{"id":358939,"date":"2022-01-04T06:02:48","date_gmt":"2022-01-03T20:02:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=358939"},"modified":"2022-01-04T06:02:48","modified_gmt":"2022-01-03T20:02:48","slug":"bachani-cabrera-are-top-junior-1-milers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/bachani-cabrera-are-top-junior-1-milers\/","title":{"rendered":"Bachani, Cabrera are top junior 1-milers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dev Bachani and Tiana Cabrera affirmed their reputation as the fastest under-18 runners in the CNMI after topping Run Saipan\u2019s Inaugural 1 Mile Road Race held last Friday from the World War II Tank Memorial along Quartermaster Road to just before the Oleai Beach Bar & Grill in Oleai.<\/p>\n

Bachani, the 15-year-old recent commit of Park University in Gilbert, Arizona, won the boys U18 division with a second overall best time of 5:18\u2014only open champion and former Division III runner Keith Ketola\u2019s 4:45 was faster.<\/p>\n

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Bachani<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Coming in second to the Marianas High School student is Bachani\u2019s schoolmate, Cody Shimizu, who crossed the finish line in 5:29. Agape Christian School\u2019s Jason Cao completed the Top 3 in 5:44.<\/p>\n

Bachani said the Inaugural 1 Mile Road Race was a unique and fun race.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is actually a good race. I liked it because it\u2019s a different competition and everyone was pacing really fast\u2026everyone\u2019s sprinting,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The NMI Boys U18 National Team left back said he didn\u2019t lead the race from start to finish and only decided to turn on the jets at the latter part of the run.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was third place and then I caught up with the first and second place and I just kept my pace. It feels good to win the 1-mile race.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cabrera, meanwhile, almost missed the race much less finish first after she mistook the finish line as the starting line.<\/p>\n

\u201cI woke up late because I didn\u2019t really sleep well last night. I was really excited. I thought the start was here (near the Oleai Beach Bar & Grill) because I saw Edward (Run Saipan president Edward Dela Cruz Jr.). Then I said \u2018wait, why is he here?\u2019 and I asked someone and he said \u2018it\u2019s the finish line\u2019 so I drove to the starting line,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

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Cabrera<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Thankfully, Cabrera still had time to drive to the World War II Tank Memorial and completed the run in 6:42. She was followed by a couple of ACS runners\u2014Eunice Xu and Emma Pang\u2014who came in at 7:00 and 7:04, respectively.<\/p>\n

Like Bachani, Cabrera thoroughly enjoyed the Inaugural 1 Mile Road Race.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe run was really good. My first time to run the 1-mile but I did other distances in track and field training. I\u2019m kind of happy now because this is now my new favorite event. It\u2019s easy and it was fast\u2026 boom and you\u2019re done.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Saipan International School junior said she started the race conservatively by letting Xu and Pang pace the course.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy strategy was just to follow the [ACS] girls and just kind of warmup a little bit and at the halfway point I kind of sprinted,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Run Saipan\u2019s Dele Cruz congratulated the winners and all the participants of the Inaugural 1 Mile Road Race and promised they will bring back the competition next year.<\/p>\n

\u201cPlease congratulate our kids for their hard work. They set the course record for their division. This is the standards to strive for to beat next year\u2019s record for the 1 Mile Road Race from 2022. Congratulations students and well done for making history!\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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