{"id":336075,"date":"2021-01-04T06:04:38","date_gmt":"2021-01-03T20:04:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=336075"},"modified":"2021-01-04T06:04:38","modified_gmt":"2021-01-03T20:04:38","slug":"jp-hero-run-winners-recognized","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/jp-hero-run-winners-recognized\/","title":{"rendered":"JP Hero Run winners recognized"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_336081\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-336081\" style=\"width: 432px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/JP-Hero-Run-pix.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"432\" height=\"254\" class=\"size-full wp-image-336081\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-336081\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Winners in the 10K race of the JP Hero Run Virtual Edition pose with organizers of the event, which was hosted by the Tan Siu Lin Foundation, during the awards ceremony last Wednesday in Garapan. (Contributed Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Tan Siu Lin Foundation awarded prizes to the winners in the 10K competitive race of the JP Hero Run Virtual Edition last Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Kaithlyn Chavez and Shuji Kuroda received $300 each for their runner-up finish in the women\u2019s and men\u2019s division, while Noriko Jim and Rintaro Miyawaki took home $200 apiece. Top finishers Reinier and Melissa Paauwe of Canada will get their prizes ($500 each) via mail. <\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s JP Hero Run was opened to off-island participants, as there was no actual race due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Runners had to do the single run between Nov. 20 and Dec. 20 at any course of their choice. The Paawues were among the more than 100 off-island runners that joined the annual event. Overall, the JP Hero Run Virtual Edition drew 613 participants.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-336075 gallery-columns-2 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\/jp-hero-run-winners-recognized\/jp-hero-pasa-pix1\/'>JP-Hero-pasa-pix1<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-336079'>\n\t\t\t\tJP Hero Run 10K runner-up Kaithlynn Chavez, left, receives her prize from Tan Siu Lin Foundation executive director Merlie Tolentino during the awards presentation for the virtual event last Wednesday in Garapan. (Contributed Photo)\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\/jp-hero-run-winners-recognized\/jp-hero-pasa-pix-2\/'>JP-Hero-pasa-pix-2<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-336076'>\n\t\t\t\tShuji Kuroda, left, shows his runner-up prize in the men\u2019s 10K race.  (Contributed Photo)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>\u201cWe would like to thank all the participants of this year\u2019s JP Hero Run. It was tough hosting this event because of the COVID-19 pandemic, but we, at the TSL Foundation, went ahead with the race, as we want to encourage our community to remain active while still following safety protocols at these challenging times,\u201d said TSL Foundation executive director Merlie Tolentino, who handed the prizes to the four winners on-island.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCongratulations to the winners and all the finishers. We hope to see you in the 2021 edition of the JP Hero Run and hopefully, it will not be a virtual event this time. Let\u2019s stay safe, healthy, and active in 2021 and beyond,\u201d Tolentino added.<\/p>\n<p>Chavez and Jim finished the 10K competitive event of the JP Hero Run under the 50-minute mark with the former clocking in at 45:45 and the latter recording 46:11. Both ran the CPA Airport Field course, joining the more than 100 players and coaches of the CNMI men\u2019s, women\u2019s, and youth national football teams.<\/p>\n<p>Kuroda ran along Beach Road, from Minatchom Atdao in Susupe to R&amp;J Wines in Garapan and back, and timed in at 38:43. Miyawaki, on the other hand, completed the 10K event in New York, but was on-island for a short holiday vacation to personally receive his prize. Men\u2019s division champion and overall first placer Reinier submitted 36:17, while his wife and women\u2019s division top placer Melissa logged 39:21.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-336075 gallery-columns-2 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\/jp-hero-run-winners-recognized\/jp-hero-pasa-pix-4\/'>JP-Hero-pasa-pix-4<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-336078'>\n\t\t\t\tJP Hero Run 10K third placer Noriko Jim, left, gets her prize. (Contributed Photo)\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\/jp-hero-run-winners-recognized\/jp-hero-pasa-pix-3\/'>JP-Hero-pasa-pix-3<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-336077'>\n\t\t\t\tRintaro Miyawaki, left, is congratulated by Tan Siu Lin Foundation executive director Merlie Tolentino for placing third in the men\u2019s 10K race. (Contributed Photo)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>In the men\u2019s 10K non-competitive division, the Top 3 finishers were Joseph Yap (58:57), Aaron Pamintuan (1:04:19), and Jared Pangelinan (1:43:00). In the women\u2019s division, Aubrey Castro was ranked first after timing in at 1:02:00 and was followed by Mia Abuan (1:10:37) and Audrey Castro (1:11:00).<\/p>\n<p>For the 5K, Julie Chavez recorded 32:51 to prevail in the women\u2019s division and beat Kailyn Paauwe (35:57), and Phoenix Gross (38:07). In the men\u2019s 5K Kieran Paauwe (24:14) of Canada was joined in the Top 3 by Saipan\u2019s Moshe Sikkel (31:17) and Mark Costales (34:08).<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, proceeds from JP Hero Run will be donated to the Marianas March Against Cancer and the Commonwealth Cancer Association.<strong> (PR)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Tan Siu Lin Foundation awarded prizes to the winners in the 10K competitive race&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":336080,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-336075","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336075","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=336075"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336075\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/336080"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=336075"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=336075"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=336075"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}