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Mister leads finishers in Road to Tagaman
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Posted on Mar 19 2019
Veteran multi-sports athlete Tyce Mister was the top solo finisher in last Saturday’s IT&E Road to Tagaman Tri, besting 16 other individuals.
Mister completed the one-kilometer swim, 35K bike, and 5K run in 1:49:55 to rule the men’s field. He was the lone participant (solo division) to finish the course that started and ended at Kilili Beach under the 1:50:00 mark.
Nap Dizon and Mark Isip rounded the Top 3 after checking in at 1:56:17 and 1:56:43, respectively. Other finishers in the men’s division were Travis Spaeth (2:00:47), Floro Derexes (2:03:18), Milan Rabold (2:06:23), John Dax Moreno (2:09:42), Robby Glass (2:10:28), Kevin Jacob (2:16:08), Robert Torres (2:21:19), Leo Wania (2:29:15), and Colin Thompson (2:31:18).
In the women’s division, Lily Muldoon reached the finish line first and timed in at 1:51:06 to prevail against four other participants in her field. Heather Taylor came in at second after submitting 1:52:32 and was followed by Ayana Braxton (1:56:16(, Shawna Brennfleck (2:04:52), and Kathy Ruszala (2:18:14).
Meanwhile, Asian Pacific Hotel, Inc. clinched first place in the team division after posting the fastest time (1:45:22) in the entire event. Jinie Thompson, Willy Barbo, and Alyona Gersonde were the swimmer, bike, and runner for APHI. Jinie was the second finisher in the swim leg, which was held in the waters off Kilili Beach with participants heading to as far as the partially submerged World War II tanks. In the bike leg, riders proceeded to the south side first (near the old Japanese bunker at the Airport Road) before going to the Hyatt Regency Saipan via Beach Road and back to Kilili. For the run, it was also via Beach Road with the turnaround point across Monika’s Gallery.
Jinie’s sister, Jinju,was first out of the water and teamed up with biker Phil Guiang and runner Rommel Buenaflor for TRAC, which finished second after registering 1:51:31. Runner Bridget Mahoney and biker/runner J.P. Nogues of Mahonogues rounded out the Top 3 after timing in at 1:58:45.
Brabu Pharmacy (2:00:12), Team Hyatt (2:01:27), Just TRI (2:01:46), ISLA (2:01:49), Team Ang Pogi (2:07:10), Power Puff Girls (2:07:15), Bumble Vee (2:12:00), Get Fit 670 (2:33:23), and Fitspiration (2:33:23) were the other team finishers.
