June 1, 2004 – Fourteen year-old Hansel Estepan, of the John H. Woodson Jr. High School, won the 21st V. I. Pace Runners Memorial Day Two-Mile Race in St. Croix with a time of 10 minutes 58 seconds on a course from Beeston Hill to the Scale House at the National Park Service in Christiansted.
Theresa Harper was the first female finisher with a time of 11:53. Mike Klein was the second male with 11:18; Bob Halk, the top V.I. finisher in the St. Croix Half-Iron Man Triathlon, was third with 11:26; Rodolfo Grenaldo, from Panama, here to compete in the Cipriani Phillip Sprint Classic track and field meet was fourth with 12:07; 28-year-old Michael Springer, running only his second road race ever was fifth in 12:33; Errol Chichester was sixth in 12:49; Juan Parker, also from Panama, tied with MacDonald Taylor for seventh place in 13:04.
The next race on the V.I. Pace Runners schedule is the 20th annual The Women Race on Sunday, June 6, at 4:45 p.m. in Frederiksted followed by the annual Olympic Day Run on Saturday, June 12, at 5 p.m. at the University of the Virgin Islands St. Croix Campus.
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