{"id":266002,"date":"2017-12-07T06:00:23","date_gmt":"2017-12-06T20:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=266002"},"modified":"2017-12-07T06:00:23","modified_gmt":"2017-12-06T20:00:23","slug":"team-taro-sue-leads-relay-finishers-hom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/team-taro-sue-leads-relay-finishers-hom\/","title":{"rendered":"Team Taro Sue leads relay finishers in HOM"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-266002 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/team-taro-sue-leads-relay-finishers-hom\/hellpix1\/'>hellpix1<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-266013'>\n\t\t\t\tMembers of Team Taro Sue, center, Team Giasconfrontre, left, and Team PIC 1 pose with their medals after making it to the podium of the four-person men\u2019s relay division of last Saturday\u2019s 11th Hell of the Marianas Century Cycling Race.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/team-taro-sue-leads-relay-finishers-hom\/hellpix2-2\/'>hellpix2<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-266014'>\n\t\t\t\tHeather Kennedy pedals her way out of Grotto during las Saturday\u2019s Hell of the Marianas Century Cycling Race.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Team Taro Sue lorded it over in the relay division of last Saturday\u2019s 11th Hell of the Marianas Century Cycling Race in Marpi.<\/p>\n<p>Bob Ferrer, Alex Gonzon, Jojo Valencia, and Bobby Vargas were the members of the fastest team,  ruling the four-person relay men\u2019s category in the road bike division as they crossed the finish line in 4:29:23.<\/p>\n<p>Team Giasconfrontre, whose members included Ding Ramos and Ernie Henson, came in at second with a time of 4:35:53,  while the Rommel Bartolo and Raymond Tolentino-led Team PIC 1 was ranked third after clocking in at 4:49:34.<\/p>\n<p>In other results, Phil Galang and Rusty Valino conquered the 115-kilometer race and topped the two-person men\u2019s relay after submitting 4:41:46, while the Young &amp; Restless of Ben Babauta and David Muna crossed the finish line in 5:17:38. Stearns &amp; Derek of Tony Stearns and Derek Chambers was the third best two-person men\u2019s team after completing the course in 5:33:17.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. District Court Magistrate Judge Heather Kennedy and Kanae Quinn ruled the two-person women\u2019s relay race after registering 5:15:42 and beating Katman &amp; Robin of Kathy Ruszala and Robyn Spaeth, who clocked in at 6:24:40.<\/p>\n<p>In the four-person MTB division, Team PIC 2, which had Butch Sublemente and James Abuy as two of its riders, was the first to cross the finish line at the 5:25:46 mark and was followed by 4 The Boyz (5:25:44) and PIC 3 (6:24:06).<\/p>\n<p>Team Haggan (5:20:05) defeated Team DFS (6:43:17) for the four-person mixed team relay, while the two-person men\u2019s relay\u2019s Top 3 finishers were the Tanapag Boyz (5:44:54), Matt &amp; Winston (5:48:04), and Team Kanoa (6:44:43). 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