Alvarez completes 3-peat, Oporto second overall
CEBU, Philippines — Bayani Alvarez completed a historic grandslam while Rhoda Oporto got the crown she missed last year after they stamped their classes in the 3rd Cebu Northwest 100-mile Ultramarathon, a grueling race from Daanbantayan town north of Cebu to Plaza Independencia that ended early morning last Sunday.
Alvarez of the Spectrum Runners Club finished the lung-busting action that covers a total of 160 kilometers in 19 hours and 20 minutes, way ahead of the 34-hour cut-off.
Paul Delposo was a distant second with a 26:52 clocking as Marlon Baay placed third in 27:09.
Oporto snared the women's crown with a time of 25 hours and 39 minutes, even faster than Delposo and Baay to place second overall.
Marjorie Jore came out second in 28:13 followed by Daisy Batac, who registered 29:19 upon crossing the finish line.
Included in the top 10 overall finishers were Neil Catiil (28:59), Jake Soriano (29:01), Sylar Merson (29:06) and barefoot runner Villy Ponferrada (30:03).
They are all qualified to join in the One Cebu 550-kilometer Ultramarathon next year.
Race director Edward Colina said out of the 45 entries, only 11 did not finish the race. — Caecent No-ot Magsumbol with Gloreitta T. Lariosa
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