The 2019 Bank of Guam Ifit 2k/5k run was quite the celebration Saturday evening as the annual running event, which in recent years has turned into a big block party.
Winners from the weekend’s 48th Hafa Marathon were speedsters Derek Mandell in the male division and Manami Iijima, the overall female winner.
Guam’s track superstar Regine Tugade holds Guam’s high school records, but this past week she became the newest record holder for Navy by posting a 24.83 on the 200m. The previous record was set in 2018 at 24.92 with Tugade breaking former record holder Chelsey Edwards by 0.09 seconds.
History was made for two teams that celebrated a championship Friday at the 2018 All-Island Cross Country Meet held at JFK in Upper Tumon.
Monday afternoon the St. Paul Warriors hosted the Okkodo Bulldogs in a battle of unbeaten Cross Country teams and St. Paul made quite the statement by sweeping Okkodo 23-32 in the boys and 26-29 in the girls.
The JFK Islanders swept the Guam High Panthers in the boys and girls cross country meet Monday evening. JFK corralled a strong majority of top 10 finishers in the meet,
Thursday evening’s cross country meet proved to be a nail-biter, but the Sanchez Sharks defeated the defending champion, Guam High Panthers in the boys race after securing the 2nd, 3rd,
It’s a new year for the IIAAG cross country season and the new look Okkodo Bulldogs managed to win their first meet against their former head coach. The Bulldogs boys team notched a 19-39 victory over the St. John’s Knights team now coached by Okkodo former head coach Desmond Mandell III.
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Dianne Marie Sapida and Ryan Matienzo both placed in 4th overall in the recent Saipan Marathon.
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Former FD football star De’Aundre Cruz got to watch the Celtics-Lakers game in LA. Oh, the other guy is Super Bowl MVP Julian Edelman.
Guam national basketball player Jonathan Galloway has won his third straight Defensive Player of the Year award in the Big West Conference in his senior season at UC-Irvine.
