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30th
January 2010
Jason Sayers
wins SLAA 5km
Anthony
De Beauville
There
was no stopping long distance runner Jason Sayers
who overcame all challengers to comprehensively
run away with the Annual St. Lucia Athletics
Association 5 kilometer Road Race as he crossed
the finish line in a time of 16 minutes 10:
23 seconds.
Sayers who was at the time running topless already
has two previous wins under his belt on that
route band, took a commanding lead in the early
stages of the race, after he escaped from the
main pack bringing along with him Wayne St.
Ange and Neville Dupre as the runners made their
way through Bella Rosa.
Known for his calmness in events like these
Sayers moved steadily along phase 1 of the Beseaujour
housing scheme with the BCG in the distance
with no immediate competition challenging him.
From here on to the end, it was the sound of
vehicles behind him and the normal on the side
on - lookers showing their support, with St.Ange
and Dupre in striking distance keeping him company
to the finish line.
After he entered the home stretch it seemed
to be just a matter of time that Sayers would
emerge as the winner of the male category with
an impressive time of 16 minutes 10:23 seconds.
Sayers was elated with his performance and pointed
out as the race progressed, “I stepped
up the pace and continued to put on the pressure.
I kept myself refreshed with water along the
way to keep down the late afternoon heat, and
concentrated on maintaining a smooth speed right
to the finish.”
It is still early days as the likes of Olympian
Zepherinus Joseph and Victor Ledgers took a
well deserved rest from this event after a hectic
2009 season. Sayers’ closest rival, Neville
Dupre was second in a time of 16 minutes 12:28
seconds ahead of the experienced Wayne ‘Ali’
St. Ange who finished third in 17 minutes 25:53
seconds, while 2009 Carifta hopeful Michael
James continued his good run on form and came
in fourth in 18 minutes 01:05 seconds.
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Veteran long
distance runner Anthony Neptune still good
at his game was 10th across the finish line
in a time of 19 minutes 23: 43 seconds, while
Asa Lionel representing Rockets turned the
heat on to be the youngest to finish,- certainly
one for the future in road running in St.
Lucia. Lionel finished in a time of 19 minutes
40:89 seconds.
Back on the circuit was former female national
long distance Candia Esnard – Masey.
Esnard – Masey on the afternoon turned
on the heat on the other two female competitors
in the event to win in a time of 25 minutes
55:76 seconds, Fernanda Sealy copped the silver
in a time of 26 minutes 24:49 seconds, while
Perlina Murray had to settle for the bronze
medal in a time of 32 minutes 01:60 seconds.
A total of 20 competitors took part in the
event and interestingly all the competitors
completed the event.
Meanwhile, the St. Lucia Athletics Association
will head to the George Odlum Stadium today
Saturday 30th January for another in a series
of training sessions that are scheduled to
commence from 2:00pm. The SLAA by all reports
is continuing its preparation as it unfolds
its hectic calendar of activities for 2010.
Today’s training session will see participants
from Abilene Wildcats, Rockets, Road Busters,
Morne Stars, Survivors, Ciceron Secondary,
and a number of individuals. The afternoon
will unfold with the Women’s Discuss,
followed by the Men’s High Jump, Men’s
Discuss, Women’s High Jump, Men’s
Shot Put, Women’s Javelin, Women Shot
Put and Men’s Javelin in that order.
Discuss
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