kay Reddy breaks the tape to win the race and the Ceres Juices 10K Series with a personal best time of 50 minutes, 04.76 seconds. Photo>Dean "The Sportsman" Greenaway

TORTOLA—Steven Asson didn’t run the time he wanted, but Kay Reddy settled for a personal best, as the Ceres Juices 10K Series—a warm up for the Nov 29 BVI Half Marathon—wrapped up on Saturday at the Tortola Sports Club in Pasea, with both being crowned the respective champions.

Asson was timed in 35 minutes and 58.24 seconds, while Reddy covered the 6.2 mile jaunt from the Tortola Sports Club, via Port Purcell to Duff’s Bottom and return in 50:04.76 seconds.

“I wanted to run faster than I ran last year and I was close, but I had a challenge with the wind,” Asson recalled. “I couldn’t run against the wind so I had to take it how I got it. But, hopefully, next year, I can do better than this.”

Asson said the race was a good tune up for the BVI Half Marathon and he’s looking to better the record of 1 hour and 20 minutes he established last year. “I’m looking for 1:17, 1:18 or even 1:19,” he said. “I just want to run faster than 1:20.”

Reddy, who plans to wear her medal to work all week, said it was a great fast race with everyone improving on their time from the start of the series in July. “I knew that Belinda (Boyd) has a fast even pace, so my strategy was to go out really fast, gain a psychological lead and keep it,” she explained. “It worked and resulted in a personal best.”

Reddy who was one of the coordinators, said the series was fantastic and attracted 60 people over its course. While the turnout for the final race was down, the overall series has been great. “Thanks to the sponsor and all those who participated,” she said.

Stephanie Russ Penn said she has been ecstatic about the who year which has included a 5K, 10K and 2 mile series leading up to the BVI Half Marathon.

“We’ve had consistent supporters throughout and we are certainly glad that we can create a calendar where people can have an opportunity to run the distance they like and to try new areas in distance running,” she said. “ It was a great series. I congratulate all the runners and the sponsor for making it happen.”

Speaking on behalf of the company, Colin Campbell said it has been a good venture in sponsoring the races. “It has worked tremendously for us and we are definitely looking forward to the coming year to get it out there,” he said. “It’s going to be bigger and this has worked really well for us.”

Final results; Men: 1. Steven Asson, 35 minutes 58.24 seconds. 2. Zebalon McLean, 47:17.62. 3. Richard Francis, 48:05.71. 4. Howard Moore, 52:07.02. 5. Charles Kerins, 54:49.87. 6. Tehymal Huggins, 58:28.35. 7. Archie Christian, 59:07.62.

Women: 1. Kay Reddy, 50:04.76. 2. Sally Blackmore, 52:09.14. 3. Belinda Boyd, 54:36.76. 4. Jackie Wilson, 56:32.24. 5. Philomena Robertson, 1:01.24. 6. Louette MacCalum, 1:01.37. 7. Simone Dabreo, 1:04.02. 8. Tamara Archibald Gill, 1:18.29.

Overall winners; Men: 1. Steven Asson, 2. Richard Francis, 3. Howard Moore.
Women: 1: Kay Reddy. 2. Belinda Boyd. 3. Sally Blackmore.

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