{"id":195581,"date":"2015-04-03T04:00:25","date_gmt":"2015-04-02T18:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=195581"},"modified":"2015-04-03T04:00:25","modified_gmt":"2015-04-02T18:00:25","slug":"fortier-completes-saipan-sportsfest-sweep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/fortier-completes-saipan-sportsfest-sweep\/","title":{"rendered":"Fortier completes Saipan Sportsfest sweep"},"content":{"rendered":"

Canadian triathlete Charles Fortier capped his stint in the Saipan Sportsfest with another win as he earned the top non-pro finisher tag in last Saturday\u2019s 2015 XTERRA Saipan Sportfest.<\/p>\n

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Canada\u2019s Charles Fortier is in a pensive mood before the start of the swim leg of the rain-soaked 2015 XTERRA Saipan Championship last Saturday. (Roselyn B. Monroyo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Fortier, who was also the first non-pro finisher in Tagaman, was the fastest, too in his field in last weekend\u2019s off-road race after timing in at 3:23:21 in the 1.5-kilometer swim, 30K bike, and 12K trail run. He ruled the 40 to 44 age group, beating Saipan\u2019s Peter Prestley (3:46:55) and Ernie Moises (5:07:23).<\/p>\n

Fortier lorded it over in the non-pro category despite crashing three times along the treacherous bike course. He finished the bike race in 1:56:41, which was still good for No. 12 spot and had split times of 21:48 and 1:04:52 in the swim and bike legs, respectively.<\/p>\n

\u201cI crashed three times, the first one on the pavement before the turn to the judge\u2019s property (Navy Hill) on a right corner coming downhill. I slid for 10 feet on my side as my pedals were locked and I thought I was going to hit a concrete barrier with my head. It\u2019s the same place where Olivier Marceau crashed. The second was in a technical section after the judge\u2019s house and I broke a spoke. The last one was near the end steep technical muddy section on the way to a house,\u201d said Fortier, who did not consider quitting the rain-soaked race despite his repeated misfortunes.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t consider quitting races unless my bike is broken or I\u2019m injured to a point that it\u2019s not safe,\u201d he said, adding that he plans to return to Saipan next year to do both races anew.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, last year\u2019s XTERRA Saipan non-pro top finisher Charlie Sendin of Saipan settled for second place overall outside the pro ranks, but won the 30 to 34 age group. He clocked in at 3:27:50 (split times of 23:32, 1:56:47, and 1:07:31) to beat Japan\u2019s Wataru Takagi, who posted 4:45:47 (21:37, 3:14:23, and 1:09:47).<\/p>\n

Other top finishers in the men\u2019s age group were 14 to 19\u2019s Jerome Diyco (4:19:59), 25 to 29\u2019s Tobias Theisen (4:29:59), 35 to 39\u2019s Keisuke Hirano (3:58:53), 45 to 49\u2019s Taro Urashima (3:59:38), 50 to 54\u2019s Yuji Ono (3:35:50), and 55 to 59\u2019s Alex Oviedo (4:34:12)<\/p>\n

Theisen prevailed over Will Schroeder (5:09:56), while Hirano won over Leevin Camacho (4:01:53), Nathan Mapson (4:28:59), Joel Phair (4:51:26), and Leo Wania (6:28:32). Urashima also downed four other entries in his age group, which had Tyce Mister (4:00:40), Jun Haneda (4:04:05), Mark Cruz (4:23:49), and Yoshihiro Hiwatashi (4:37:54).<\/p>\n

Ono finished ahead of Mark Walters (3:54:55), Tatsuya Sugimori (4:06:43), and Noel Altamirano (4:27:57), while Oviedo edged Florence Antonio (4:36:35). Makoto Katayama (5:08:07) and Manny Sitchon (5:47:23) were the other finishers in the 55 to 59 division.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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