Runners heading towards the Terrence B. Lettsome Airport during teh Blenheim Trust 5K on Beef Island
MARCH 26—Guy Williamson used a series of 40m Fartlek sprints to fend off Maxford Pipe while Kim Takeuchi didn’t want to be beaten by her friend during Saturday’s second tour stop of the Blenheim Trust 5K Series on Tortola, with a race on Beef Islands that attracted 84 participants.
Williamson said he thought the race was close as Pipe would catch up to him after each sprint. “To be honest, I don’t really have a strategy,” Williamson revealed, after running 18 minutes and 45 seconds for his second tour victory. “I just go out and see how I feel. If I feel good, I push it a little if I don’t I, ease off. But. It’s always a close race with Pipe.”
Pipe who was second in 19:15 as in his last outing, said Williamson used his experience to beat him. “He ran a good race,” Pipe noted. “I tried to stick with him for as long and I could, but I guess he came with different tactics today. I came with my game plan, but I guess he came with a better game plan. However, I was a nice race and I bettered my time so that was very important to me.”
Takeuchi said she loves running on Beef Island and her only concern was beating her friend Casey McNutt, who organizes races on Virgin Gorda. “She’s pretty fast and I had my eye on her the whole race,” Takeuchi pointed out. “She has the Virgin Gorda Half Marathon coming up on May 17 and I know she’s training hard. But, this is a great course.”
Final Results: Men. 1. Guy Williamson, 18 minutes 49.93 seconds. 2. Maxford Pipe, 19:15. 3. Julius Farley, 19:54. 4. Zebalon McLean, 19:56. 5. Curwin Andrews, 20:02. 6. Antony Spencer, 20:23. 7. Antony Daway, 20:26. 8. Aaron Gardner, 20:30. 9. Michael Killourhy, 20:44. 10. Bill Knox, 20:51. 11. Derek Pettigrew, 21:08. 12. Keith Williams, 21:23. 13. Daniel Mitchell, 21:29. 14. Joseph McIvor, 21:39. 15. Patrick Ormond, 21:39. 16. Jonathan Barnard, 21:49. 17. Charles Kerins, 22:06. 18. Shane Donovan, 22:33. 19. Julien Johnson, 22:49. 20. Luka Chalwell, 23:09. 21. Chris Randall, 23:16. 22. Andries Dippenaar, 23:45. 23. David Pettigrew, 23:49. 24. Ruairi Burke, 23:56. 25. David Harby, 24:24. 26. Kai Chalwell, 24:49. 27. Gareth Watkins, 25:11. 28. Miguel Castellanos, 26:07. 29. Laurent Keeble-Buckle, 26:13. 30. Sam Potgieter, 26:34. 31. Chris Potgieter, 26:35. 32. Henry Creque, 26:36. 33. Howard Moore, 27:46. 34. TJ Torres, 28:42. 35. Martin Cherry, 29:24. 36. Stephen Beard, 29:50. 37. Andre Kartick, 30:38. 38. Kendald Fanord, 35:29. 39= Tai Thomas and Gareth Thomas, 35:38 41. Michael Fay, 37:01
Women: 1. Kim Takeuchi, 21:59.72 2. Rosmond Johnson, 22.39 3. Clare-Louise Whiley, 22:51. 4. Tallulah Kinkead, 22:56. 5. Kay Reddy, 24.02. 6. Anna Kinkead, 24.20. 7. Casey McNutt, 25:04. 8. Rhiannon Jones, 25:15. 9. Zoe Bickerton, 25:42. 10. Ritchie Paul, 26:04. 11. Claudia Diaz, 26:27. 12. Samantha Sukhu, 26:29. 13. Juliane Potgieter, 26:35. 14. Maureen Peters, 26:37. 15. Darwn Peters, 26:49. 16. Li-Ann Yap, 26:59 17. Ixora Williams, 27:03. 18. Debbie Bell, 27:26. 19. Ghislaine Hoogendijk, 28:02. 20. Sharisma Maduro, 28:14. 21. Sarah Caroll, 28:20. 22. Barbara O'Neal, 28:34 23. Emily Abrehart, 29:09. 24. Roslyn Gilbert, 29:49. 25. Clair Burke, 30:29. 26. Pippa Dabbs, 30:32 27. Anya Rhoden, 31:05. 28. JoJo Kerins, 31:24. 29. Sophie Dabbs, 41:49
Race Walkers; Men: Gerald Rose, 37:04. 2. Taaj King, 61:011. Women: Sophie Bennett, 39:17. 2.= Jill Edwards, Nakeda Rawlins, 61:01 4= Natasha Jarvis, Sheroma Rawlins, Faith Dawson, 61:03 7= Nicole Munro and Natalie Fay, 50:16.