{"id":243650,"date":"2017-01-03T06:00:09","date_gmt":"2017-01-02T20:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=243650"},"modified":"2017-01-03T06:00:09","modified_gmt":"2017-01-02T20:00:09","slug":"agape-runners-rule-christmas-island-relay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/agape-runners-rule-christmas-island-relay\/","title":{"rendered":"Agape runners rule Christmas Island Relay"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Agape Christian School 1 runners celebrate their first place finish in last Saturday\u2019s 35th Annual Christmas Island Relay at the Last Command Post. (Contributed Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Agape Christian School runners swept the open and youth division races in last Saturday\u2019s 35th Annual Christmas Island Relay.<\/p>\n

Agape 1, which was made of up Jason Wang Shengen, Caleb Wang, Allan Zhao, Henry Xiong, and Hu En Ze, completed the 13.7-mile race from Pacific Islands Club to the Last Command Post in Marpi in 1:27:42 to top the open division of Northern Marianas Athletics\u2019 season-ending event. Agape 1 was also the first overall finisher among the 21 teams and six solo runners that joined the weekend competition.<\/p>\n

The overall champions\u2019 time was more than two minutes faster than the winning mark (1:29:42) last year, which incidentally was posted by Agape\u2019s Wang, Xiong, Shengen, Chan Haoyu, and Chen Bai Ling.<\/p>\n

Agape 1 also had a repeat against last year\u2019s runner-up Dark Horse Get Fit CNMI. Dark Horse made it to the Last Command Post at the 1:35:19 mark, more than four minutes slower than its 2015 time of 1:31:05. Ketson \u201cJack\u201d Kabiriel once again suited up for Dark Horse and joined forces with Vince and Vincent Tudela, Keith Longuski, and a female ACS runner.<\/p>\n

TRAC Run\u2019s Nap Dizon, Emily Northrop, Florence Antonio, Teng Tacras, and Ronald Villafria rounded out the Top 3 finishers in the open division after completing the morning race in 1:37:37.<\/p>\n

In the youth division, Agape 3 was the fastest after checking in at 1:34:25\u2014the second best time overall. Onion Turtles and SIS Geckos came in at second and third place after submitting 1:38:18 and 1:46:13, respectively.<\/p>\n

The SIS Geckos also made it to the Top 10 overall, joining Agape 2 (sixth\/1:39:08), Team Rainbow (seventh\/1:41:10), TRAC Bike (eighth\/1:41.54), and Xtreme (ninth\/1:44:50).<\/p>\n

In the solo division, barefoot runner Chang Whan Jang logged the best time at 2:06:33, while Max Simian placed second after registering 2:08:54.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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