Participants in Saturday's Ceres Juices 10K race
SEPTEMBER 24—James Carr and Maria Mays were the respective male and female winners of Saturday’s Ceres Juices 10K Series race held in Carrot Bay, on Tortola’s north west coast.
The race that went from the Carrot Bay Festival Village Grounds over to Smugglers Cove and return, saw Carr battling with Ravi Sukhu. Carr held off Sukhu’s last surge to win in 46 minutes and 16 seconds.
“It was pretty tough—the toughest of the 10Ks so far,” said Carr of the 6.2 mile course. “There are two massive hills, and Smugglers is a hill as well. But I stuck to my tactics and got the win, which I’m happy about. Normally, I go out guns a blazing and it screws me over later on so I thought I’d be a little calmer today.”
He said Sukhu ran really well and kept him going. “Towards the end, I thought I was going to die and I saw him coming,” recalled Carr who won by 16 seconds. “I said ‘I’d better run, because he’s getting near, so it’s all because of him.”
Mays—fourth overall—was the top woman in 47 minutes and 42 seconds and was followed by Katrina Crumpler in 50:17. “This was very, very difficult but we all have the inspiration of the recent Olympics,” she reflected. “I pretended I was Tahesia Harrigan and I just went for it every 100m---but of course, I’m not as fast as her but she was a good inspiration.”
Mays said she was a bit nervous of the race and its varying terrain, as she has an upcoming Half Marathon in three weeks, and have been doing more distance work and nothing fast. “I thought I was going to be really slow,” she said. “I was quite slow—but not really slow—so I’m really pleased.”
Final results. Men: 1. James Carr, 46:16. 2. Ravindra Sukhu, 46:32. 3. Zebalon McLean, 50:06. 4. Adrian Dale, 50:10. 5. Ben Mays, 50:35. 6. Angelito Agno, 51:27. 7. James Shearman, 51:49. 8. Daniel Mitchell, 53:44. 9. Patrick Ormand, 57:30. 10. Peter Wilmott, 60:54. 11. Russell Crumpler, 63:24.12. Tom Parish, 64:39. 13. Jeffrey George, 66:44. 14. Stephen Beard, 72:17. 15. Marvin Flax, 72:56. 16. Chris Ghiorse, 74:46. 17. Howard Moore, (late start) 95:14.
Women: 1. Maria Mays, 47:42. 2. Katrina Crumpler, 50:17. 3. Sarah Hayes, 53.56. 4. Clare-Louise Whiley, 54:15. 5. Kay Reddy, 59:09. 6. Philomena Robertson, 63:59. 7. Deborah Bell, 65:13. 8. Joanna Dunne, 65:42. 9. Barbara O'Neal, 67:49. 10. Gillian Howe, 73:29.
Power Walkers: Gerald Rose, 84:96. Mimi 92.25. Jenny McLeary, 92:25.
5K results. Men: 1. Stefano Tasking, 32:28. Women: 1. Adenike Sicard, 28:10. 2. Sally Blackmore, 32:23.