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SDA hosts MTB/road race on Jan. 22
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Posted on Dec 27 2011
The Seventh Day Adventist School will host the first bike race of 2012 with the staging of an MTB/road event on Jan. 22.
The race will start and end at Paupau Beach and registration and go time will be announced later. Entrance fee is only $10.
For the road bike category, the course will be the “five corners” with bikers heading up to the Radar tower, Suicide Cliff lookout, Bird Island, Grotto, and Banzai, before returning to Paupau. In the MTB division, riders will go to FEBC, Kimikaze and Autobahn trails, Santa Clause Lane, and Banzai before heading back to the starting/finish line.
The Top 5 finishers in each division will receive medals and additional prizes, while two brand new mountain bikes will be raffled off after the race. Raffle tickets for the Giant 2011 model and Solar 2000 bike can be purchased at Bike Pro, Taro Sue, and Ride NMI.
For more information, contact Antonee at Saipan SDA Clinic at 234-6323 or Girlie at 285-1881.
The MTB/road race is a follow-up of last month’s SDA Thanksgiving Road & MTB Race and aims to raise funds for a group of SDA students (7th and 8th graders) going for an educational trip this year.
Last month’s Thanksgiving race started and ended at the SDA parking lot in San Antonio with riders competing in the 30-kilometer and 60-km events.
Veteran rider Lewie Tenorio topped the 60-km road bike race with a time of 2:08:12, beating Ariel Garcia (2:20:02) and Aldrin Sta. Ana (2:34:45 mark). In the women’s division, Mieko Carey finished fourth overall and was the first female to complete the race, timing in at 2:28:12. Heather Kennedy finished second place with her 3:08:09.
In the MTB category, Nap Dizon and Joann Salazar ruled the men’s and women’s divisions after clocking in at 2:20:02 and 3:21:31, respectively.
Ken Pierson reigned supreme in the 30-km race with a time of 1:14:38, finishing ahead of Enrique Suba (1:14:50) and Nelson Poguduon (1:14:58). In the women’s division, Regina Sebial submitted 1:28:55 to prevail over Angie Mister (1:31:02) and Jodel Fernandez (1:37:29).
