2 participants). 6. Montessori Parents/Teachers, 18 (2 participants). 7. Joyce Samuel Parents, 50 (2 participants). 8. Black Opps, 10 (1 participant).
