St. Vincent and the Grenadines swept the Male and Female categories in the 14th CARICOM 10-K road race in St. Lucia, Sunday, with female runner Linda Mc Dowald recording a hat trick of victories in the event.
Mc Dowald crossed the finish line in 40.40 to add to earlier victories in the 12th and 13th editions, held in Guyana and Jamaica. She also placed second in the 11th edition in Barbados, behind Guyanese Andrea Foster.
The second and third placed runners were also a repeat of last year, with Grenada’s Kenisha Pascal crossing in 41.32 and Carlie Pipe of Barbados in 41.39.
In the male category, Vincentian Junior Ashton moved up from third place in last year’s race to win in 34.22, ahead of Kalique St. Jean, of Antigua and Barbuda, in 35.05 and Justin Hodge on Anguilla in 35.09.
Dominica, Jamaica, Suriname, Anguilla and host St. Lucia also competed.
In a supporting 5-K race for students, Tarrick Xavier of the Vieux Fort Comprehensive and Micol Popote of the Gros Islet Secondary took the top male positions, and Zadie St. Louis of Vieux Fort Comprehensive and Laurat-Lynn Limery of the Sir Arthur Lewis Community College the female.
The event was witnessed by CARICOM Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, who was joined for the presentation of prizes by his Assistant Secretary-General, Human and Social Development, Douglas Slater, St. Lucia’s Ambassador to CARICOM Elma-Gene Isaac, Sports Director Patrick Mathurin, and St. Lucia’s CARICOM Youth Ambassadors.
The CARICOM 10-K is held annually around the July meetings of CARICOM Heads of Government, aimed at fostering people to people relations while also promoting healthy living.
St.Lucia will host this year’s Heads of Government Meeting July 4 – 5 at the Sandals Grande Resort, with an opening ceremony scheduled for Wednesday 3 July at the Royalton Saint Lucia Resort.
Linda Mc Dowald is one of the great woman athletes from SVG, We actually hear little about her. There is very little about her in this article although she won most everything. She does not get anywhere near the support she deserves from our government. that is unfortunate.