Long distance athlete Winston Missigher continued his dominance of local running when he beat is rival Cleveland Thomas in the Independence Senior Male 10K on Sunday.
Easy like Sunday Morning! Winston Missigher breezed to yet another Independence 10K title on Sunday morningAshanti Scott was in a class of her own
With a time of 34:32.34s, he ran a well calculated race to finish well ahead of Thomas — who clocked 34:57.84s — to defend his title. Nathaniel Giddings, with a time of 35:22.31s, came in third.
The race commenced at the NIS Ground on Carifesta Avenue and continued east into the Rupert Craig Highway, before making an about-turn at the University of Guyana access road and head west, back to the finish line at the Guyana National Service Ground.
For the senior females, Ashanti Scott (46:52.09s) dominated her race to beat second placed Alicia Jack (50:54.53s) by a sizable distance; while Tabitha Bowman closed out the top three with a time of 55:16.02s.
The top male and female athletes have each won $40,000 along with a trophy and an Invicata watch; while second to fifth placed athletes received $30,000, $20,000, $15,000 and $10,000 respectively.
In the Masters Male category, Llewellyn Gardener (43:39.99s) outlasted Lindon Phillips (44:25.44s) and Kwame Bright (45:36.09s) to take the crown; while Curleen Phillips (54:16.57s) claimed first place in the Female Masters, ahead of Indira Singh (58:51.49s) and Carla Adams (4:00.16s).
The top three winners in the Masters category received $20,000, $15,000 and $10,000 respectively.
In the Junior Males U-16 5k, Nash Murphy (17:24.10s) claimed top prize, beating Cordell Charles (18:15.10s) and Kennard Williams (19:22.60s) in that order; while in the Girls Junior U-16 category, Shaquka Tyrell (21:20.20s) emerged victorious ahead of Kissana Glen (22:09s) and Kellanie Glen (23:09.20s).
Rickie Williams (17:59.10s) edged Ronaldo Wishart (18:07.10s) and Isaiah Wright (18:26.30s) in the Boys U-20 5k; and for the girls it was Leyanna Charles (22:30s) who outran Delicia Harper (22:42.70s) and Sheama Tyrell (22:44.60s) to claim first place. The top three athletes in the under-16 and 20 categories of the race won themselves bicycles.
