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Nero, Hagley crowned Cross Country champions

Trinidad Guardian :: 04.12.2015

T&T’s top woman distance runner Tonya Nero (Athletics Central) ran away the women’s 6K title at the 2015 NGC/NAAA National Cross Country Championships at the Queen’s Park Savannah, Port of Spain on Sunday. Nero completed the three lap race in 24 minutes 18 seconds (24:18) to regain the title she last won in 2012.

The Maracas resident finished ahead of Dawnel Collymore (Memphis Pioneers), 26:27, who had to settle for second for the fourth straight year. April Francis (Abilene Wildcats), 28:40, copped third spot. Nero, the 2012 NACAC Cross country silver medallist three years ago, showed she is the queen of distance running on grass as well as on the road.

Earlier this month she won back-to-back South American 10K titles in Guyana and claimed the NACAC 10K gold in Martinique. In October she was second in the UWI SPEC Half-marathon. The University of Wichita graduate will be going for another crown when she defends her Run Barbados Half-marathon title in Barbados this weekend ( Dec 4-6).

Matthew Hagley (Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force) similarly reclaimed the men’s 8K run in 28:31 to win the national crown he has captured in 2011. Hagley actually crossed the line in second place behind Guyanese Kelvin Johnson (T&T Road Runners) but as a non-national Johnson was ineligible for the T&T honours. Johnson was also first across the line in 2014. Veteran Curtis Cox (Simplex) was third to finish in 28:31.

Iley Bruce (Dovers) retained the Boys under 20 6K (three laps) honours in 21:51 and relegated Ashton Gill (Cougars), 23:00, to the runner-up position for another year.

Gill’s club mate Joshua James was third. James, the reigning national Secondary Schools Cross Country and 5K champion clocked 23:08. Xea Bruce (Toco Titans) and Rae-Ann Serville won back to back titles. Bruce (X) took home the Girls Under 12 One Km run (3:02) to add to the Under 10 crown won in 2014. She finished two seconds behind the boys’ winner Keston Chase (Cougars), 3:00.

Serville was the overall winner of the Girls U14/U16 2K completed the one lap course in 8:00 to add to the Under 16 honours she achieved last year. Jalen Bristol led a Petrotrin Palo Seco in the Boys Under 16 2Km (one lap) event winning 7:00 ahead of his team-mates Tyla Austin (7:04) and Jordan Cooper (7:09).

Runners from Cougars Athletic club copped several titles: Ethan Forde (B U14 2K-7:25), Derron Frank (B U16 2K-7:14) and Kershell Mc Intyre (G U18 4K-17:58). Cougars also secured the Girls U14/U16 and B U14/U16 teams prizes.

RESULTS

NGC/NAAA Cross Country Championships 2015
Queen’s Park Savannah, Port of Spain
Sun Nov 29

1K
Under 12
Boys-1st Keston Chase (Cougars) 3:00, 2nd Jarrell Blaise (Toco Titans) 3:07, 3rd Tyreese James (Silver Bullets) 3:09
Girls-1st Xea Bruce (Toco Titans) 3:02, 2nd Kareesa Kirton (Cougars) 3:33, 3rd Aleeyah Duncan (Cheetars) 3:46

2K-1 lap
Open
Boys: 1st Jalen Bristol (Petrotrin Palo Seco) 7:00, 2nd Tyla Austin (Petrotrin Palo Seco) 7:04, 3rd Jordan Cooper (Petrotrin Palo Seco) 7:09
Girls: 1st Rae-Ann Serville (Memphis Pioneers) 8:00, 2nd Joanna Rogers (Cougars) 8:23, 3rd Caliyah Wallace (Cougars) 8;31
Age Group
Under 14
Boys-1st Ethan Forde (Cougars) 7:25, 2nd Jordan Pope (Cougars) 7:32, 3rd Aarin Simon (Memphis Pioneers) 7:33
Girls-1st Cassandra Joseph (Toco Titans) 8:31, 2nd Janiel Bailey (Memphis Pioneers) 8:42, 3rd Faith Deane (Silver Bullets) 8:49
Under 16
Boys: 1st Deron Frank (Cougars) 7:14, 2nd Jamal Martin (Silver Bullets) 7:19, 3rd Darron Williams (Mason Hall Police Youth Club) 7:22
Girls: 1st Camille Lewis (Sangre Grande Sec) 8:38, 2nd Blossom Swift (Cougars) 8:42, 3rd Akina Wilson (Cougars) 8:56
Team
Boys: Petrotrin Palo Seco, 2nd Cougars, 3rd Silver Bullets
Girls: Cougars, 2nd Memphis Pioneers, 3rd Mason Hall Police Youth

4K-2 laps
Girls
Under 18: 1st Kershell Mc Intyre (Cougars) 17:58, 2nd Donicia Antoine (Toco Titans) 18:41, 3rd Aaliyah Mitchell (Abilene Wildcats) 18:57
Under 20: 1st Je-Risa James (Memphis Pioneers) 19:43, 2nd Thyla-Maria Scott (Memphis Pioneers) 20:51, 3rd Jada Barker (Cougars) 21:18
Team
Girls: 1st Memphis Pioneers, 2nd Toco Titans, 3rd Cougars

6K-3 laps
Women
Open: 1st Tonya Nero (Athletic Central) 24:18, 2nd Dawnel Collymore (Memphis) 26:37, 3rd April Francis (Abilene Wildcats) 28:40
20-29: 1st Josanne Rojas (Palo Seco) 32:58, 2nd Kechell Douglas (UTT) 34:27, 3rd Shinell Ettienne (UTT) 34:48
30-39: 1st Roxanne McKenna (TTRC) 35.01, 2nd Sheena Maraj (TTRC) 40:48
40-49: 1st Wendy Shallow (TTRRC) 33:04
Team: 1st UTT, 2nd TTRRC
Boys
Under 18: 1st Atiba Samuel (Palo Seco) 23:47, 2nd Otis Barker (Toco Titans) 24:42, 3rd Kwanuel Madoo (Toco Titans) 24:53
Under 20: 1st Iley Bruce (Dovers) 21:51, 2nd Ashton Gill (Cougars) 23:00, 3rd Joshua James (Cougars) 23:08
U18/U20
Team: 1st Cougars, 2nd Belmont Boys Sec, 3rd Toco Titans

8K-4 laps
Men
Overall: 1st Kelvin Johnson (TTRRC/Guyana) 28:04, 2nd Matthew Hagley (TTDF) 28:31, 3rd Curis Cox (Simplex) 28:37
20-29: 1st George Smith (TTDF), 2nd Nicholas Landeau (Health Olympians), 3rd Quincy Elliot (TTDF)
30-39: 1st Colin Brumant (George Clarke Striders), 2nd Dirk Boyce (TTRRC), 3rd Kurt Lovell (Genesis)
40-40: 1st Jule La Rode (Penal Athletics), 2nd Nigel Samuel (TTRRC), 3rd Brent Elder (Unattached)
50-59: 1st Kade Sobers (Tobago Falcons), 2nd Michael Pollydore (Fast Track), 3rd Curtis Brereton (Unattached)
60 plus: 1st Janice Quashie (Unattached), 2nd Winston Stewart (TTRRC)
Team: 1st Defence Force, 2nd Health Olympians, 3rd TTRRC

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