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Antigua and Barbuda’s Kamar Thomas, with a time of 33 minutes 38 seconds, and Tonya Busse, who clocked 45:04, were the toast of Saturday’s ninth staging of the Jill Stewart Montego Bay City Run, copping the male and female 10K titles in the event which unfolded in the streets of the western city.
Thomas, who was born in Jamaica but started his track and field journey in Antigua, finished ahead of Kemar Leslie and Marvin Hamilton, who were second and third with times of 33:45 and 36:37, respectively. Meanwhile, Lesa Powell and Shiela Pinto, with times of 54:58 and 56:24, took second and third, respectively, behind Busse.
In the 5K run, Garfield Gordon, with a time of 15:34, took the male section ahead of Brandon Kerr (17:17) and Carl Whyte (18:08). Jodian Walker was the top female, clocking 23:04, to relegate Annmarie Briscoe-Healy (23:21) and Jerolee Spence (23:40) into second and third places, respectively.
In the 5K walk, which attracted the largest number of participants, Ryan Robinson was the top male finisher, clocking 24:40, which placed him ahead of Tavaris Atherly (25:44) and Marlon Edwards (25:53). Rushell Campbell took the female section with a time of 26:31, which placed her in front of Kayla Stewart (26:35) and Denise Smith-Fortland (26:51).
With well over 6,000 runners and walkers showing up for the event, it had more than a generous sprinkling of celebrity as Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness; National Security Minister Dr Horace Chang; Minister of Legal and Constitution Affair Marlene Malahoo Forte; Urban Development Corporation (UDC) Chairman Norman Brown; and Executive Chairman of Sandals Resort International Adam Stewart were among the participants. (www.jamaicagleaner.com)
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