V.I.Pace Runners
Repeat in Fort-To-Fort Relay
St.Croix, U.S.Virgin Islands, August 26, 2001--The Virgin Islands Pace
Runners team defended
its first place finish in the 18th Annual Fort-To-Fort Relay Road Race
held
early Sunday morning. The direction of the race reversed on
the same route
for the first time, starting at Fort Christianvern in Christiansted and
finishing at Fort Frederik in Frederiksted. George Jules, currently
the top
long distance runner in the V.I., led the first leg, 3.5 miles the
shortest
of four legs in the 25kilometer (15.5 miles) race, in 20 minutes, followed
by Kent Bradbury of The Untouchables' a minute back, Leopold Federicks
finished the leg in 23 minutes and in third place. At the end of the
second, a four mile leg from Vista Mar in Estate St.John on the Northside
Road, to the west of Mon Bijou on Midland Road. The Untouchables Jeremy
Laurent took the lead from George Willocks of Land Cruisers; Wallace
Williams of V.I.Pace Runners made up time and moved into second place as
he
handed off to Marlon Williams who went to the front after overtaking
Gunnar
Sanden headed for Grove Place and into Mahogony Road and the Rain Forest.
George Cannon, the last runner for V.I.Pace secured the win as he crossed
the finish line first at Fort Frederik in 1 hour 39 minutes and 45
seconds.
The Finishers:
1.V.I.Pace Runenrs (Leopold Federicks, Wallace Williams, Marlon Williams,
George Cannon) 1:39.45; 2. Land Cruisers (George Jules, George Willocks,
Jabari Goodwin, Theresa Harper) 1:43.36; 3. The Untouchables (Kent
Bradbury,
Jeremy Laurent, Gunnar Sanden, Luke Frederick) 1:49.20; 4. New Power
(Anselm
Richards, Earthla Arthur, Jo Shim, Alicia Lewit) 2:03.50; 5. Star Ship
Enterprise (Paul Cusin, Elena Shaubah, Denise Blanchette, Kathy
Vanderleest)
2:17.20; 6. St.Croix Track Club (Larry Vanderleest, J'Kende Goodwin, Rey
Lutz, Junuru Goodwin) 2:23.49; 7. Los Suavecitos (Rey Ruiz,
Jean
Sylvester, Diane Schroder, Marie Elise Witmer 2:34.45.
The next race on the V.I.Pace Runners Calendar is the annual Labor Day 5k
on
Monday September 3. The race starts in Southgate, East of
Christiansted and
finishes at the National Park in Christiansted.
