Carr Leads Records Assault in 2nd Virgin Gorda Half Marathon

James Carr who was 2nd last year, outduels Jacques Roux to win the Dive BVI Virgin Gorda Half Marathon in a course record, 1 hour, 36 minutes and 23 seconds. PHOTO: Todd Van Sickle

MAY 21—James Carr was engaged in a spirited battled with Jacques Roux after they broke from the field, before he went on to demolish Maxford Pipe’s course record established during last year’s inaugural event, to win the 2nd Dive BVI Virgin Gorda Half Marathon on Saturday.

Carr broke Pipe’s record of 1 hour 43 minutes and 08 seconds on the challenging, scenic hilly course and improved his 1:44.41 time from last year by chipping eight minutes off to finish in 1:36.23. Roux was second in 1:36.39 followed by George Davis, 1:42:30 and Ravi Sukhu 1:42:35, also under the old record.

“We had quite a race, Jacques and James they were neck and neck the entire time,” noted event coordinator, Casey McNutt. “Jacques was on his tail and pushed him to the end and he came out with an awesome win for the men’s Half.”

Katrina Crumpler eclipsed Maria Mays’ 1:45.00 course mark by chopping 13 minutes off her 1:55.00 from last year, with a course record time of 1:42.16, to finish third overall.

 “She never let up and still had gas in the tank at the end of the race,” McNutt said.

Visiting Mark McConnell demolished Keith Williams’ 1:01.25 course record in the 10K Challenge, taking the time to 49:53. Claire McCarthy 51:52 run, knocked six minutes off Lucy Smith’s, 57:33 from last year. .

10K Challenge; Men: 1. Mark McConnell, 49:53. 2. Zebalon McLean, 51.52. 3. Giorgio Paradisi, 54:02. 4. Patrick Ormond, 54:46. 5. Jonathan Bailey, 56:49. 6. Bryden Keely, 59:36. 7. Samuel Wilbert, 1:06.58. 8. Ezron Simmons, 1:09.38. 9. Jeff Nichols, 1:12:09.10. Ian Roy, 1:30:46. 11.  David Ellis, 1:59:38.

Women: 1. Claire McCarthy, 51:52. 2. Lisa Adamson, 51:54. 3. Kim Takeuchi, 52:55. 4. Victoria Bezemer, 54:41. 5. Leanne Munn, 56:22. 6. Reineke Miejer, 1:02:23. 7. Julie Lonski, 1:02:29. 8. Barbara Pinnock, 1:02:45. 9. Debbie Ridgeway, 1:03:56. 10. Hayley Berry, 1:09:09. 11. Karen Calandra, 1:09:44. 12. Emily Bailey, 1:09:59. 13. Cordine Reux, 1:10:06. 14. Harriet Robertson, 1:17:42. 15. Mary Beth Siewert, 1:17:52. 16. Sarah Hatcher, 1:19:00. 17. Vetricia Baptiste, 1:19:21. 18. Ashley MacDonald, 1:22:58. 19. Betty Paradisi, 1:36:27. 20. Laura Fox, 1:36:27. 21. Jenny McIvor - Injury for Half - Completed 6 Mile - no time available.

Half Marathon; Men: 1. James Carr, 1:36:23. 2. Jacques Roux, 1:36:39. 3. George Davis, 1:42:30. 4. Ravi Sukhu, 1:42:35. 5. Curwin Andrews, 1:48:31. 6. Mark Jones, 1:49:57. 7. Mark Doig, 1:52:54. 8. John Argyros, 1:54:24. 9. Mike Peterson, 1:54:43. 10. Adrian Dale, 1:58:24. 11. Dan Mitchell, 1:59:03. 12. Aaron Seddon, 2:02:50. 13. Kevin Loranger, 2:11:14. 14. Jonathan McCarthy, 2:18:50. 15. Luke Plummer, 2:19:26. 16. Pat Bohannon, 2:20:28. 17. Rory Lynch, 2:26:26. 18. Willem Kerkvliet, 2:26:26. 19. Jonathan Addo, 2:27:46. 20. Mikey Bell, 3:00:15. 21. Zoltan Birinyi, 3:01:07.

Women: 1. Katrina Crumpler, 1:42:16. 2. Kathleen Brownsdon, 1:48:48. 3. NiMade Oniaish, 2:00:45. 4. Kay Reddy, 2:03:29. 5. Christie Brown, 2:04:53. 6. Emily Dulac, 2:12:29. 7. Yvonne August, 2:12:51. 8. Mary Balog, 2:13:08. 9. Lindsey Wilson 2:13:28, 10. Natasha Ruscheinsk, 2:18:13,.11. Kelsey Costanza, 2:22:47. 12. Rachel Sexton, 2:24:54. 13. Tia Beckman, 2:29:47. 14. Anna Kinkead, 2:30:36. 15. Laura Hiesinger, 2:33:23. 16. AJ Syrett, 2:33:56. 17. Christina Yates, 3:35:45.