2022 SPORTS STORY OF THE YEAR #8

Run Saipan Alpha resets record in Christmas relay

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Posted on Dec 30 2022
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The Run Saipan Alpha team, from left, Tania Tan, Heimanarii Lai San, Sildrey Veloria, Keith Longuski, and Keith Ketola. (LAO ZHANG)

Just last Saturday, Run Saipan’s Alpha team broke the record in the Northern Marianas Athletics’ 41st Annual Christmas Island Relay.

In a mission for redemption, Tania Tan, Keith Ketola, Heimanarii Lai San, Keith Longuski, and Sildrey Veloria finished the 13.7-mile course from Pacific Islands Club Saipan to the Last Command Post in Marpi in 1:19.52.

The team’s average split times per mile was an eye-popping 5:46/mile or 3:34/km. Individually, Veloria ran a 5:59/mile; Ketola sprinted a 4:55/mile; Tan ran a 5:45/mile; Longuski ran a 5:30/mile; and Lai San ran a 6:30/mile.

Mark Rabago | Associate Editor
Mark Rabago is the Associate Editor of Saipan Tribune. Contact him at Mark_Rabago@saipantribune.com
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