{"id":33630,"date":"2014-04-29T09:14:36","date_gmt":"2014-04-29T01:14:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tribune.ctsi-logistics.com\/?p=33630"},"modified":"2014-04-29T09:14:36","modified_gmt":"2014-04-29T01:14:36","slug":"akimaru-chentsova-fastest-escapees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/akimaru-chentsova-fastest-escapees\/","title":{"rendered":"Akimaru, Chentsova fastest \u2018Escapees\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Top 5 finishers of last Saturday?s Escape from Managaha, from left, Victoria Chentsova, Kento Akimaru, David Boyer, Taiga Sato, and Christian Villacrusis pose for a group photo after completing the crossing. (Contributed Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Saipan Swim Club\u2019s Kento Akimaru and Victoria Chentsova topped the men\u2019s and women\u2019s divisions of last Saturday\u2019s Escape from Managaha.
\nThe 13-year-old Akimaru finished the 2.4-kilometer crossing from Saipan\u2019s famous island to Micro Beach in 36:50, while the 16-year-old Chentsova submitted 37:11. Both times were faster than their 2013 winning marks of 38:09.10 (Akimaru) and 38:09.31 (Chentsova). The two members of SSC\u2019s senior group ruled Escape from Managaha for the last four years.<\/p>\n

Two other SSC senior members and one junior completed the Top 5. Junior swimmer Taiga Sato came in at third place with his 42:38, while seniors Christian Villacrusis and David Boyer placed fourth and fifth, respectively, after logging 42:39 and 43:14.<\/p>\n

Thirty-five others completed the crossing with 11 of them doing the Escape from Managaha for the first time. Among the 11 first-timers, Britta Baechler was the fastest after clocking in 51:58. Two others finished their debut race under one hour with Eran Sheriff posting 53:00 and Kathy Ruszala timing in at 54:35. Other first time finishers were Atsuko Sato (1:01:07), Bruce Lorange (1:03:08), Tomomi Sato (1:07:12), Yurie Lorange (1:07:23), Athena Andrews (1:09:49), Avra Heller (1:11:50), Zach Frey (1:12:11), and Rommel Tiosejo (1:12:16).<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, six other SSC swimmers barged into the Top 10. Lennosuki Suzuki, a junior member of the club, placed sixth with his 48:58, behind World Resort lifeguard Dhurba Learlei (45:35). Another SSC junior Rinto Takahashi was ranked eighth after timing in at 49:09, and was followed by Jinnosuke Suzuki (49:10), Jinju Thompson (51:37) and Taiyo Akimaru and R.J. Pierce, who logged similar times of 51:40.<\/p>\n

Completing the finishers list were Richard Villagomez (53:24), Tammy Winkfield (53:39), Kaoru Takahashi (54:40), Eric Cooke (55:27), Brad Ruszala (55:27), Jacoby Winkfield (56:40), Paul Plunkett (58:08), Caleb Leung (1:02:22), Roy Adsit (1:02:25), Princess Garcia (1:04:39), Jerryson Mani (1:04:51), Albert Deleon Guerrero (1:04:51), Carol-Lynn Pierce (1:07:13), Steven Johnson (1:09:08), Jinie Thompson (1:11:09), Colin Thompson (1:11:39), and Steven Boyer (1:14:31).<\/p>\n

SSC would like to thank World Resort lifeguards and kayakers Jun Lee, Ann Jordan, Derek Chambers, and Ron Wright for ensuring the safety of the participants.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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