On a day when American Andrew Wacker set a course record for the BF&M 10K of 30min 7sec, Dage Minors produced his personal best of 31:07 to finish second.

Wacker crossed the finish line first on North Field to eclipse the 31:03 run by fellow American Patrick Casey in 2020. Minors followed a minute behind and finished just four seconds off Casey’s mark, and faster than the 32:27 that earned him second position a year ago.

Danny Cosgrove, the runner-up in the Butterfield Invitational Mile on Friday, completed the men’s podium in 31:30. The winner of the men’s elite mile on Front Street, Ben Claridge, finished fourth in 31:47.

Minors, who finished fourth in the Butterfield Mile, was delighted with his time.

“In all it’s been a very good 12 hours for me, from the mile last night to the 10K today,” Minors told The Royal Gazette.

“I wouldn't say I was disappointed about last night and it would have been nice to get on the podium, but when you look back at the race, that was my fastest time on Front Street. To come out today and run my fastest 10K, it’s a job done for me.

“We went out quicker than I thought. It got to the point when we reached the 5K, I felt like I’m having a good run so I thought I might as well stay in it.

“Andrew is a very good runner, so I let him go a bit. It got into survival mode for me and I just battled through, I had a good run going and I kept it up.

“I was doing calculations in my head going to the finish line wondering if I could catch him. Kudos to him, he went after it early and took the speed out of our legs, hats off to him for doing that.”

Wacker admitted that he was eyeing the course record at his first attempt in the race

“I knew that I wanted to go after the course record,” he said.

“Dage and Ben really pushed through the first miles of the race and it was nice to help each other go after that really blazing fast pace.

“It’s a hard course and I think I paced it well. I was able to survive going down the hills at the beginning and still run fast on the uphill in the end.”

In the women’s race, British runner Ellie Stevens returned to Bermuda to reclaim the title she won in 2023. Her time of 35:04 was quicker than the 37:47 she achieved two years ago.

Stevens was second in the women’s elite race on Friday, and the roles were reversed this time around with Anna Vess settling for the runner-up position.

“The race was so much fun and I really enjoyed it,” Stevens said.

“It’s so much fun to be back, I was here two years ago. I’m really excited to run faster this time around, and I’m really happy with how strong I went out there.

“There were so many amazing girls out here and we had great competition. We had beautiful weather, I love this island and its people.”

Gayle Lindsay was the first Bermuda resident and the fourth female across the finish line.

“It’s such a great event every year and the atmosphere is always incredible,” Lindsay said.

“It’s really nice to go up against athletes from overseas. It really shows you that they're the next level, and we can aim to reach those levels.”

Christine Dailey was the eighth female hours after romping to victory in the local mile. She was competing against unfamiliar runners and did not know what to expect.

“It’s my first time doing this course and the whole Bermuda Triangle Challenge,’’ the 38-year-old said.

“I did not like running so late last night because I could barely sleep afterwards but it’s fun to run in Bermuda and have fresh competition. This is the first time I've done a race and felt like I’m not in Bermuda because I didn't know the girls, and that was really great.

“I was a spectator in this race before and I think the competition is better than it has been. We had a bigger field and that makes it really good.”

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