At the 29th running of the Paradise 5K that took place at 6 p.m., Thursday, May 4, a group of youths from Good Hope Country Day School and the Virgin Islands Triathlon Federation served notice that they will be the next generation of V.I. triathletes. The St. Croix race was one of the famous three-sport endurance events, America’s Paradise Triathlon.
It has been one of the introductory events to the triathlon on St. Croix, second only to the Ironman World Championship in Kona, Hawaii, according Wallace Williams of the V.I.Pace Runners.
“Renny Roker, the founder of the triathlon, conceived the idea to promote St. Croix and the triathlon by offering these kinds of activities days leading up to the big triathlon. The first year, we held a relay run around the Sunny Isle Center; we had the King St. Dash in Christiansted which until 19 years ago [it] was open to all ages. Now it’s called the Children Run Christiansted… color run. The Paradise 5K used to be held on Sunday afternoon a week before the triathlon when the triathletes would travel to St. Croix like 10 days to two weeks early to get acclimated to the challenging conditions presented by the race. The course was Southgate to Christiansted,” said Williams.
The small group of visiting and local runners toed the start line of the beautiful and challenging Buccaneer Resort course, which is the same route for the triathlon. Youth triathlete Dominic Puglise of Good Hope Country Day School took the lead early on with former multiple winner, 38-year old Billy Bohlke, in the group, to win the race with a time of 19:08; Mickey Dizon-Bauman and Brice Richards also of GHCD finished second and third with times of 19:39 and 20:04, respectively; Bohlke passed by Richards with less than 500 meters to the finish, was fourth in 20:18; Randel Nielsen of St. Croix was the fifth male in 22:22.
New mom and multiple V.I. marathon and 50-mile champion Bridget Klein is back as she claimed first place for females and fifth overall with a time of 20:18; Jennifer Hyde from Canada and longtime official timer for the Triathlon was second in 23:30; Savanah Logan of St. Croix was third in 24:32; Jamie Schmidt of St. Croix and Tamara Cracknell of Saratoga, Calif., were given a tie for fourth place in 27:49; Kira Lambert of St. Croix was fifth in 30:28.
THE 29TH PARADISE 5K
Distance: 3.1 Miles…Rolling Course…
Segment of Ironman 70.3 Run Course
May 4, 2017
The Buccaneer Resort
Christiansted, St. Croix, Virgin Islands USA
Organized by: The Virgin Islands Pace Runners
Sanctioned by: The Virgin Islands Track and Field Federation
Place/ Name/ Age/ Sex/ City or Club/ Time/ Pace
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1 DOMINIC Puglise 15 M St. Croix, VI 19:08 6:11
2 MICKEY Dizon-Bumann 13 M St. Croix, VI 19:39 6:21
3 BRICE Richards 12 M St. Croix, VI 20:04 6:29
4 BILLY Bohlke 38 M St. Croix, VI 20:18 6:33
5 BRIDGET Klein 33 F St. Croix, VI 22:00 7:06
6 RANDALL Nielsen 49 M St. Croix, VI 22:02 7:07
7 MASON Lambert 21 M St. Croix, VI 22:30 7:16
8 ALISTAIR Lang 31 M Sutton, Great B 23:12 7:30
9 JENNIFER Hyde 35 F Canada 23:30 7:35
10 FREDERICK Smith 65 M USA 23:50 7:42
11 KADEN Gleason 9 M St. Croix, VI 24:00 7:45
12 SAVANAH Logan 24 F St. Croix, VI 24:32 7:55
13 KEVIN Moran 43 M St. Croix, VI 25:15 8:09
14 DEXTER Hypolyte 29 M St. Croix, VI 26:34 8:35
15 MIKE Klein 52 M St. Croix, VI 26:42 8:37
16 DANIEL Salter 32 M Ct. USA 27:19 8:49
17 ALEXANDER Schmidt 14 M St. Croix, VI 27:31 8:53
18 JAMIE Schmidt 50 F St. Croix, VI 27:49 8:59
18 TAMARA Cracknell 38 F Saratoga, CA 27:49 8:59
20 DENIS Honeychurch 70 M Fairfield, CA 30:21 9:48
21 KIRA Lambert 10 F St. Croix, VI 30:28 9:50
22 MEGAN Lambert 35 F St. Croix, VI 30:29 9:50
23 KRISS Bunn 50 F Sutton, Great B 33:11 10:43
24 CYNTHIA Whitehurst 62 F St. Croix, VI 34:46 11:13
25 WES Whitehurst 69 M St. Croix, VI 34:56 11:17
26 LINDA Nelson 70 F St. Croix, VI 40:05 12:56
27 LARRY Williams 74 M St. Croix, VI 41:09 13:17
AWARD LIST FOR RACE — THE 29TH PARADISE 5K
Distance: 3.1 Miles…Rolling Course…Segment of Ironman 70.3 Run Course
May 4, 2017
The Buccaneer Resort
Christiansted, St. Croix, Virgin Islands USA
Organized by: The Virgin Islands Pace Runners
Sanctioned by: The Virgin Islands Track and Field Federation
*** MALE OVERALL RESULTS FOR 5K RACE ***
1 DOMINIC Puglise 15 St. Croix, VI 19:08
2 MICKEY Dizon-Bumann 13 St. Croix, VI 19:39
3 BRICE Richards 12 St. Croix, VI 20:04
4 BILLY Bohlke 38 St. Croix, VI 20:18
5 RANDALL Nielsen 49 St. Croix, VI 22:02
6 MASON Lambert 21 St. Croix, VI 22:30
7 ALISTAIR Lang 31 Sutton, Great B 23:12
8 FREDERICK Smith 65 USA 23:50
9 KADEN Gleason 9 St. Croix, VI 24:00
10 KEVIN Moran 43 St. Croix, VI 25:15
11 DEXTER Hypolyte 29 St. Croix, VI 26:34
12 MIKE Klein 52 St. Croix, VI 26:42
13 DANIEL Salter 32 Ct. USA 27:19
14 ALEXANDER Schmidt 14 St. Croix, VI 27:31
15 DENIS Honeychurch 70 Fairfield, CA 30:21
16 WES Whitehurst 69 St. Croix, VI 34:56
17 LARRY Williams 74 St. Croix, VI 41:09
*** FEMALE OVERALL RESULTS FOR 5K RACE ***
1 BRIDGET Klein 33 St. Croix, VI 22:00
2 JENNIFER Hyde 35 Canada 23:30
3 SAVANAH Logan 24 St. Croix, VI 24:32
4 JAMIE Schmidt 50 St. Croix, VI 27:49
4 TAMARA Cracknell 38 Saratoga, CA 27:49
5 KIRA Lambert 10 St. Croix, VI 30:28
6 MEGAN Lambert 35 St. Croix, VI 30:29
7 KRISS Bunn 50 Sutton, Great B 33:11
8 CYNTHIA Whitehurst 62 St. Croix, VI 34:46
9 LINDA Nelson 70 St. Croix, VI 40:05
MALE AGE GROUP: 1 – 9
1 11 KADEN Gleason 24:00 9 St. Croix, VI 24:00
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 1 – 9
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 10 – 19
1 21 KIRA Lambert 30:28 10 St. Croix, VI 30:28
MALE AGE GROUP: 10 – 19
1 1 DOMINIC Puglise 19:08 15 St. Croix, VI 19:08
2 2 MICKEY Dizon-Bumann 19:39 13 St. Croix, VI 19:39
3 3 BRICE Richards 20:04 12 St. Croix, VI 20:04
4 17 ALEXANDER Schmidt 27:31 14 St. Croix, VI 27:31
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 20 – 29
1 12 SAVANAH Logan 24:32 24 St. Croix, VI 24:32
MALE AGE GROUP: 20 – 29
1 7 MASON Lambert 22:30 21 St. Croix, VI 22:30
2 14 DEXTER Hypolyte 26:34 29 St. Croix, VI 26:34
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 30 – 39
1 5 BRIDGET Klein 22:00 33 St. Croix, VI 22:00
2 9 JENNIFER Hyde 23:30 35 Canada 23:30
3 19 TAMARA Cracknell 27:49 38 Saratoga, CA 27:49
4 22 MEGAN Lambert 30:29 35 St. Croix, VI 30:29
MALE AGE GROUP: 30 – 39
1 4 BILLY Bohlke 20:18 38 St. Croix, VI 20:18
2 8 ALISTAIR Lang 23:12 31 Sutton, Great Brit 23:12
3 16 DANIEL Salter 27:19 32 Ct. USA 27:19
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 40 – 49
MALE AGE GROUP: 40 – 49
1 6 RANDALL Nielsen 22:02 49 St. Croix, VI 22:02
2 13 KEVIN Moran 25:15 43 St. Croix, VI 25:15
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 50 – 59
1 18 JAMIE Schmidt 27:49 50 St. Croix, VI 27:49
2 23 KRISS Bunn 33:11 50 Sutton, Great Brit 33:11
MALE AGE GROUP: 50 – 59
1 15 MIKE Klein 26:42 52 St. Croix, VI 26:42
FEMALE AGE GROUP: 60 – 99
1 24 CYNTHIA Whitehurst 34:46 62 St. Croix, VI 34:46
2 26 LINDA Nelson 40:05 70 St. Croix, VI 40:05
MALE AGE GROUP: 60 – 99
1 10 FREDERICK Smith 23:50 65 USA 23:50
2 20 DENIS Honeychurch 30:21 70 Fairfield, CA 30:21
3 25 WES Whitehurst 34:56 69 St. Croix, VI 34:56
4 27 LARRY Williams 41:09 74 St. Croix, VI 41:09
For information, contact V.I.Pace Runners at 643-2557 or wallacewilliams@msn.com or http://virginislandspace.org
