SUNDAY 6TH DECEMBER, 2015 – UWI TODAY
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The rain didn’t dampen
the spirits
of the half-
marathoners when Jehue
Gordon fired the starting
pistol at 5.30am for the 12th
UWI SPEC International
Half-Marathon on October
25. Since its inception in
2004, the race has grown
tremendously and this year, 1,200 local, regional and
international athletes competed.
The prizes were awarded at a ceremony on November
18 at UWI SPEC, St Augustine (full results are available
on Pages 16 & 17), where male, female, wheelchair and
physically-challenged athletes received their prizes across
some 30 categories; but we wanted to share some of the
special moments with the winners with you here.
Kenyan Caroline Kiptoo retained this year’s women’s
title, with local champ Tonya Nero taking the both second
place overall and the top T&T female runner. T&T female
runners dominated the Top 5 with locals Celine Lestrade
and April Francis also placing 4th and 5th respectively.
There were no T&T nationals placing among the Top 5Male
athletes; these places went to Richer Perez (Cuba), Kenneth
Rotich (Kenya), Kirk Brown (Jamaica), Pedro Espinoza-
Perez (Mexico) and Rupert Green (Jamaica) respectively.
The National Amateur Athletic Association (NAAA)
recognises The UWI SPEC International Half-Marathon
as its official half-marathon championship. First Citizens
also continued as presenting sponsor for this year’s half-
marathon.
SPECIAL HALF-MARATHON MOMENTS
