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Jamaican wins Suez Energy
Sunday Mini-Duathlon

Jamaican Marloe Rodman, 19, who cycles locally with Rafmon Mecalfab, blew away the opposition at the Suez Energy Sunday mini-duathlon at the Queen's Park Savannah on Sunday.

He finished the 2.5km run/10km cycle/2.5 run event in 38:03. Second was national triathlon champion Ancil Greene, 33, in 38:39 and third was Chanderpaul Ramnarine of the Penal Triathletes in 39:47.

Greene was leading the race after the first two-lap run leg on the grass inside the savannah, while Rodman was in fourth position at the start of the cycle leg. But Rodman proved he was the best cyclist on show when he overtook Greene on the first lap of the three laps around the savannah and even opened up a kilometer on him. From then on the gap kept getting wider and wider, so much so that when Rodman began his final two-laps run leg, he was way ahead of Greene and there was no catching him.

In the ladies category, only Maria Gooding, 18, dared to challenge the course. She finished in a time of 56:48. Akeil Baptiste, 14, once again dominated the 13-15 Boys age-group, while Kerlene Alexander was the girls' winner. In the 7-9 age group, Jordan Van Reeken, 9 was the girls' winner while Zac Kelshall won in the boys'. The 10-12 Boys saw Sachin Sankar as the winner and Mohini Seejattan in the girls.
In the 5km fun run, Brian Maynard, defended the title he won for the past four years since the event began, leading home 350 participants in a time of 16:04.4. Second was Lionei Dandrade of Guyana in 16:09 and third was Kenrick Williams in 16:42. The top three females were Kerticha John, 21, Janelle Nedd, 25 and Christine Regis, 45.
The races were organized by the Rainbow Warriors Triathlon club and sponsors included Suez Energy International, Blue Waters, Tropical Rhythms, Post cereals and Domino's Pizza.
Full results can be found on www.odesseytiming.com