Guyana’s ‘Little Kenyan’ Cleveland Forde continues to showcase his dominance by winning the first leg of the South American 10k on Saturday in Suriname.Forde stopped the clocked at 31 minutes, 54 seconds while Rupert Green of Jamaica finished third in a time of 33 minutes, 18 seconds.
Guyana’s Cleveland Thomas was third in a time of 33:42s while Winston Missenger finished sixth to stop the clock at 34:56s.
On the distaff side of the event, America based Guyanese Euleen Joisah-Tanner topped the field with a time of 39:43s while World Championship representative for Guyana Andrea Foster finished second with a time of 41:48s.
The event will now shift to Guyana on November 8 for its second leg where Forde is a nine time winner before heading to Panama for the third and final leg on November 15.