Hundreds of runners pound the streets and gardens of Hamilton
Hundreds of athletes took to the streets and parks of Bermuda on Saturday and Sunday to show off their running prowess.
Nearly 100 cross-country enthusiasts aged between seven and 81 took to the hills in the Botanical Gardens in the latest round of the Bermuda National Athletics Association X-Country Series on Sunday.
There was plenty of young talent on show with double-figure fields in some of the younger age groups and the closest finish of the day came in the boys under-10 division with Adrian Myers just fighting off the challenge of Liam Horrobin by less than a second.
In the youngest category for girls, nine-year-old Zaya Zuill took the honours recording a time of 7min and 25.51sec for the one-mile race. She came home more than 20 seconds clear of her nearest rivals Solae Goater and Yara Muhammad.
Sukanya Jobson beat Riana Robinson and Zahra Goodchild in the girls 10-11 category with perennial winner Chavi Pacheco-Hill leading home Shane Reardon and As’Ad Muhammad in the same age group for the boys.
Kelise Wade and Cameron Adkins were impressive winners in the 12-13 divisions with Jaeda Grant and Oneja Sharieff, coming out on top in the 14-16 age groups.
J’Auza James is a reguilar cross-country winner and prevailed in the mixed race for 17-19 year olds aover 3 miles.
Rose-Anna Hoey, Jennie Kelly and Zina Jones won adult divisions for women, with Philip Woollins, Darryl Herrick, Sean Kelly and Mike Rickards victorious for the men.
It was a pretty productive weekend for Woollins who a day after winning the 20-29 age group at the Botanical Gardens finished fifth in the Athora 8K Walk and Run.
Taking place around the streets of Hamilton, the race was won by Seamus Fearon, who came home in a time of 27:49, just ten seconds ahead of Thomas Mills, who had been ssuccessful in the Man On The Run road race a week earlier.
Shannon Lawrence and Domico Watson were next home with Woollins rounding off the top five.
Maddie Durkin finished eighth overall and was the first female home ahead of Emma Norman, Kristen Robinson and Stepanka Sprincova.
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