Another champ falls in College Classic Series

BY DEAN GREENAWAY

 For defending BVI High School Cross Country champs Carlisle, their 11-race winning streak is over. Thanks to Lincoln, who beat them for the first time by placing all its scorers in the top 10, for a comfortable seven point 27-34 win in Saturday’s second Highland Spring College Classic Series races on Tortola.  With both teams tied at 1-1, it becomes a best of three showdown for the title when the series resumes on November 13.

“Lincoln came out with a vengeance today,” assistant race director Stephanie Russ Penn said, noting that Lettsome only fielded three participants and placed third while Flemming had one runner. “Again numbers (of participants) really help out,” Penn reiterated. “Numbers create full teams and that consistency can be what ultimately determines who win at the end of the day.” Carlisle wasn’t the only defending champ to settle for second place. Kitty Halstead beat her Montessori schoolmate and defending champ Yasmin Rufflesmith for the first time, to win the girls one mile race in a swift 7 minutes and 35.4 seconds.

Following the Rotary Club of Road Town’s victory over their Rotary Club of Tortola counterparts that evened the series, Penn said the rivalry between the clubs will come down to the next three races to determine the winner. “It is definitely an interesting rivalry,” Penn noted.

Althea Scatliffe Primary School—who has won the series outright since its inception— hanged on to its Primary Schools Cross Country lead with a victory over Montessori and Enis Adams. Linden and Darwn Peters—no relation—ran unchallenged to easily win the men’s and women’s divisions with times of 11 minutes, 11.8 and 12 minutes, 42.5 seconds respectively. The race was run on an alternate course following heavy rains on Friday.

“I know when people eventually check the results they will notice that their times were significantly faster,” Penn said. “With our alternate route where they didn’t have to do the rocky terrain and also the little hill that surprises at the end, makes for a quicker course.”

Penn said the turnout of 128 participants was below expectation. “That could probably be because of electricity going out this morning as well as rains in the last couple days and people not being sure of the course,” she explained. “But, it was a good event. The rivalries are continuing. People are still putting down great performances and we can’t complain.”

This weekend on Virgin Gorda, defending champ Maxford Pipe and former champ Nicholas Laurac will battle for the overall crown. Laurac who missed the last race, upset Pipe in the series opener. Pipe won the last race with a one-minute improvement over his first run. The series on Tortola resumes on November 13, with other races on Nov. 20 and the finale on Nov. 27.

Final results: One Mile; Boys: 1. Joash Victor, 7 Minutes, 34.5 seconds. 2. Kalik Aaron, 8:30.0. 3. Terique Wattley, 8:43.4. 4. Dominic Adams, 9:01.2. 5. Terrance France, 9:23.0. 6. Kian Chalwell, 9:23.4. 7. Tristan Walters, 10:02.2. 8. Kadem Chalwell, 10:31.6. 9. Kai Chalwell, 10:44.1. 10. Xante Chalwell, 11:25.3. 11. Malik Corum, 16:45.1.

Girls: 1. Kitty Hasted, 7:35.4. 2. Yasmin Rufflesmith, 8:38.3. 3. Alanna Richardson, 8:55.0 4. Chemoia Hodge, 9:22.2. 4.

Two Mile. Men: 1. Linden Peters, 11:11.8. 2. Nicholas Laurac, 11:53.6. 3. Jean-Pierre Bacle, 11:55.1. 4. Nicholas Clark, 12:27.5. 5. Marcus Matthews, 12:41.2. 6. Shawn Williams, 13:14.1. 7. Gath Hewlett, 13:16.7. 8. Alston Hanley, 13:38.0. 9. Earle Henry, 13:42.4. 10. Rohan Amin, 14:05.0. 11. Brian Liverpool, 14:30.2. 12. Winston Wilson, 14:58.6. 13. Elvet Dore, 15:15.4. 14. Kesron Agard, 15:26.2. 15. Howard Moore, 15:27.9. 16. Tremore Frazer, 15:34.6. 17. Lyndon Andrews, 15:58.9. 18. Darel Christopher Jr., 16:21.5. 19. Elvet Dore Jr., 18:10.2. 20. Peter Compton, 18:22.3. 21. Abdul Richards, 20:00.1. 22. Navan Karran, 20:08.6. 23. Nigel Rhymer, 20:21.6. 24. Paul Maduro, 24:09.0. 25. Morris Wattley Jr., 29:05.8. 26. Paul McConnell, 31:10.3. 27. Joseph Szabo, 31:25.8.

Women: 1. Darwn Peters, 12:42. 5. 2. Maureen Peters, 14:06.4. 3. Laura Dore, 14:53.5. 4. Kay Reddy, 15:36.0. 5. D’Anna Blyden, 16:02.3. 6. Penny Compton, 16:23.9. 7. 7. Natasha Chalwell, 16:48.1. 8. Leniece Lewis, 17:19.0. 9. Steina Fleming, 17:50.3. 10. Roslyn Gilbert, 18:28.5. 11. Mia Bickerton, 18:30.7. 12. Zoe Bickerton, 18:32.4. 13. Denise Flanders, 19:49.9. 14. D’Wanya Blyden, 20:06.1. 15. Karen Beautie, 20:14.8. 16. Samantha Stoute, 20:15.9. 17. Ericca Fredericks, 21:02.5. 18. Victoria Ghiorse, 21:03.4. 19. Monique John, 21:06.5. 20. Kyana McMaster, 21:31.3. 21. Janet Cupid, 22:01.1 22. Rose Parke, 22:02.0. 23. Nono Vanterpool, 22:17.4. 24. Ayoka Greenaway, 22:43.9. 25. Khadija Smith, 22:56.1. 26. Faye Anatole, 23:33.7. 27. Shuwanna Stout, 23:58.3. 28. Kamille Griffith, 24:18.4. 29. Marsha Mitchell, 24:19.3. 30. Arlene Szabo, 25:09.3. 31. Deborah James, 25:24.3. 32. Velna Bailey, 26:28.6. 33. Pamela Lewis, 27:24.5. 34. Shirmel Richards, 29:20.6.

Cross Country; Primary Schools. Teams: Althea Scatliffe, (ASPS). Enis Adams, (EAPS). Francis Lettsome (FLPS), Montessori, (MPS) 1. Deon Edwin, (ASPS), 15:17.2. 2. Shaquoy Stephens, (EAPS), 16:15.4. 3. Tarik Aaron, (ASPS), 17:38.3. 4. Craig Williams,(ASPS), 18:31.4. 5. Lauren Frederick, (ASPS), 18:35.1. 6. Holly Hasted, (MPS), 20:52.9. 7. Chole Rufflesmith, (MPS), 21:02.3. 8. Denston Johnny, (EAPS), 21:05.4. 9. Alexa Shirley, (MPS), 25:15.7. 10. Ariane Tye, (MPS), 29:11.2. Kyron McMaster, (EAPS) dnf.

Points: ASPS, 13. 2. MPS, 32. 3. EAPS, (2 competitors) 10. FLPS (Dnc).

BVI High School. Teams: Lettsome (Le). Lincoln (Li). Flemming, (F). Carlisle, (C). 1. Rasheed Richards, (C), 11:21.2. 2. Daniel O’Connor, (Li), 12:08.3. 3. Rowan Victor, (C), 12:28.0. 4. Jamiel St. Rose, (Li), 13:14.0. 5. Mark Kendall, (Li), 13:32.3. 6. Dion Blyden, (Li), 11:46.7. 7. Timron Lane, (Le), 15:33.4. 8. Khiry Creque, (C), 15:33.7. 9. Brittany Wattley, (C), 16:10.3. 10. Michael Butler, (Li), 16:44.9. 11. Tiffany Jennings, (Le), 19:48.5. 12 Camron Peters, (F), 20:03.9. 13. Ana John, (C), 23:21.6. 14. Shaquille Fonseca, (C), 23:31.8. 15. K’Nesha Greenaway, (Le), 25:26.8.

Points: 1. Lincoln, 27. 2. Carlisle, 34. 3. Lettsome, (3 competitors), 33. 4. Flemming, (1 competitor), 12.

Service Clubs: Teams; Rotary Club of Tortola, (RT) Rotary Club of Road Town (RCR). Lions Club of Tortola (L). 1. Chris Ghiorse, (RT), 13:00.0. 2. Paul Webster, (RCR), 13:32.7. 3. Anthony Lynton, (RT), 14:08.8. 4. Joseph Smith, (RT), 14:24.4. 5. Hubert O’Neal, (RCR), 14:57.2. 6. Charles Crane, (RCR), 15:24.5. 7. Steve Augustine, (RCR), 15:50.6. 8. Archie Christian, (RT), 16:47.8. 9. McLloyd Walters, (RCR), 16:59.8. 10. Audley Maduro, (RT), 17:27.4. 11. Brian Liverpool, (RT), 18:03.1. 12. Yvonne Crabbe, (RCR), 22:15.8. 13. Ed Prasadro, (L), 24:21.0. 14. Jp Surapaneni, (L), 25:34.0. 15. Das Surapaneni, (L), 34:26.9.

Points: 1. RCR, 31. 2. RT, 17. (Did not field female participant as required) 3. L. 45 (3 participants).

Sporting Associations: Cycling (C). 1. Clifton Forbes, (C), 12:19.2. 2. Simon Cook, (C), 12:21.9. 3. Jim Cullimore, (C), 16:32.6. Volleyball, dnc.

Emergency Services. Police (P) Red Cross (R). 1. Theodore John, on Saturday, (R), 15:57.4. 2. Sean Henry, (R), 20:21.6. 3. Denise Daniel, (R), 23:38.0. 4. Molya Corum, (R), 34:26.9. Police did not compete.