Visiting student breaks Blenheim Trust 5k Record in Carrot Bay
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![Goldstein laid off the pace, then surged past early leader Reuben J. A. Stoby (left) to win the Blenheim Trust 5K Carrot Bay Classic . For Stoby, who was second in 17:23, it was his second successive setback after Vincent Fournier took the opening race of the series in Road Town. Photo: Dean 'The Sportsman' Greenaway](https://www.virginislandsnewsonline.com/cache/images/350x_5_5k.jpg)
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Goldstein laid off the pace, then surged past early leader Reuben J. A. Stoby to win the Blenheim Trust 5K Carrot Bay Classic on Saturday March 19, 2016 in a course record time of 16 minutes, 50.1 seconds.
For Stoby, who was second in 17:23, it was his second successive setback after Vincent Fournier took the opening race of the series in Road Town.
"It was a great race and he took it out hard and was giving me a little fear," Goldstein said. "I passed him after the hill-a bigger hill than I thought it would be. The grade coming back was not as bad as I expected it and I was able to get on top of it really well and I was able to push to the finish."
Goldstein thanked his coach John Smith for preparing him over the winter. "This was a great opener," he said. "Now, I have to start preparing for track."
Before the race, Stoby said Goldstein told him he was a sub 17 minute runner over 5K. "I knew I was going to be up against some competition," Stoby said. "It's a pity I wasn't able to go with him to push myself a little bit more, but I wasn't in top top shape. I think I may have taken it out too hard trying to set the pace. I wanted to go hard, see if I could make a break away but he didn't bite that one," said Stoby who held the course record of 17:41.
Women's winner Rosmond Johnson who's recovering from the flu and ran 22 minutes even, said it was a challenging race. "At one point I thought I wouldn't pull through but I did, thank God," she said. "On the hill coming back, I felt a little shortness of breath so I stopped, caught my breath and then I went again. I pulled through and I won."
The race was something Vanessa King always wanted to do, but as a new mommy she decided to use the race to get back in shape. "I always wanted to do it so I decided to take an item off my bucket list," she said. "It was tough for me as a newbie but I enjoyed it. I liked that the course was by the water and you had the sea breeze and it wasn't hot. I also liked that we had the challenge of a hill and it wasn't just flat and I liked the spirit of the runners. They cheered you on."
Final Results. Men: 1. Samuel Goldstein, 16 minutes 50.10 seconds. 2. Reuben Stoby, 17:23.5. 3. Julius Farley, 18:44.5. 4. Guy Williamson, 19:07.8. 5. Jeremy Zuber, 19:44.4. 6. Alex Dale, 19:59.5. 7.=Paul Hubbard, Simon Cook, 20:10.5. 9. Antony Spencer, 20:29.5. 10. Martin Trott, 20:49.3. 11. Guyp Dubois, 21:00.9. 12. Adrian Dale, 21:05.5. 13. Emrol Amsterdam, 21:12.7. 14. Reu Rymer, 21:42.5. 15. Chris Berlet, 22:12.8. 16. Dave Pettigrew, 22:23.2. 17. Gabriel Obregon, 23:07.3. 18. Luka Chalwell, 23:37.3. 19. Claudius Rhymer, 24:14.8. 20. Aaron Gardner, 24:22.2. 21. Zebalon Mclean, 25:28.5. 22. Barry O'Lane, 25:30.1. 23. Dennis Versoza, 25:43.7. 24. Richard Morgan, 27:28.7. 25. Howard Moore, 29:35.6. 26. Dennis Delacruz, 29:38.6. 27. Teejay Torres, 29:57.1. 28. Shane Donovan, 29:59.3. 29. Marvin Flax, 30:04.5. 30. Jim Cullimore, 30:30.0. 31. Ravenol Santos, 31:29.5. 32. Barry Leon, 34:55.2. 33. Robert Williamson, 36:15.8.
Women: 1. Rosmond Johnson, 22:00.5. 2. Melissa Brunner, 22:29.2. 3. Lauren Julien, 23:14.2. 4. Juliane Potgieter, 23:51.5. 5. Kay Reddy, 23:52.2. 6. Gillian Plaxton, 24:32.1. 7. Philomena Robertson, 25:27.4. 8. Simone Gribble, 25:29.9. 9. Melisande Rowe, 25:49.5. 10. Brodie Faragher, 26:00.5. 11. Jude Holmes, 27:27.5. 12. Cayley Smit, 28:00.0. 13. Zoe Bickerton, 28:26.4. 14.Clair Burke, 30:41.4. 15. Vanessa King, 30:43.9. 16. Nedy Ador Dionicio, 31:11.7. 17. Simpa Ganadillo, 31:38.8.
Walkers: 1. Adenike Sicard, 51:52.1. 2. Belinda Dabbs, 56:10.5.
Youth 1 Mile: 1. Sammy Potgieter 8.20. 2. Charlie Potgieter, 8.55. 3.= Sebbie and Xavier Morgan, 10.49. 5. James Tucker 14.45.
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