TORTOLA—Running unchallenged after sprinting away from the field at the start, Rasalula Nagarit opened the Ceres Juices 10K Series Saturday on Tortola with an impressive but gritty performance.

Naragit—a Marathon specialist who dominated the recent Spring 5K Series—covered the 6.2 mile run through Road Town and its environs in 33 minutes, 54.51 seconds.

“It was a good race, but still, I didn’t have anybody to push me, however, I was glad to come out and support,” Nagarit said. “I was looking for something sub 30, but I did not have anybody to push me, so it’s hard when you’re trying to run out there by yourself.”

Second place finisher and first woman overall in the race that attracted 20, was Clare-Louise Whiley. She said the victory came as a surprise. “There was a field ahead of me and then I felt really strong coming along the back of the High School and coming on to the dual carriageway, and thought yea, I can do this. I caught a bunch of people and just put as much distance between them and me, ” Whiley recalled. “I finished and I was flying, so I was very pleased with today. I thought the course was great and it was a great distance.”

For Archice Christian, it was his first 10K race and like others would have like to see and earlier start as it got hot. “I enjoyed it, but, I don’t come out to win these races,” he noted. “I come out to participate, support the event, try to promote healthy living through exercising. I was a good experience and I’ll have to devise a strategy to stick with all the girls, because as you notices, all the guys beat me.”

Like Christian, it was Roslyn Gilbert’s inaugural 10K venture. “The Beast is rough,” she said of one of the Spring 5K Series races at Stoutt College. “But this was a little harder for me since it was my first time and I had to go and check out the course to see if I could actually run it. I think I could have done better.” However, it was a good experience.”

As one of the coordinators, Stephanie Russ Penn said with 20 runners, it was a great start to the series that came about very quickly. “We are looking forward to the next four races which are spread out through November, leading up to both the College Race Series and the BVI Half Marathon,” she said.

“It was a great run and most people that started finished and the times are great. We are looking forward to our next race on Aug 30. We thank our sponsors and those who came out to participate.”

Final overall results: 1. Rasalula Naragit, 33 minutes, 54.51 seconds. 2. Claire-Louise Wiley, 51:14. 3. Richard Franicis, 51:37. 4. Mike Doyle, 52:10. 5. Darwn Peters, 53:04. 6. Belinda Boyd, 53:44. 7. Dave Bailey, 54:43. 8. Gordon Bailey, 55:31. 9. Howard Moore, 56:11. 10. Kay Reddy, 56:27. 11. Charles Kerins, 56:53. 12. Zebalon McLean, 58:01. 13. Adele Perrot, 58:12. 14. Aisling Dwyer, 58:43. 15. Laura Dore, 60:09. 16. Archie Christian, 1:07.89. 17. Elizabeth Buratti, 1:09.42. 18. Roselyn Gilbert, 1:15.23.
DNF: Nigel Bailey and P vbhilomena Robertson

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