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Keith Longuski was back on top, while six other Saipan runners made it to the Top 6 overall of the 10K event in last Saturday\u2019s 2019 Saipan Marathon.<\/p>\n
Longuski, who won the same race in 2017, but missed a back-to-back last year after placing only second to South Korea\u2019s Sungchan Park, reclaimed the top honors in his division after beating South Korea\u2019s Jeyoung Yu in a sprint to the finish line at the American Memorial Park.<\/p>\n
The two runners were engaged in a neck-and-neck race when they entered the AMP compound before Yu gave up in the last 10 meters, while Longuski continued to push himself until he cut the tape to complete the event in 37:58. Yu timed in at 38:04. China\u2019s Zheng Chonghao (38:48), South Korea\u2019s Jinwon Park (39:02), and Saipan\u2019s Joseph Toth (40:05) and Kosuke Sato (40:25) rounded out the Top 6 in the men\u2019s field.<\/p>\n
In the women\u2019s division, 2018 NMSA\/Tan Siu Lin Foundation Student Athlete of the Year Tania Tan was the fastest Saipan runner in the 10K after checking in at 46:38. She was second overall in their division behind South Korean pro Sonmi Yoon (42:50). Two other Saipan runners finished in the Top 6 overall with Ayano Braxton timing in at 47:36 (third in the division) and 11-year-old Andrei Kaithlyn Chavez posting 50:51 (sixth place). South Korea\u2019s Yoonyoung Kang (48:10) and Suki Choi (49:21) were the other Top 6 placers in the race that brought runners to as far as Beach Road across the former Saipan Mayor\u2019s Office before they headed back to AMP.<\/p>\n
In other results, majority of 10K and half marathon top finishers in various age groups were from Saipan.<\/p>\n
Below is the complete list of Top 6 overall and age group top finishers and their times in the 10K, half marathon, and full marathon races.<\/p>\n
10K Top 6 Winners: (Men\u2019s) Keith Longuski (37:58), Jeyoung Yu (38:04), Zheng Chonghao (38:48), Jinwon Pak (39:02), Joseph Toth (40:05), and Kosuke Sato (40:25); (Women\u2019s) Sonmi Yoon (42:50), Tania Tan (46:38), Ayano Braxton (47:36), Yoonyoung Kang (48:10), Suji Choi (49:21), and Andrei Chavez (50:51)<\/p>\n
10K Age Group Winners: 15U\u2019s Jie Qi (50:34) and Meihji Ou (1:09:36); 15 to 19\u2019s Tyler Santos (43:34) and Mia Carreon (1:06:13); 20 to 29\u2019s Yongsoo Kim (42:12) and Meghan West (51:33); 30 to 39\u2019s Younkwen Sung (42:23) and Megan Schuette (52:31); 40 to 49\u2019s Jack Kabiriel (47:25) and Xinmei Tang (55:26); 50 to 59\u2019s Sangcheol Kang (43:17) and Eunkyong Oh (55:40); and over 60\u2019s Kanghee Kim (56:45) and Elizaberth Kohnen (57:22)<\/p>\n
Half Marathon Top 6: (Men\u2019s) You Ji Jie (1:16:34), Genta Saito (1:16:38), Yunfeng Huang (1:17:47), Akinori Tachibana (1:19:17), Masashi Saito (1:10:16), and Xiaoyu Sun (1:24:13); (Women\u2019s) Jia Yang (1:25:40), Wu Yang Fei (1:33:06), Sunok Hwang (1:33:21), Zhang Yongbo (1:39:28), Noriko Jim (1:45:01), and Mieko Carey (1:47:03).<\/p>\n
Half Marathon Age Group Winners: 15U\u2019s Steve Qui (1:59:13) and Kristy Wang (2:33:46);16 to 19\u2019s Carl Obstonal (2:18:57) and Anika Snyder (2:07:376); 20 to 29\u2019s Changho Ha (1:29:40) and Somin Park (2:00:46); 30 to 39\u2019s Garett Overmars (1:38:31) and Kathy Ruszala (2:09:15); men\u2019s 40 to 49\u2019s Ronald Villafria (1:37:11) and Akiko Hagiwara (1:48:56); 50 to 59\u2019s Haksik Go (1:33:19) and Lydia Tan (2:00:58); and over 60\u2019s Kok Hung Ng (1:51:03).<\/p>\n
Marathon Top 6 Winners: (Men\u2019s) Yoshiyuki Ono (2:38:32), Taku Fujiwara (2:39:39), Meisong Ji (2:44:13), Ryan Matienzo (2:44:47), Seiji Shiroki (2:59:43), and Satoshi Endo (3:00:14); (Women\u2019s) Natsuko Muramatsu (3:38:265), Kaylee Heath (3:32:39), Heather Taylor (3:41:39), Dianne Marie Sapida (3:43:17), Sakiko Eda (3:48:20), and Risa Yoshida (3:53:17).<\/p>\n
Marathon Age Group Winners: 16 to 19\u2019s Chenxuan Yang (4:47:34) and Irish He Zhang (7:05:12); 20 to 29\u2019s Naiko Sakamoto (3:12:48) and Haeran Hwon (4:22:39)l 30 to 39\u2019s Tiantian Wang (3:21:11) and Xinli Zhang (4:54:31); 40 to 49\u2019s Seiji Adachi (3:03:49) and Kimberly King-Hinds (4:09:15); and 50 to 59\u2019s Jongboum Choi (3:21:25) and Yaling Zhu (4:22:31).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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