{"id":33372,"date":"2014-04-25T09:14:58","date_gmt":"2014-04-25T01:14:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tribune.ctsi-logistics.com\/?p=33372"},"modified":"2014-04-25T09:14:58","modified_gmt":"2014-04-25T01:14:58","slug":"japanese-ends-jims-streak-10k","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/japanese-ends-jims-streak-10k\/","title":{"rendered":"Japanese ends Jim\u2019s streak in 10K"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_33378\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-33378\" style=\"width: 199px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/tribune.ctsi-logistics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/issx9999ns155222.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-33378\" alt=\"Saipan?s Norika Jim cuts the tape for a runner-up finish in the 10K event of last Saturday?s 2014 Saipan Marathon. (ROSELYN B. MONROYO)\" src=\"http:\/\/tribune.ctsi-logistics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/issx9999ns155222-199x300.jpg\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-33378\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Saipan?s Norika Jim cuts the tape for a runner-up finish in the 10K event of last Saturday?s 2014 Saipan Marathon. (ROSELYN B. MONROYO)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Noriko Jim\u2019s reign in the 10K ended last Saturday during the 2014 Saipan Marathon, as she settled for a runner-up finish to Japan\u2019s Asami Okasabe.<br \/>\nJim, who ruled the 10K event for five straight years, completed the race from the American Memorial Park to Beach Road (across Hakubotan) and back in 44:28. Though her time was faster than her winning mark last year (44:55), Jim was 30 seconds behind Okasabe, who cut the tape in 43:58.<\/p>\n<p>Joining Okasabe and Jim in the Top 6 of the women\u2019s division were the daughter-and-mother pair of Conatsu (49:19) and Ayumi Kaga (51:24), Pipit Ball (52:13), and Yurie Ota (52:22).<\/p>\n<p>In the men\u2019s division, China\u2019s Dongxu Gao took the top honors after logging 34:27. He finished ahead of Yuji Onuma (41:02), Yuichi Kobayashi (41:53), and Saipan\u2019s Seiya Eda (43:51) and Ketson \u201cJack\u201d Kabiriel (43:52).<\/p>\n<p>The Top 6 overall finishers were honored during the awards ceremony at the Fiesta Resort &amp; Spa Saipan\u2019s beach side, while age group champions were also recognized.<\/p>\n<p>Saipan\u2019s Rintaro Miyawaki claimed the age group crown in the U14 division, as the 9-year-old runner timed in at 49:17. Other age group winners in the men\u2019s division were Saipan\u2019s Dylan Ackerman (15-19, 46:28); China\u2019s Jonghoon Kim (20-29, 52:45); Japan\u2019s Harumitsu Ono (30-39, 49:14); Takao Yonekura (40-49, 46:02); Saipan\u2019s Cesar Danao (50-59, 46:39); and Japan\u2019s Yutaka Yoshi (over 60, 1:00:29).<\/p>\n<p>In the women\u2019s division, Conatsu\u2019s younger sister, Coume, topped the U14 division after clocking in at 1:00:08, while two other Saipan runners won their respective age group. Reylynn Sapong prevailed in the 15 to 19 age group after making it to the finish line at the 1:12:04 mark, while Suzy Kindel ruled the over 60 division after breaking the one-hour barrier with her 59:22.<\/p>\n<p>Completing the age group finishers were 20 to 29\u2019s Ara Cho (52:50), 30 to 39\u2019s Mieko Kadowaki (58:38), 40 to 49\u2019s Yukako Yamamoto (54:45), and 50 to 59\u2019s Kyoko Matsuda (53:07).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Noriko Jim\u2019s reign in the 10K ended last Saturday during the 2014 Saipan Marathon, as&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":33378,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[268,46],"class_list":["post-33372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-american-memorial-park","tag-ceremony"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33372","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=33372"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33372\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}