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Tan, Sendin take NMSA March honors
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Posted on Apr 08 2019
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- Tania Tan heads out of the bike loop during last month’s 30th Tagaman Triathlon. (Roselyn B. Monroyo)
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- Charlie Sendin gets out of the water at Kilili Beach during last month’s 30th Tagaman Triathlon. (Roselyn B. Monroyo)
Saipan International School’s Tania Tan earned the Tan Siu Lin Foundation/Northern Marianas Sports Association Female Student Athlete of the Month for March award after her triumphs in several tournaments last month.
The reigning TSL Foundation/NMSA Student Female Athlete of the Year kicked off her busy and successful month with a first place finish in the Triple J 5K Bubble Color Run/Walk. She had the fastest time among the more than 500 female runners after completing the course that started and ended at the Garapan Fishing Base in 21:29.
Then a week after the Triple J event, the 17-year-old student raced in the 10K event of the 2019 Saipan Marathon. She ended up placing second overall in the women’s field behind a Korean pro and the fastest female Saipan finisher after clocking in at 46:38.
Tan took a break for a week before returning to competition—via the 30th Tagaman Triathlon. She debuted in one of the oldest triathlon races in the Pacific, entering in the solo division and topping the U18 age group after completing the race in 4:52:42.
Tan was both nominated by the Northern Marianas Athletics and the Triathlon Association of the CNMI for the coveted monthly plum.
TRAC also nominated Sendin and the diminutive triathlete won the NMSA Male Athlete of the Month plum for his triumph in last month’s Tagaman.
Sendin was the first Saipan finisher in the 2-kilometer run, 60K bike, and 15K run race, completing the course in 3:56:14. He also finished third in the men’s 30 to 34 age group. Sendin recorded split times of 35:30, 1:54:46, and 1:25:48.
Meanwhile, runner Traven Quitugua rounded out the March honor roll after getting the Male Student Athlete of the Month award.
The Saipan Southern High School student led the sprinters who qualified for the 2019 Public School System/McDonald’s All Schools Track and Field Championships after making the grade in the trials last month.
