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Lewie leads age group winners in ‘Hell’
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Posted on Dec 05 2011
Micronesian Games veteran Lewie Tenorio was the first Saipan biker to the finish line in last Saturday’s 5th Hell of Marianas Century Cycle Race and went on to top his age group.
Tenorio completed the 100-kilometer race in three hours, 28 minutes, and 38.41 seconds to rule the men’s road bike 36 to 45 division, beating 15 other bikers. Tenorio came in 12th overall and his time last weekend was about three minutes faster than his 2010 record of 3:31.02.84. He was also the first male finisher for Saipan in last year’s century race.
Tenorio defeated perennial rival Butch Sublemente, who was nursing a back problem and timed in at 3:49:50.81 (20th overall) to settle for second place in the 36 to 45 age group. Rounding out the Top 3 was Tyce Mister, who submitted 4:03:18.41.
In the men’s 14 to 25 division, Guam’s Tobias Theisen (3:48:55.51) took the top spot against compatriot John Kelly (3:48:55.56), while Saipan’s Andy Nutting (4:10:35.44) came in at third.
Saipan’s Aldrin Sta. Ana crossed the finish line first for the 26 to 35 age group, clocking in at 3:43:52.91 and way ahead of Craig Thedwall’s 4:17:26.88 and Mahesh Balakrishnan’s 5:16:30.66.
The battle for first place in the 46 to 55 age group was a close one with Cesar Fortaleza timing in at 3:51:01.22 to edge Willy Barbo’s 3:51:02.72. Russ Quinn completed the Top 3 after recording 4:01:42.31.
Japanese’ Kunio Yagyu defeated two Saipan bets in the 56-and-above age group after posting 4:29:09.09. Danilo Paquerez (4:35:41.56) and Steve Nutting (4:53:47.91) came in at second and third, respectively.
Joining the men’s road bike winners were women’s champion Maki Nonaka and Kimiko McKagan. Nonaka made the seven-hour cut after timing in at 6:28:46.88 in the 26 to 35 age group, while McKagan finished the race in under five hours with her 4:19:41.03 to win the 36 to 45 age group.
Over 150 bikers joined the around the island race and results in the mountain bike and relay events will be published in Saipan Tribune later this week.
