{"id":242182,"date":"2016-12-09T06:00:20","date_gmt":"2016-12-08T20:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=242182"},"modified":"2016-12-09T06:00:20","modified_gmt":"2016-12-08T20:00:20","slug":"diyco-dizon-pace-saipan-finishers-hell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/diyco-dizon-pace-saipan-finishers-hell\/","title":{"rendered":"Diyco, Dizon pace Saipan finishers in \u2018Hell\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_242189\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-242189\" style=\"width: 199px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/HOM-pix-11-199x300.jpg\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-242189\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jerome Diyco, left, and Nap Dizon negotiate the uphill road in San Roque on their way to the finish line in Mariana Resort during last Saturday\u2019s 10th Annual Hell of Marianas Century Cycle Race. (Roselyn B. Monroyo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Jerome Diyco and Nap Dizon were ranked first among the Saipan finishers in the road and mountain bike divisions of last Saturday\u2019s 10th Hell of Marianas Century Cycle Race.<\/p>\n<p>Diyco completed the 100-kilometer course in 3:53:48 to rule the men\u2019s U19 age group in the road bike category. He was the lone Saipan entry in the road bike division to break the four-hour barrier, defeating fellow youth biker Wynn Brillo (4:05:00) and Taiga Sato (4:18:50).<\/p>\n<p>Other age group top finishers in the road bike races were 20 to 29\u2019s Josh Martin (5:24:44), 30 to 39\u2019s Jonathan Martin (3:29:53), 40 to 49\u2019s Ritchie Ian Solana (3:48:02), Nestor Glenn Gonzales (3:31:20), 50 to 54\u2019s Rick Leone (3:58:43), 55 to 59\u2019s Willy Barbo (4:13:29), and over 60\u2019s Manny Sitchon (4:56:42).<\/p>\n<p>Sitchon won over Steve Nutting (5:17:20), while Barbo prevailed against Florence Antonio (4:47:19). Leone made it to the podium along with Robert Tamondon (4:06:01) and Cesar Fortaleza (4:19:13), while Gonzales was joined in the Top 3 by Katsuki Ishimatu (3:52:08) and Bon Ferrer (3:54:03). Jake Gimoto (3:48:03) and Manny Masculino (4:05:00) finished third and second behind Solana, while J.C. Libut (4:08:35) and Paul Cuaresma (4:30:08) completed the Top 3 finish in the 30 to 39 age group of the road bike category.<\/p>\n<p>In the MTB division, Dizon\u2019s 3:53:51 bested the times of 18 other finishers in his category. He was the second overall Saipan finisher (road and MTB combined) and first in the 40 to 44 age group, beating Ferdinand Ramos (4:26:24), and Harold Balana (4:39:16).<\/p>\n<p>Rounding out the age group champions list in the MTB category were U19\u2019s Von Adrina Libayan (4:06:19), 30 to 39\u2019s Charlie Sendin (4:02:29), 45 to 49\u2019s Mark Isip (4:06:01), 50 to 54\u2019s Noel Altamirano (4:16:56), 55 to 59\u2019s Boby Aguilar (4:53:37), and manatee\u2019s Floro Derexes (4:56:42). In the women&#8217;s division, the top winners were 20 to 29\u2019s Kristina Mafnas (6:37:39), 30 to 39\u2019s Felicia Reynolds (5:34:38), and 40 to 44\u2019s Kimberly King-Hinds (5:02:44).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jerome Diyco and Nap Dizon were ranked first among the Saipan finishers in the road&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":242189,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[14647,3963,8621,14648],"class_list":["post-242182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-florence-antonio","tag-mtb","tag-nap-dizon","tag-steve-nutting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242182","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=242182"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242182\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/242189"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=242182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=242182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=242182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}