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NMA holds Turkey Trot Thursday
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Posted on Nov 24 2008
The Northern Marianas Athletics will be holding the 23rd Annual Mt. Tapochao Thanksgiving Day Run this Thursday.
Registration will begin at 5:15am at Lower Base, while the race will start at 6am.
Entrance fee is $10 for adults and $5 for 18-and-under runners.
The first 125 finishers will receive T-shirts, while winners in various age groups will be given prizes.
Young middle distance runner Nate Mateo and XTERRA World participant Mieko Carey topped last year’s Turkey Trot.
Mateo completed the 4.2-mile uphill race in 41 minutes, 50 seconds to finish first overall among more than 30 runners and top the 18-and-under division.
Carey finished fifth overall with her time of 45:08, but was on top of the field in her age group.
Other division winners last year were Angelo Jones (48:15), Gary Camacho (46.39), Butch Sublemente (42:41), Yoshi Suzuki (45:18), Kevin Carey (47:43), Gabrielle Race ( 1:14: 16), Keanna Villagomez (1:12:07), Mamiko Oshima (45:39), Irma Hallaby (1:01:17), and Monica Yamaguchi (52:15)
More information about this Thursday’s race, contact Elias Rangamar at 664-2502 or Kurt Barnes at 235-5853.
