Maxford Pipe breaks the tape after a 1-minute improvement over his first race

Pipe’s College Classic Series win sets up finale showdown

BY DEAN GREENAWAY

Maxford Pipe’s victory Saturday in the second Highland Spring College Classic Series race on Virgin Gorda, sets up a showdown with Nicholas Laurac in the series finale on November 6. Laurac who missed Saturday’s race, ended Pipe’s six race winning streak in the series opener on October 2.

Pipe, the only defending champion to rebound from an opening loss sliced one minute from his first race to win in 11 minutes, 16.4 seconds. Defending champs Rhymer House and the Parker Panthers were relegated to second and third respectively, in the inter house Cross Country competition among the High School and Primary divisions of the Bregado Flax Educational Center.

Pipe, who hadn’t trained leading up to the series before his loss, revealed that he spent the two weeks between races training, which paid dividends. “The reason for the slow times this year is because of a lack of training” Pipe said.

“I felt a little cramp after I finished but that was no problem. At least I did a better time than I did in the last which was an improvement,” he said. “I hope that in the next race I’ll come a lot closer to where I was last year. I will train for the next three weeks, because if I train, I will do a better time.”

In the Cross Country category, the Bregado Flax Educational Primary Division Stallions placed their first five runners in the top 10 for their second successive race. The Leopards also beat defending champions Panthers as both teams fielded four runners. In the secondary division, Harrigan fielded a full squad and had four of their scorers in the top 10, relegating defending champs Rhymer into second place.

Shevron Anthony who was the fastest finisher in both Primary and Secondary Division—showing a 30 second improvement—said the race was a good one. “I was trying to beat Lyndon (Massicott) but I had got a pain in my side,” the youngster said. “I’ve been doing a little training, but not training that much. I need to do some training for the next race.”

Final results: One Mile: 1. Makeda Fahie, 9 minutes, 53.1 seconds. 2. Keanu George, 9:59.3. 3. Jonathan Christie, 11:09.0. 4. Ronishe Christie, 14:31.4.

Two Miles: Men: 1. Maxford Pipe, 11:16.4. 2. Lyndon Massicott, 12:38.2. 3. Curvin Andrews, 13:17.0. 4. Jamiel St. Rose, 13:55.7. 5. Hezron Simmons, 15:36.1. 6. Jawaan Riley, 16:03.2. Women: 1. Sasha Creque, 19:28.5 2. Shirla Stevens, 20:39.1. 3. Elita George, 28:36.9. 4. Michelle Christie, 33:49.0. 5. Ianthe Vanterpool, 35:16.6. 6. Larecia Young, 40:14.3.

High School Cross Country; Teams: Harrigan, (H), Rhymer (R), O’Neal (O). 1. Rickie Legair, (O), 13:55.3. 2. Timon Robinson, (R), 14:36.4. 3. Darius Stevens, (H), 15:36.6. 4. Lucci Williams, (H), 18:35.3. 5. Lauren Williams, (H), 18:39.2. 6. Kishma Tyson, (R), 19:47.3. 7. Kellin George, (O), 20:23.4. 8. Ronnisa Williams, (H), 20:53.5. 9. Vanessa Cooper, (R), 24:16.1. 10. Ciara Christian, (O), 25:34.6. 11. Sasha Mackie, (H), 28:12.6. Points: 1. Harrigan, 31. 2. Rhymer, 17, (3 competitors). 3.O’Neal, 18, (3 Competitors).

Primary School Cross Country: Teams; Leopards (L). Stallions (S). Panthers (P). 1. Shervon Anthony, (L), 13:27.3. 2. Li’Shaquah Fahie, (S), 16:09.1. 3. LeMannuel Fahie, (L), 17:39.0. 4. Richard Norbrega, (S), 17:40.1. 5. Laverne Fahie, (L), 17:52.1.6. Akiel Forbes, (P), 19:22.4. 7 Ishma Williams, (S), 21:27.7. 8. Rachel Clifton, (P), 21:51.1. 9. Tonya Vanterpool, (S), 22:05.6. 10. Vanessa Fontaine, (S), 25:20.2.11. Natisha Ophelia, (L), 26:01.0. 12. Shermois Hodge, (P), 26:45.6. 13. Arlene Julien, (P), 27:28.8. 14. Janiel Jessop, (S), 28:17.1. Points: 1. Stallions, 32. 2. Leopards, 20 (4 competitors). 3. Panthers, 39, (4 Competitors).