Lawrence Lockhart III dominated the annual Memorial Day Two Mile Road Race on Monday.
Lockhart, a former Athlete of the Week at the St. Croix Educational Complex and now running at Alabama State University, dominated the fast course and the race from the start with a time of 9 minutes and 12 seconds. The course started at Beeston Hill and finished at Fort Christiansvaern in Christiansted.
Sheldon Williams, Lockhart's rival since junior high school and a runner at Lander University in South Carolina, ran a more tactical race, moving to second place in the last mile and just held it with a time of 9 minutes and 51 seconds. Kent Bradbury, the top triathlete for the Virgin Islands in the St.Croix International Triathlon, took third in 9 minutes 54 seconds.
Jo Shim was back to her winning ways for the women as she held on to first place in 12 minutes and nineteen seconds over Susan Armstrong who finished in 12 minutes and 50 seconds. Chantelle Paul, with one her best ever performances took third place in 13 minutes and 6 seconds. These women will challenge each other and hundreds others again on Saturday in the Women Race.
Finishers Male: 1. Lawrence Lockhart 9:1.76; 2. Sheldon Williams 9:51.33; 3. Kent Bradbury 9:54.66; 4. Jeremy Laurent 10:32.17; 5. Jabari Goodwin 10:46.34; 6. Ivan Henry 10:50.78; 7. George Willock 11:11.14; 8. Drew Villamagna 11:33.89; 9. Bromley Martin II 11:55.89; 10. Kamron Butler 11:57.08; 11. Donald Shillingford 12:36.50; 12. Michael Palicia 12:47.39; 13. Angel Rodriquez 13:02.41; 14. James Hollis 13:31.41; 15. Kevin Morgan 13:55.44; 16. Marvin Mills 14:13.38; 17. Milton Francis 14:27.68; 18. J'Kindai Goodwin 14:30.08; 19. Jnuru Goodwin 14:31.01; 20. Tom Alkon 14:56.29; 21. Elwin Rodney 15:01.84; 22. Ronald Russell 15:16.43; 23. Jack Branch 15:23.59; 24. James Crouch 15:29.69; 25. Gino Williams 16:44.09; 26. Peter Brown 20:58.18
Finishers Female: 1. Jo Shim 12:19.60; 2. Susan Armstrong 12;50.80; 3. Chantelle Paul 13:06.96; 4. Jawana Goodwin 13:24.67; 5. J'Kiwa Goodwin 14:20.73; 6. Niarus Benjamin 15:06.38; 7. Royette Valmont 15:15.91; 8. Kristsin Hogg 15:16. 91
The Memorial Day race is in memory of Andrew Edwards, founder of the Finmen Ocean Swimmers, founding member of the Virgin Islands Triathlon Federation, a V.I.Pace Runner, and coach of the Bad News Bears Little League Baseball team. The race is also dedicated to runners among us who have met tragedy and military veterans of war who have sacrificed their lives.
The next race on the V.I. Pace Runners schedule is the Women Race on Saturday June 3; followed by the annual Olympic Day Run on Saturday June 10 (note: the date for these two races have changed). An additional race is scheduled on July 3 to celebrate the Emancipation and it will be a one mile race in Frederiksted.
For more information call 777-0258 or visit: http://www.virginislandspace.org/page68.html
