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Sep 20, 2013 Sports
– US-based athlete to defend Courts 10k title
Euleen Josiah-Tanner has been the most dominant female road race runner in the last three years with an impressive collection. Josiah-Tanner will no doubt be the one to beat on Sunday when Courts Guyana Inc. hosts its fourth 10km Road Race Classic.
Josiah-Tanner, who has won the prestigious CARICOM 10km Road Race and has placed in the top of many of the Caribbean’s leading 10km Road Races, will most likely be unchallenged on Sunday in the absence of
Alika Morgan, who is in Indonesia.
Josiah-Tanner defeated Morgan last weekend at the AinLim 10k race. However, Morgan, who placed third in the race, has left for the Islamic Games in Indonesia, a decision from the Athletic Association of Guyana that has once again deflated Josiah-Tanner.
However, the United States-based Josiah-Tanner will quickly recover this weekend to extend her dominance on the local long-distance running scene. Jevina Straker, who also defeated Morgan last weekend, is likely to be her biggest challenger at the Courts race.
Josiah-Tanner has competed at the Run Barbados 10km race and was the first Caribbean woman to cross the finish line. She has been competing in and out the region for quite some time with an insurmountable number of successes. There is no doubt that she will be the one to beat when she takes the road on Sunday.
The race will have five categories, namely Junior (age 16-19); seniors (Men 20-34) and (Women 20-39); Masters (Women 35 and over); Masters (Men 40-54) and Masters (Men 56 and over); all categories will attract cash prizes and trophies.
Banks DIH under its Powerade and Aqua Mist brands are also partnering with Courts for the race that will doll out $100,000 each to the open male and female winners. Second place will pocket a sum of $80,000; third $60,000; fourth $40,000 and fifth $20,000 for fifth place.
The top junior male and female athletes will win $60,000 while second, third, fourth and fifth get $40,000, $30,000, $20,000 and $10,000 respectively. The Masters women 35 and above and men 40-54 earn prize monies of $60,000, $40,000 and $25,000 for first to third while the Masters men 56 and above will pocket $40,000, $25,000 and $15,000 for first through third.
The route for the race will be: the race will start in front of Courts, Main Street, proceed North to the Seawall Road, east along the Seawall Road, continue east along Rupert Craig Highway northern carriageway to turn at Church Road, Rupert Craig Highway southern carriageway into Kitty Public Road, South on Vlissingen road, west on Lamaha Street, south on the eastern carriageway on Main Street, turn around at the cenotaph to finish on the western carriageway of Main Street in front of Courts.
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