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Young guns rule TRAC’s aquathlon
Christian Villacrucis, left photo, and Kaithlyn Chavez, are about to cut the tape en route to ruling yesterday’s 3rd Aquathlon and 10K Pathway Run. (Jon Perez)
Youngsters Christian Villacrucis and Kaithlyn Chavez topped the men’s and women’s division of the run-swim-run event in yesterday’s 3rd Aquathlon and 10K Pathway Run.
The 17-year-old Villacrusis was the fastest among the male participants, finishing the course in 42:53 to beat super seniors Buboy Aguilar (56:41) and barefoot runner Mike Jang (1:04:02). The Triathlon Association of the CNMI-organized pre-Tagaman race had its 2.5-kilometer run course from Kilili Beach to Monika’s Furniture near Quartermaster Road and back. Participants then moved to the 1K swim and finished it off with another 2.5K run on the same route.
In the women’s side, Chavez beat Claire Devey by 38 seconds in their head-to-head matchup. The 11-year-old had a time of 51:34 against Devey’s 52:12 in the event that was supported in part by the Commonwealth Cancer Association for January’s Cervical Cancer Awareness Month.
In the 10K Pathway Run from Kilili Beach to Bank of Guam and back, Kosuke Sato and Ayako Braxton won their respective divisions after clocking in at 42:55 and 50:42.
Josh David Joson chased Leon Etienne in the final 10 meters of the course as the two runners tried to outrace each other with the former eventually clinching second place with a time of 46:20 against the latter’s 46:23.
In the women’s division, Chiharu Sato was almost five minutes behind Braxton, as the former submitted 55:16, while Marie Sablan completed the Top 3 of the race sponsored by Kanoa Resort, IT&E, Gatorade, and JET Holdings after registering 1:10:15.
Rintaro Miyawaki and Jinju Thompson, who are both 14-year-olds, were the lone participants in the relay and timed in at 39:43.
Meanwhile, TRAC, in cooperation with CCA, will hold the TRI For Her next month.
