THIS year, the all local South American 10K saw Winston Missigher and Sheama Tyrell claiming the male and female overall titles in the West Coast Demerara route, on Sunday, which featured close to 50 starters.

The race ran off from the village of Mary in the latter part of the afternoon and concluded at the National Track and Field Centre at Leonora.

Missigher chalked up a comfortable win in which he stopped the clock a few minutes over the half-hour mark at 34:22.34s. Following closely was Cleveland Thomas, who clocked 34:53.20s, Kennard Harding was third with 36:06.84s, fourth was Rosmond Harvey with a time of 36:23.40s, and Jonathan Fagundez rounded out the top rewarding spot with a time of 37:19.25s.

The females pressed closer to the hour mark with Sheanna Tyrell copping the top spot in a time of 43:00.87s, ahead of Shaquka Tyrell who clocked 45:27.47s. Aaliyah Headly was third with 49:56.68s and Kissanna Glen followed with 54:29.08s. This junior line up of female participants was also the overall finishers for the females.

2K sprint
In the heated 2K battle, Samuel Henry was the top male, running out of Rurallites with a time of 6:14.20s, ahead of Jonathan Seedath of De Challengers, who ran a time of 6:18.8s, while Timothy France (Rurallites) was third in a time of 6:32:5s.

The top female was Attoya Harvey, who chalked up a time of 7:16.8s, ahead of Jennifer Byass of NA United, who ran 7:21.4s and Charissa December of De Challengers (8:11.0s).

The 1K
Kevlon Roethoff was the winner of the 1K, with a time of 3:09.9s while Kaiden Persaud was second with 3:10.11s and Zackery Favourite was third with 3:35.6s.

Winning the female category was Hanna Joseph who turned in an impressive time of 3:19.3s, while Marissa Thomas was the runner-up with 3:31.9s on the clock while Akeelah Dover was third with 3:47.9s.

Vets 10K
Francis King topped the 40-54 years Master category with a time of 39:53.80s while Larry Josiah was second with 40:50.63s and Adrean Thomas was third with 47:45.34s.

In the 55 & over category, Debidyal Harald was the winner with 42:42.3s, while Linden Phillips finished second in a time of 48:10.68s and Oswald Phil was third with 50:47.67s.
The only female Master was Carla Adams, who stopped the clock at 1:04.14s.