{"id":359535,"date":"2022-01-12T06:04:17","date_gmt":"2022-01-11T20:04:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=359535"},"modified":"2022-01-12T06:04:17","modified_gmt":"2022-01-11T20:04:17","slug":"kicks-and-cleats-tops-womens-relay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/kicks-and-cleats-tops-womens-relay\/","title":{"rendered":"Kicks and Cleats tops women\u2019s relay"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_359538\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-359538\" style=\"width: 551px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/TRAC-pix-Ronda-11-551x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"551\" height=\"1024\" class=\"size-large wp-image-359538\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-359538\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ronda<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Kicks and Cleats\u2019 Evelyn Pangelinan and Vernice Ronda had everything clicking for them en route to winning women\u2019s division of the 6th Saipan Duathlon last Saturday from Banzai Cliff in Marpi.<\/p>\n<p>Pangelinan took care of the run portion and Ronda did her thing in the bike split to finish the 5-kilometer run, 20-km bike, and 2.5-km run with a time of 1:21:05. <\/p>\n<p>Team Bingo of runner Jessica Ortizo and cyclist Marjorie Ganacias was a far second at 1:24:24 with Team Houk-Bang of Ann Bang and Rowena Houk completing the Top 3 in 1:27:42.<\/p>\n<p>The women\u2019s winners agreed that the 6th Saipan Duathlon was, all in all, a very enjoyable event.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was fun. The 5K was kinda tiring. It\u2019s been a while but it was fun. The 2.5K was pretty OK and it was nice because she (Ronda) was riding alongside me for the last leg,\u201d said the 31-year-old Pangelinan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe bike leg was OK but was kinda windy coming back. It\u2019s easy going south but there was a strong headwind going back,\u201d said Ronda.<\/p>\n<p>The only hitch Kicks and Cleats encountered was the transition to the final 2.5-km run where Pangelinan was caught off guard and was still chatting with friends when Ronda came in hot for the tag.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_359536\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-359536\" style=\"width: 113px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/TRAC-Pangelinanpix-11-113x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"113\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-359536\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-359536\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pangelinan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cShe was too fast and I said \u2018Oh, she\u2019s here\u2019 so I had to run to catch up with her [for the tag],\u201d said a laughing Pangelinan, who works for Pacific Fertility.<\/p>\n<p>Ronda said it was all good and the tag at the rear of her bike didn\u2019t really affect their time. She added that it\u2019s refreshing to return to competition after the Christmas holiday full of merriment. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt wasn\u2019t really easy, but it\u2019s a good motivation to getting back in shape,\u201d said the 43-year-old car rental company staff. <\/p>\n<p>Kicks and Cleats was formed with the help of Run Saipan mainstay Rosemarie Chisato who was instrumental in putting the winning women\u2019s team together. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cRose was the one who found me a runner. Evelyn was her teammate in the last Christmas Island Relay so she paired us up,\u201d said Ronda.<\/p>\n<p>The results of the mixed relay division of TRAC\u2019s 6th Saipan Duathlon will be published in the next issue of Saipan Tribune.<\/p>\n<p>Proceeds from TRAC\u2019s 6th Saipan Duathlon will go to the sport federation\u2019s preparations for the triathlon event of this year\u2019s Northern Marianas Pacific Mini Games 2022 that the CNMI will be hosting for the very first time.<\/p>\n<p>The 6th Saipan Duathlon was sponsored by IT&amp;E.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kicks and Cleats\u2019 Evelyn Pangelinan and Vernice Ronda had everything clicking for them en route&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":359537,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-359535","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\/359535","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\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=359535"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359535\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/359537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=359535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=359535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=359535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}