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Results of V.I. Pace Runners' Paradise 5K Given
Virgin Islands long distance record holder, Billy Bohlke took first place with a time of 18:23 in the 24th Paradise 5K on Thursday, a tune-up event for The Ironman 70.3 St. Croix Triathlon. It was the second win in three races at the 5k distance that Bohlke has met 14 year-old Malique Smith of the St. Croix Track Club at the distance. Smith surprised all when he beat Bohlke at the tape in the UVI/Queen Mary Highway 5K in March. It was all about experience during the race at sunset over the Buccaneer Resort and the route for the big triathlon, as Bohlke led at the mile mark by only a couple of seconds with a 5:16 mile and held the lead by surging on the hills. Smith, who competed in the CARIFTA Jr. Championships and is now in the track season and running shorter distances and high jumping, finished second in 20:01. Adriel Sanes the 13 year-old multi-sport athlete with the Hounds and Foxes Track Club, had a very strong third place finish with a time of 20:21 giving Virgin Islands runners the top three spots in the race.
Ana Guiterrez Wittam, the first and only female to compete in the Olympic Games marathon for the Virgin Islands (1992 Barcelona Olympics), had a bold performance in a very competitive race with visiting Jodi Ahlstrom over the beautiful but very tuff St. Croix Ironman run course. The two battled all the way and only two seconds separated them at the end with Guiterrez winning with a time of 22:47, Ahlstrom was second in 22:49. Defending champion Mireille Smith was third in 23:22.
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For information, contact The Virgin Islands Pace Runners at 643-2557 or logon to http://virginislandspace.org or e-mail: wallacewilliams@msn.com
Overall Male Winners
|
Place
|
Name
|
Age
|
City
|
State
|
No.
|
Swim
|
Pace
|
|
1
|
BILLY Bohlke
|
30
|
St.Croix, VI
|
1
|
18:23
|
5:56
|
|
|
2
|
MALIQUE Smith
|
14
|
St.Croix, V.I.
|
11
|
20:01
|
6:28
|
|
|
3
|
ADRIEL Sanes
|
13
|
St.Croix, V.I.
|
6
|
20:21
|
6:34
|
|
|
4
|
John Schlosser
|
41
|
Pensylvania
|
22
|
20:42
|
6:41
|
|
|
5
|
Randall Nielsen
|
44
|
Kingshill, VI
|
37
|
21:38
|
6:59
|
|
|
6
|
Barry Siff
|
56
|
Boulder, CO
|
18
|
21:53
|
7:04
|
|
|
7
|
William Marnich
|
31
|
30
|
21:56
|
7:05
|
||
|
8
|
Bob Halk
|
40
|
Christiansted,VI
|
65
|
22:03
|
7:07
|
|
|
9
|
STEVE Green
|
42
|
Royal Oak, MI
|
4
|
22:25
|
7:14
|
|
|
10
|
Brad Lenhart
|
44
|
Christiansted,VI
|
47
|
22:30
|
7:16
|
|
|
11
|
CC Wilkins II
|
39
|
Goldsboro, NC
|
19
|
25:37
|
8:16
|
|
|
12
|
Denis Honeychurch
|
65
|
Fairfield, CA
|
52
|
25:57
|
8:23
|
|
|
13
|
Dexter Hypolite
|
22
|
Frederiksted,VI
|
28
|
26:13
|
8:28
|
|
|
14
|
David Sommer
|
50
|
St.Croix, VI
|
49
|
26:21
|
8:30
|
|
|
15
|
Robert Stamper
|
45
|
Christiansted, VI
|
31
|
26:29
|
8:33
|
|
|
16
|
Fred Flint
|
54
|
Christiansted,VI
|
42
|
26:51
|
8:40
|
|
|
17
|
Jim Nelles
|
43
|
Park Ridge, IL
|
23
|
26:56
|
8:42
|
|
|
18
|
BRIAN Lever
|
56
|
St.Croix, V.I.
|
10
|
27:10
|
8:46
|
|
|
19
|
Matt Rajkowski
|
38
|
Suffolk, VA
|
45
|
27:42
|
8:57
|
|
|
20
|
Frazier Keck
|
50
|
Chapel Hill, NC
|
21
|
28:08
|
9:05
|
|
|
21
|
Will Franks
|
64
|
Frederiksted,VI
|
15
|
29:14
|
9:26
|
|
|
22
|
Stuart Ketcham
|
59
|
Kingshill
|
51
|
29:40
|
9:34
|
|
|
23
|
Cooper Crowther
|
9
|
Christiansted,VI
|
41
|
35:54
|
11:35
|
|
|
24
|
Arthur Burton
|
29
|
KingsHill, VI
|
39
|
38:16
|
12:21
|
|
|
25
|
Raymond Lutz
|
59
|
Christiansted,VI
|
44
|
40:02
|
12:55
|
Overall Female Winners
|
Place
|
Name
|
Age
|
City
|
State
|
No.
|
Swim
|
Pace
|
|
1
|
Ana Gutierrez Wittman
|
50
|
Frederiksted, VI
|
27
|
22:47
|
7:21
|
|
|
2
|
Jodi Ahlstrom
|
35
|
53
|
22:49
|
7:22
|
||
|
3
|
MIREILLE Smith
|
42
|
St.Croix, VI
|
2
|
23:22
|
7:33
|
|
|
4
|
Carolyn Shea
|
56
|
Braintree, MA
|
48
|
25:11
|
8:08
|
|
|
5
|
Laura Wilkins
|
34
|
Goldsboro, NC
|
26
|
25:20
|
8:11
|
|
|
6
|
Heather Baker
|
38
|
Pensylvania
|
25
|
26:34
|
8:34
|
|
|
7
|
Virginia Kuenker
|
51
|
Bay City, MI
|
17
|
26:55
|
8:41
|
|
|
8
|
Jennifer Leahy
|
31
|
Auburn, MI
|
32
|
26:56
|
8:41
|
|
|
9
|
Andrea Canaway
|
51
|
Colorado Springs
|
50
|
27:52
|
9:00
|
|
|
10
|
Paula Brennan
|
48
|
Chapel Hill, NC
|
20
|
28:07
|
9:05
|
|
|
11
|
Earthla Augustin
|
56
|
St.Croix
|
38
|
28:25
|
9:10
|
|
|
12
|
KAMI Sokulsky
|
38
|
St.Croix, V.I.
|
3
|
28:27
|
9:11
|
|
|
13
|
Ashley Paddie
|
15
|
St.Croix, VI
|
13
|
28:53
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9:19
|
|
|
14
|
Lindsay Lornell
|
24
|
Stanford, CT
|
29
|
29:28
|
9:31
|
|
|
15
|
MARIE Appleby Breiman
|
49
|
Leabanon, VA
|
5
|
29:37
|
9:34
|
|
|
16
|
Lina Yateem
|
33
|
New York, NY
|
16
|
31:39
|
10:13
|
|
|
17
|
Julie Davis
|
28
|
Maine
|
14
|
31:40
|
10:13
|
|
|
18
|
KRIS Laria
|
45
|
Wisconsin
|
8
|
32:43
|
10:33
|
|
|
19
|
Kristen Rajkowski
|
37
|
Suffolk, VA
|
46
|
34:54
|
11:16
|
|
|
20
|
Dulcie Crowther
|
42
|
Christiansted,VI
|
40
|
35:57
|
11:36
|
|
|
21
|
Angela Crafton
|
50
|
VI
|
36
|
36:55
|
11:55
|
|
|
22
|
Sylvia Linton
|
50
|
Bay City, MI
|
35
|
43:04
|
13:54
|
|
|
23
|
Mary Jablonski
|
69
|
Bay City, MI
|
24
|
45:37
|
14:43
|
Female Age Group: 19 and Under
|
Place
|
Name
|
Age
|
City
|
State
|
No.
|
Swim
|
Pace
|
|
1
|
Ashley Paddie
|
15
|
St.Croix, VI
|
13
|
28:53
|
9:19
|
Male Age Group: 19 and Under
|
Place
|
Name
|
Age
|
City
|
State
|
No.
|
Swim
|
Pace
|
|
1
|
Cooper Crowther
|
9
|
Christiansted,VI
|
41
|
35:54
|
11:35
|
Female Age Group: 20 - 29
|
Place
|
Name
|
Age
|
City
|
State
|
No.
|
Swim
|
Pace
|
|
1
|
Lindsay Lornell
|
24
|
Stanford, CT
|
29
|
29:28
|
9:31
|
|
|
2
|
Julie Davis
|
28
|
Maine
|
14
|
31:40
|
10:13
|
Male Age Group: 20 - 29
|
Place
|
Name
|
Age
|
City
|
State
|
No.
|
Swim
|
Pace
|
|
1
|
Dexter Hypolite
|
22
|
Frederiksted,VI
|
28
|
26:13
|
8:28
|
|
|
2
|
Arthur Burton
|
29
|
KingsHill, VI
|
39
|
38:16
|
12:21
|
Female Age Group: 30 - 39
|
Place
|
Name
|
Age
|
City
|
State
|
No.
|
Swim
|
Pace
|
|
1
|
Laura Wilkins
|
34
|
Goldsboro, NC
|
26
|
25:20
|
8:11
|
|
|
2
|
Heather Baker
|
38
|
Pensylvania
|
25
|
26:34
|
8:34
|
|
|
3
|
Jennifer Leahy
|
31
|
Auburn, MI
|
32
|
26:56
|
8:41
|
|
|
4
|
KAMI Sokulsky
|
38
|
St.Croix, V.I.
|
3
|
28:27
|
9:11
|
|
|
5
|
Lina Yateem
|
33
|
New York, NY
|
16
|
31:39
|
10:13
|
|
|
6
|
Kristen Rajkowski
|
37
|
Suffolk, VA
|
46
|
34:54
|
11:16
|
Male Age Group: 30 - 39
|
Place
|
Name
|
Age
|
City
|
State
|
No.
|
Swim
|
Pace
|
|
1
|
William Marnich
|
31
|
30
|
21:56
|
7:05
|
||
|
2
|
CC Wilkins II
|
39
|
Goldsboro, NC
|
19
|
25:37
|
8:16
|
|
|
3
|
Matt Rajkowski
|
38
|
Suffolk, VA
|
45
|
27:42
|
8:57
|
Female Age Group: 40 - 49
|
Place
|
Name
|
Age
|
City
|
State
|
No.
|
Swim
|
Pace
|
|
1
|
Paula Brennan
|
48
|
Chapel Hill, NC
|
20
|
28:07
|
9:05
|
|
|
2
|
MARIE Appleby Breiman
|
49
|
Leabanon, VA
|
5
|
29:37
|
9:34
|
|
|
3
|
KRIS Laria
|
45
|
Wisconsin
|
8
|
32:43
|
10:33
|
|
|
4
|
Dulcie Crowther
|
42
|
Christiansted,VI
|
40
|
35:57
|
11:36
|
Male Age Group: 40 - 49
|
Place
|
Name
|
Age
|
City
|
State
|
No.
|
Swim
|
Pace
|
|
1
|
John Schlosser
|
41
|
Pensylvania
|
22
|
20:42
|
6:41
|
|
|
2
|
Randall Nielsen
|
44
|
Kingshill, VI
|
37
|
21:38
|
6:59
|
|
|
3
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Bob Halk
|
40
|
Christiansted,VI
|
65
|
22:03
|
7:07
|
|
|
4
|
STEVE Green
|
42
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Royal Oak, MI
|
4
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22:25
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7:14
|
|
|
5
|
Brad Lenhart
|
44
|
Christiansted,VI
|
47
|
22:30
|
7:16
|
|
|
6
|
Robert Stamper
|
45
|
Christiansted, VI
|
31
|
26:29
|
8:33
|
|
|
7
|
Jim Nelles
|
43
|
Park Ridge, IL
|
23
|
26:56
|
8:42
|
Female Age Group: 50 - 59
|
Place
|
Name
|
Age
|
City
|
State
|
No.
|
Swim
|
Pace
|
|
1
|
Carolyn Shea
|
56
|
Braintree, MA
|
48
|
25:11
|
8:08
|
|
|
2
|
Virginia Kuenker
|
51
|
Bay City, MI
|
17
|
26:55
|
8:41
|
|
|
3
|
Andrea Canaway
|
51
|
Colorado Springs
|
50
|
27:52
|
9:00
|
|
|
4
|
Earthla Augustin
|
56
|
St.Croix
|
38
|
28:25
|
9:10
|
|
|
5
|
Angela Crafton
|
50
|
VI
|
36
|
36:55
|
11:55
|
|
|
6
|
Sylvia Linton
|
50
|
Bay City, MI
|
35
|
43:04
|
13:54
|
Male Age Group: 50 - 59
|
Place
|
Name
|
Age
|
City
|
State
|
No.
|
Swim
|
Pace
|
|
1
|
Barry Siff
|
56
|
Boulder, CO
|
18
|
21:53
|
7:04
|
|
|
2
|
David Sommer
|
50
|
St.Croix, VI
|
49
|
26:21
|
8:30
|
|
|
3
|
Fred Flint
|
54
|
Christiansted,VI
|
42
|
26:51
|
8:40
|
|
|
4
|
BRIAN Lever
|
56
|
St.Croix, V.I.
|
10
|
27:10
|
8:46
|
|
|
5
|
Frazier Keck
|
50
|
Chapel Hill, NC
|
21
|
28:08
|
9:05
|
|
|
6
|
Stuart Ketcham
|
59
|
Kingshill
|
51
|
29:40
|
9:34
|
|
|
7
|
Raymond Lutz
|
59
|
Christiansted,VI
|
44
|
40:02
|
12:55
|
Female Age Group: 60 and Over
|
Place
|
Name
|
Age
|
City
|
State
|
Swim
|
Pace
|
|
1
|
Mary Jablonski
|
69
|
Bay City, MI
|
45:37
|
14:43
|
Male Age Group: 60 and Over
|
Place
|
Name
|
Age
|
City
|
State
|
Swim
|
Pace
|
|
1
|
Denis Honeychurch
|
65
|
Fairfield, CA
|
25:57
|
8:23
|
|
|
2
|
Will Franks
|
64
|
Frederiksted,VI
|
29:14
|
9:26
|
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