Winston Missigher was at his clinical best in the absence of Cleveland Forde as he took the inaugural Oasis 5K road race on Sunday with some tactical running.
Despite a 45 minute late start the participants set out at a pace which separated
Winston Missigher crosses the finish line ahead of Cleveland Thomas to win the inaugural Oasis 5K Road Race
the wolves from the sheep by the 1K mark. In the lead pack were Missigher, Cleveland Thomas, and Anfernee Headecker along with Rickie Williams; however that pack soon dwindled to three by the halfway mark along Carifesta Avenue as Missigher, Thomas and Headecker upped the ante.
Headecker was the first of the three to show signs of slowing up and by then it was either Missigher or Thomas who would take top honours. In the final 500 metres Missigher made his move and began turning on the heat only for Thomas to give chase; a valiant effort it was by the latter but Missigher burst across the finish line in emphatic fashion to finish first in a time of 15 minutes 45.25s.
Thomas had to settle for second and finished in 15 minutes 46.43 seconds with Headecker coming in third overall and first in the junior category in 16 minutes 01.84 seconds.
Closing out the top five were Jonathan Fagundes (fourth) and Royston Fordyce (fifth) who had times of 16 minutes 34.83 seconds and 16 minutes 58.63 seconds respectively.
The first female athlete to cross the finish line was Joanna Archer who took the overall event plus the junior prize. (Michelangelo Jacobus)
