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TOO IS NUMBER 1
Alvarez tops UWI Half-Marathon women's field
Kwame Laurence :: Trinidad Express :: 23.10.2016Hillary Kiptanui Too dominated his rivals for a pole-to-pole triumph at the First Citizens UWI SPEC International Half-Marathon, yesterday. The 37-year-old runner stopped the clock at one hour, five minutes, 48 seconds for a huge cushion on second-placed Richer Perez (1:09:37) of Cuba.
The women's race was a far closer contest, Venezuela's Yeisy Alvarez returning a time of 1:17:59 to claim the title, ahead of Trinidad and Tobago's Tonya Nero, the runner-up in 1:18:41.
From the start, at UWI SPEC in St Augustine, Too looked a contender for the US$2,500 first prize. For the first few miles, the US-based Kenyan had company at the front of the race, Mexico-based Kenyan Peter Lamayan Nkaya keeping pace as they motored along the Priority Bus Route.
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FIRST FEMALE: Venezuela's Yeisy Alvarez wins the First Citizens UWI SPEC International Half-Marathon women's race, outside UWI SPEC in St Augustine, yesterday. Alvarez clocked one hour, 17 minutes, 59 seconds to finish ahead of Trinidad and Tobago's Tonya Nero (1:18:41). —Photo: AYANNA KINSALE
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